>> I WAS TOTALLY SCAMMED BY HIM. REPORTER: THIS WISCONSIN WOMAN, DID NOT WANT US TO REVEAL HER IDENTITY. BUT SAYS A CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST HER 16 YEARS AGO FEELS BRAND-NEW. >> I THOUGHT I FINALLY PUT THAT ALL BEHIND ME, AND THEN HIS FACE SHOWED UP ON THE NEWS THREE WEEKS AGO. REPORTER: SHE’S TALKING ABOUT TIMOTHY OLSON. THE MAN BEHIND BARS, RIGHT NOW, ACCUSED OF DRUGGING AND STEALING FROM WOMEN IN RACINE COUNTY. AND KIDNAPPING A 79-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN FRANKLIN. HE’S ALSO A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE DEATH OF A KIM MIKULANCE SHE COLLAPSED AT A SOUTH MILWAUKEE BAR NOVEMBER 17 WHILE WITH OLSON, AND LATER DIED. POLICE ARRESTED OLSON TUESDAY AFTER SEARCHING FOR HIM FOR WEEKS. WHEN YOU SAW HIS PHOTO ON THE NEWS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I MEAN, WHAT WAS YOUR IMMEDIATE REACTION? >> MY HEART JUST SUNK. MY HANDS STARTED SHAKING. I STARTED CRYING. I CALLED MY HUSBAND AT WORK. I’M LIKE, YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE THIS. HE IS OUT AGAIN. REPORTER: THIS WOMAN SAYS IT’S THE SAME TIMOTHY OLSON SHE MET THROUGH MATCH.COM, IN 2006. SHE DID A BACKGROUND CHECK, BUT HE USED A DIFFERENT NAME. >> VICTIM WE ENDED UP MEETING AND DATED FOR A WHILE. HE TOOK ME TO HIS MOM’S HOUSE. HE HAD ME TALK TO HIS SON ON THE PHONE. I HAD NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HE WASN’T WHO HE SAID HE WAS. AND THEN A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, HE STOLE MY CAR. HE STOLE MY PHONE, AND HE STOLE MONEY. REPORTER: OUT OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, SHE WENT TO THE POLICE. AND THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ENDED UP CHARGING OLSON WITH THEFT, HE WAS CONVICTED. >> I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS STILL GOING ON 16 YEARS LATER. AND GOD KNOWS HOW MANY WOMEN HE DID THIS TO BEFORE ME. REPORTER: SO YOU DON’T KNOW IF YOU WERE THE FIRST? >> THE POLICE TOLD ME I WASN’T, BUT HE HAD NOT GONE TO PRISON UNTIL MY CASE. REPORTER: SHE SAYS, OLSON SPENT TWO YEARS IN PRISON ALTHOUGH HE WAS SENTENCED TO SIX. >> THAT’S THE PART THAT SCARES ME. THAT’S HE’S JUST GOING TO KEEP GETTING OUT AND KEEP DOING THIS. TOYA: HANNAH JOINS US LIVE FROM THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, WHERE DO THESE CURRENT CASES STAND RIGHT NOW? REPORTER: OLSON FACES FIVE COUNTS OF IDENTITY THEFT OUT OF RACINE COUNTY. IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY WE EXPECT MORE CHARGES, THOUGH THE DA SAYS THEY DO NOT HAVE A TIMELINE ON THOSE CHARGES. OLSON DENIES ALL OF TH
Woman victimized by suspected courting app ‘predator’ in 2006
‘I simply can’t consider that is nonetheless occurring 16 years later,’ she instructed WISN 12 News in an unique interview
Updated: 5:37 PM CST Dec 1, 2022
Timothy Olson, often known as the suspected courting app “predator,” is in jail proper now on id theft prices and has a scamming historical past that dates again to 2006. “I was a smart person. I had a good job. I was totally scammed by him,” a sufferer, who didn’t need to be recognized, instructed WISN 12 News solely Thursday. “I thought I finally put that all behind me, and then his face showed up on the news three weeks ago.”Right now, Olson is accused of drugging and stealing from ladies in Racine County and kidnapping a 79-year-old lady in Franklin. He’s additionally an individual of curiosity within the demise of Kim Mikulance. She collapsed at a South Milwaukee bar Nov. 17 whereas with Olson. She later died. Police arrested Olson Tuesday after trying to find him for weeks. “My heart just sunk. My hands started shaking. I started crying. I called my husband at work. I’m like, ‘you’re never going to believe this. He’s out again,'” she mentioned. This sufferer mentioned again in 2006, she met Olson on Match.com, however he used a special identify. She mentioned her background verify on that identify turned up nothing suspicious. “We ended up meeting and dated for a while. He took me to his mom’s house. He had me talk to his son on the phone. I had no reason to believe that he wasn’t who he said he was. And then a couple weeks later, he stole my car. He stole my phone, and he stole money,” the lady mentioned. “I was hysterical, and I was so humiliated. I was embarrassed. I just felt so victimized.”Out of 1000’s of {dollars}, she went to the police, and the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office charged Olson with theft. He was finally convicted. She mentioned Olson spent two years in jail, though he was sentenced to 6. “That’s the part that scares me. That’s he’s just going to keep getting out and keep doing this,” she mentioned. Currently, Olson faces 5 counts of id theft out of Racine County. More prices are anticipated in Milwaukee County, however the district legal professional’s workplace doesn’t have a timeline on these prices. Olson denies the entire allegations at present in opposition to him.
Timothy Olson, often known as the suspected courting app “predator,” is in jail proper now on id theft prices and has a scamming historical past that dates again to 2006.
“I was a smart person. I had a good job. I was totally scammed by him,” a sufferer, who didn’t need to be recognized, instructed WISN 12 News solely Thursday. “I thought I finally put that all behind me, and then his face showed up on the news three weeks ago.”
Right now, Olson is accused of drugging and stealing from ladies in Racine County and kidnapping a 79-year-old lady in Franklin.
He’s additionally an individual of curiosity within the demise of Kim Mikulance. She collapsed at a South Milwaukee bar Nov. 17 whereas with Olson. She later died.
Police arrested Olson Tuesday after trying to find him for weeks.
“My heart just sunk. My hands started shaking. I started crying. I called my husband at work. I’m like, ‘you’re never going to believe this. He’s out again,'” she mentioned.
This sufferer mentioned again in 2006, she met Olson on Match.com, however he used a special identify. She mentioned her background verify on that identify turned up nothing suspicious.
“We ended up meeting and dated for a while. He took me to his mom’s house. He had me talk to his son on the phone. I had no reason to believe that he wasn’t who he said he was. And then a couple weeks later, he stole my car. He stole my phone, and he stole money,” the lady mentioned. “I was hysterical, and I was so humiliated. I was embarrassed. I just felt so victimized.”
Out of 1000’s of {dollars}, she went to the police, and the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office charged Olson with theft. He was finally convicted.
She mentioned Olson spent two years in jail, though he was sentenced to 6.
“That’s the part that scares me. That’s he’s just going to keep getting out and keep doing this,” she mentioned.
Currently, Olson faces 5 counts of id theft out of Racine County. More prices are anticipated in Milwaukee County, however the district legal professional’s workplace doesn’t have a timeline on these prices. Olson denies the entire allegations at present in opposition to him.