Milwaukee County Wisconsin Deputies Captain Eric Roberson and Sergeant Andrew Bilda, Members Of “Renegade Pigs” Motorcycle Gang, Charged After Beating Student In Bar Brawl
May 12th, 2008
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - Two Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputies are in trouble after a fight at a local bar.
According to reports, the fight that started at Rosie’s between a Marquette student and off-duty deputies got ugly.
Now, Sheriff David Clarke is speaking out, but he’s not taking the side of his deputies.
Two Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputies, members of the law enforcement biker group called the Renegade Pigs are in hot water. They are accused of beating up a Marquette student outside Rosie’s bar and then breaking the rules to cover it up.
Sheriff David Clarke spoke out about the incident on Newsradio 620 WTMJ Friday morning.
“I got two versions of what happened and I still don’t really know what happened,” Sheriff Clarke said.
Captain Eric Roberson and Sergeant Andrew Bilda are fighting to keep their jobs following the nasty fight when they were off-duty at a party in the bar. They insist they were trying to help contain an out of control drunk man, but Sheriff Clarke doesn’t buy their story, insisting he wants them both fired.
“This is a bad mix when in officer is off-duty and consuming alcohol and then puts themselves on duty and gets involved in a situation like this,” Sheriff Clarke said.
Robert Blankenheim is facing OWI charges following the fight, but he insists he is the true victim. His lawyers say pictures of him battered and bruised after the fight tell the story.
“He is very emotionally distraught over what happened that night. It was very scary for him. He really thought he was going to die,” Attorney Julie Flessas said.
Blankenheim is suing the city and county claiming the deputies beat him up and violated his right and lied to cover it up.
“No matter what he did and that will be decided in an appropriate forum, that is not how anyone in the city or county of Milwaukee expects law enforcement officers to act whether they are on duty or off duty,” Flessas said.
