Press conference: Racine dating app suspect taken into custody

Press conference: Racine dating app suspect taken into custody

Franklin police say the man wanted for allegedly drugging and stealing from women at bars in Racine County was taken into custody on Tuesday.

One of those women later died from injuries in the hospital, and the man is viewed as a person of interest in that case.

Franklin police said Timothy Olson was taken into custody around 10:15 a.m.

Tuesday.

Franklin police initially said in a statement on Tuesday that Timothy Olson was seen at a business on South 27th.

During a press conference on Tuesday, Chief Rick Oliva said an officer saw Olson pushing a bicycle near a business on South 27th Street.

As officers approached Olson, he fled into a nearby complex.

Officers pursued and after a brief struggle where Olson was tased, he was taken into custody, Chief Oliva said.

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