New charges filed against man accused of contacting victim 1,500+ times from jail

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:01]WITH THE 70S, MAYBE 80 ARRIVE.

[00:00:03]COMING UP IN WEATHERWATCH 12.

[00:00:05]>> A MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING HIS EX FROM JAIL, NOW FACING A NEW CHARGE CONNECTED TO A JANUARY HOMICIDE.

[00:00:11]>> PROSECUTORS SAY AMIR JONES MADE DEATH THREATS AGAINST HIS ACCUSER AND A MILWAUKEE POLICE OFFICER.

[00:00:16]INVESTIGATORS COUNTED MORE THAN 1500 PHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES FROM JAIL.

[00:00:21]INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JAMES STRATTON IS DOCUMENTING THE NEW ALLEGATIONS TONIGHT.

[00:00:26]>> ALREADY IN JAIL FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE.

[00:00:28]AMIR JONES JR.

[00:00:30]NOW CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER.

[00:00:31]PROSECUTORS SAY JONES HELPED PLAN AND CARRY OUT AN ARMED ROBBERY THAT ENDED WITH A HOMICIDE IN A PARKING LOT AT 84TH AND BENDER.

[00:00:37]IN JANUARY.

[00:00:38]PROSECUTORS ALSO CHARGED HIM LATE THURSDAY WITH THREATENING A POLICE OFFICER FROM JAIL.

[00:00:44]>> IN WISCONSIN VERSUS AMIR JONES JR.

[00:00:46]>> JONES, ALREADY CHARGED WITH STALKING AND POINTING A GUN AT THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD.

[00:00:50]COURT DOCUMENTS INDICATE HE ALSO CALLED HIS VICTIM REPEATEDLY FROM JAIL, VIOLATING A NO CONTACT ORDER.

[00:00:56]>> SINCE MR. JONES WAS ARRESTED IN JANUARY ON THE UNDERLYING CASE.

[00:01:01]HE HAS MADE OVER 1500 ATTEMPTED PHONE CALLS TO THE VICTIM.

[00:01:05]OVER 300 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.

[00:01:07]>> THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OBJECTED TO HIS ACTIONS, BUT JUDGE ANNA SCHRADER ALLOWED HIM TO KEEP HIS PHONE AND TABLET PRIVILEGES, SAYING, QUOTE, YOU GO INTO YOUR CELL NOW AND YOU THINK IT’S SMART TO SEND ONE MORE MESSAGE LIKE THIS ONE AGAINST ANYONE.

[00:01:20]YOU WILL PAY THE PRICE.

[00:01:21]CLEAR.

[00:01:21]THE DECISION SPARKED OUTRAGE FROM THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE.

[00:01:25]>> IT DOES POSE A SAFETY CONCERN FOR NOT ONLY THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HE’S THREATENING, BUT THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.

[00:01:33]>> THE SHERIFF ULTIMATELY TOOK AWAY HIS CONNECTIVITY.

[00:01:36]>> THE AMOUNT THE 1500 IS EXCESSIVE, WHICH SAYS TO ME THAT’S A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

[00:01:42]>> CARMEN PETRI OF MILWAUKEE, SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER, SAYS THAT BREAK IS DESIGNED TO STOP COERCION AND CONTROL OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS.

[00:01:51]>> SURVIVORS NEED SAFETY AND PROTECTION AND OPTIONS, AND ALSO PEOPLE CAUSE HARM, NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR.

[00:02:00]>> A BAIL HEARING FOR JONES’S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE IS SET FOR TUESDAY IN MILWAUKEE.

[00:02:06]I’M JAMES STRATTON, WISN 12 NEWS.

[00:02:07]>> THE JUDGE DID NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON THIS CASE TONIGHT.

[00:02:11]12 NEWS IS LEARNING.

[00:02:13]SHE WILL NOW LEAD THE MISDEMEANOR AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DIVISION CHIEF JUDGE CARL ASHLEY LAID OUT HIS REASONING FOR THE APPOINTMENT IN A STATEMENT, SAYING IT WAS BECAUSE OF HER EXTENSIVE RECORD OF SERVICE, HER QUALIFICATIONS AND MY CONFIDENCE IN HER ABILITY TO HANDLE THESE CASES SERIOUSLY, FAIRLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

[00:02:33]IN MILWAUKEE, THERE’S A 24 HOUR ASSISTANCE FOR ANYONE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

[00:02:38]YOU CAN CALL.