Jeremiah Tyler, of Milwaukee, was sentenced on May 27 to roughly 16 years in federal prison for committing nine robberies, including two attempted robberies of gas stations in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties last summer.
In six of the robberies Tyler, 22, brandished a firearm and discharged a firearm in one of the attempted robberies, according to a press release from the U.S Attorney’s Eastern District of Wisconsin office. The robberies occurred between July 18 and August 18 of 2025.
First Assistant U. S. Attorney Brad D. Schimel, whose office prosecuted the case, called Tyler’s actions “serious and dangerous crimes.” The sentencing, he said, sends a clear message.
“Those who commit crimes with guns will be relentlessly pursued, and they will be locked up. We have no higher priority in our mission to keep our communities safe,” Schimel said in the release.
A joint investigation by the FBI’s Milwaukee Area Violent Crime Task Force, the Milwaukee Police Department, the West Allis Police Department, and the Menomonee Falls Police Department led to Tyler’s arrest.
“The Milwaukee Police Department is grateful for the hard work of everyone involved that brought this individual to justice,” said Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman. “MPD values our collaboration with our law enforcement partners in criminal cases like this to build a safer city for everyone to live, work, and play.”
After his prison term, Tyler will serve three years of supervised release and pay restitution.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee man sentenced to 16-plus years for string of robberies
Reporting by La Risa R. Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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