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New charges filed against suspected dating app 'predator'

Timothy Olson is now facing kidnapping charges in Milwaukee County.

New charges filed against suspected dating app 'predator'

Timothy Olson is now facing kidnapping charges in Milwaukee County.

TONIGHT, NEW CHARGES FILED AGAINST THE THE MAN ACCUSED OF DRUGGING AND STEALING FROM WOMEN HE MET ON DATING APPS. FRANKLIN POLICE ARRESTED TIMOTHY OLSON ON TUESDAY. HE’S ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING A 79-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND FORCING HER INTO HER OWN CAR AT GUNPOINT THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. POLICE SAY HE DROVE HER AROUND TO AT LEAST ONE ATM. OLSON APPEARING IN INTAKE COURT THIS MORNING, NOW FACING FELONY CHARGES OF KIDNAPPING OR CONFINE WITHOUT CONSENT, AS WELL AS MISAPPROPRIATE ID INFO TO OBTAIN MONEY. HE IS ALSO FACING CHARGES OF BURGLARY AND RESISTING AN OFFICER. MANY OF THE CHARGES COME WITH AN INCREASED PENALTY DUE TO THE VICTIM’S AGE. A COURT COMMISSIONER HAS SET OLSON’S BOND AT $100,000. HE IS DUE BACK IN COURT DECEMBER 14 FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING. WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR WEEKS. THE OLSON MANHUNT LASTED SEVERAL WEEKS. HE IS ALSO CURRENTLY FACING CHARGES IN RACINE COUNTY OF DRUGGING AND STEALING FROM AT LEAST TWO WOMEN IN SEPTEMBER. AND IN SOUTH MILWAUKEE, POLICE CONSIDER HIM A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE DEATH OF KIM MIKULANCE EARLIER THIS MONTH
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New charges filed against suspected dating app 'predator'

Timothy Olson is now facing kidnapping charges in Milwaukee County.

The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office has filed new charges, including kidnapping and burglary, against Timothy Olson, the man known as the suspected dating app "predator." The district attorney charged Olson Sunday morning with five new charges: kidnapping, obtaining money without the individual's consent, two counts of burglary and resisting arrest. Many of the charges come with an increased penalty due to the victim's age. Olson was arrested in Franklin Tuesday. That same day, the Franklin Police Department said Olson forced a 79-year-old woman into her own car at gunpoint the night before Thanksgiving. They said he drove her around to at least one ATM. He had also been wanted for several weeks in Racine County. Authorities there said he's accused of drugging and stealing from at least two women. He's currently charged with five counts of identity theft. The Racine County District Attorney told 12 News they are awaiting lab results before further charging Olson. The 52-year-old man is also considered a person of interest in the death of a South Milwaukee woman. Police said Olson was with Kim Mikulance, also known as Raina, at a local bar when she lost consciousness. She died days later. Police are currently awaiting toxicology reports in that case. Olson denies all of the allegations currently against him. He's expected to make his first court appearance Sunday.

The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office has filed new charges, including kidnapping and burglary, against Timothy Olson, the man known as the suspected dating app "predator."

The district attorney charged Olson Sunday morning with five new charges: kidnapping, obtaining money without the individual's consent, two counts of burglary and resisting arrest. Many of the charges come with an increased penalty due to the victim's age.

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Olson was arrested in Franklin Tuesday. That same day, the Franklin Police Department said Olson forced a 79-year-old woman into her own car at gunpoint the night before Thanksgiving. They said he drove her around to at least one ATM.

He had also been wanted for several weeks in Racine County. Authorities there said he's accused of drugging and stealing from at least two women. He's currently charged with five counts of identity theft. The Racine County District Attorney told 12 News they are awaiting lab results before further charging Olson.

The 52-year-old man is also considered a person of interest in the death of a South Milwaukee woman. Police said Olson was with Kim Mikulance, also known as Raina, at a local bar when she lost consciousness. She died days later. Police are currently awaiting toxicology reports in that case.

Olson denies all of the allegations currently against him. He's expected to make his first court appearance Sunday.