A Waukesha County judge on May 1 sentenced the final defendant in a Menomonee Falls home break-in and shooting to 20 years in prison and 10 years of extended supervision. The punishment caps a two-year investigation that began after intruders forced their way into a house in the Weyer Farm Drive neighborhood on Aug. 18, 2024, where a visitor was shot and taken to the hospital.
Final defendant gets 20 years after plea deal
As part of a plea agreement, 23-year-old Zamontae Burch pleaded no contest to attempted first-degree intentional homicide and pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, with other counts dismissed and read in, according to FOX6 Milwaukee. The outlet reports that on May 1 the Waukesha County judge handed down a 20-year prison term followed by 10 years of extended supervision.
Police: search warrants, multi-agency effort led to arrests
Menomonee Falls police say officers were called around 2:42 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2024, to the W136 N6000 block of Weyer Farm Drive, where they found a resident with a gunshot wound. The victim was treated at the scene and then taken to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to a Menomonee Falls Police Department news release. The department update says detectives, working with the FBI and county partners, executed search warrants on Oct. 3, 2024, in Milwaukee and Racine counties, resulting in three arrests and felony charges.
Two co-defendants were sentenced last fall
Two other men charged in the case, Demetri Duvall-Wilks and Dezmen Wilks, entered pleas in September 2025 and were each sentenced in November 2025 to five years in prison and five years of extended supervision, an earlier FOX6 Milwaukee report states. That coverage detailed how prosecutors pursued armed-burglary and armed-robbery counts tied to the same break-in.
Neighbors say the break-in rattled the subdivision
Residents told reporters the overnight break-in left neighbors on edge and refocused attention on unlocked cars and vehicle thefts in the area, a reaction described in local coverage after the arrests. One report highlighted broader worries about neighborhood safety, even as the case moved forward in court.
Investigators say the suspects hit cars before the home
Court filings and interviews indicated the men stole a 2002 red Jeep Liberty in Milwaukee and admitted to checking unlocked vehicles throughout Menomonee Falls before forcing their way into the Weyer Farm Drive residence, according to reporting by TMJ4. Prosecutors point to that pattern when describing the alleged operation that led to the armed-burglary and attempted-homicide charges.
