Nearly two and a half years after a south-side pursuit ended in a three-vehicle crash, Anwar Maxwell is headed to prison for 12 years. A Milwaukee County judge also ordered 12 years of extended supervision, putting a long legal tail on a case that began with a traffic stop and ended with three people hospitalized.
Maxwell was sentenced July 2, according to FOX6 News Milwaukee, which reported the new court development Sunday, August 2. He was convicted in connection with the February 2024 police chase and crash involving a Milwaukee Police Department squad.
The chase began on February 27, 2024, when officers spotted an Infiniti traveling at high speed and swerving near 20th Street and West Greenfield Avenue, according to TMJ4. The criminal complaint said the driver accelerated to more than 60 mph, ran a red light and struck a minivan near South Muskego Avenue and West Mitchell Street before the Infiniti hit a stopped police Explorer and another vehicle. The driver jumped from the car and fled on foot, while the minivan driver was trapped and taken to Froedtert Hospital with broken ribs and a punctured lung; two officers were also among the three people hospitalized.
When officers searched the Infiniti, they reported finding a black Glock 17 handgun and a backpack containing suspected heroin, crack cocaine and psilocybin, FOX6 reported. The earlier charging case included 11 felony counts, among them fleeing an officer resulting in great bodily harm, first-degree reckless injury, hit-and-run causing great bodily harm, felon-in-possession charges and drug-delivery counts.
Earlier Fleeing Conviction Added To The Case
Maxwell’s criminal record was part of the backdrop when the charges were filed. TMJ4 reported that court records showed he had been convicted of felony fleeing in 2020 and received probation with prison time attached if he violated it.
Recent Milwaukee Chase Cases Have Also Ended In Prison
Maxwell’s sentence follows several other Milwaukee-area pursuit cases that recently reached court. In June, Hoodline reported that Jaylen Lock received five years in prison after a chase-related crash that later killed Anthony Higgins, while a separate Milwaukee man received five and a half years in April for his role in a pursuit crash that killed a mother and her two sons, Hoodline reported.
Those cases involved different charges and circumstances, but they share the same stark outcome: a reckless attempt to escape can turn a traffic stop into a life-altering court case. For Maxwell, the July 2 sentence means 12 years behind bars followed by another 12 years under extended supervision.
