'Care Bear' break-in: Bodycam video shows police arrest 7 inside vacant Wisconsin hotel

ByBella Van Lanen, Kendall Keys CNNWire logo
Monday, December 8, 2025
'Care Bear' break-in, police arrest 7 inside vacant hotel

WAUWATOSA, Wisc. -- New body camera footage from Wauwatosa police shows seven people, two in "Care Bear" costumes, be arrested at a vacant Radisson Hotel in Wisconsin.

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ABC Milwaukee affiliate WISN obtained the video.

Officers were called to the property shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 11.

The body camera video shows officers searching for the teens on multiple floors, clearing dozens of hotel rooms, before eventually finding all of the teens hiding in various locations throughout the hotel.

According to the police report, the teens told officers the group went to the Radisson to "explore" and "make videos."

One of the girls arrested told an officer she was "hiding from the police because she was afraid of being tackled."

According to the police report, the teens told officers the group went to the Radisson to explore and make videos.
According to the police report, the teens told officers the group went to the Radisson to explore and make videos.

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Investigators say those arrested were between 16 and 19 years old. No criminal charges were filed, but police ticketed the teens for trespassing.

The hotel permanently closed in 2024.

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