Milwaukee hit-and-run: Driver charged on release for 2 prior crashes

Well, he's never had a driver's license and spent years in prison for two hit-and-runs, months apart, leaving victims for dead. He pleaded for leniency, saying he was a changed man. As Bill Misson explains, prosecutors now say he sped away from police and when he crashed, amputated a bystander's leg. On Saturday, police officers tried to pull over a stolen vehicle for a registration violation. When police say it took off, blew a stop sign at 35th and Hadley and crashed into another car, hit a pole, and then two pedestrians, severing a man's leg. The defendant does not stay on the scene and flees. Prosecutors charged 29-year-old Romeo O'Quinn Tuesday with reckless injury, hit and run, and operating without a driver's license. The defendant is on supervision and was released in January 2026 for two prior hit and run cases. This is absolutely not the life for me. Those are the words O'Quinn told a Milwaukee County judge in December 2019 as he faced a possible 30 years in prison, charged in two separate cases for hit-and-run, months apart, and leaving two men for dead. In May 2018, O'Quinn hit 35-year-old Jonathan Campbell at 47th and Locust at nearly 70 miles per hour, nearly killing him. Months later, on Christmas Day, O'Quinn was doing nearly 90 miles per hour, speeding away from police, when he hit 58-year-old MCTS bus driver Robert Steckbauer as he left work at KK and Mitchell. Steckbauer was on life support for several days following the crash. At sentencing, O'Quinn said he was a changed man, saying, I don't want these mistakes to destroy my future. A judge sentenced him to seven years in prison. Obviously, an aggravating factor in this particular case, Mr. O'Quinn, is the fact that you are out on supervision for exactly the same type of offense, and now we see the consequences of this type of behavior. Someone has had their life altered for the rest of their life. O'Quinn's now being held on a $20,000 cash bond and a parole hold. He's due back in court next week. In Milwaukee, Bill Misson, Fox 6 News.