10 things about Waco, Texas’s Joseph Rosenbaum
Joseph Donald “Jojo” Rosenbaum was an American criminal originally from Waco, Texas, United States. He later moved to Arizona, USA then to Wisconsin, USA.
Joseph RosenbaumBIOGRAPHY
Rosenbaum was one of the men Kyle H. Rittenhouse shot on August 25, 2020 while they were in the same Black Lives Matter demonstration in Kenosha, Wisconsin. During the demonstration, the latter was one of the armed civilians who wanted to protect businesses from vandalism.
Wearing a red shirt, Rosenbaum was one of the protesters demanding justice for Jacob Blake, who was shot by Kenosha Police Department officer Rusten Sheskey in the back at least eight times on August 23, 2020. On November 5, 2021, former U.S. Marine Jason Lackowski , a former U.S. Marine Corps officer who also attended the demonstration, he testified in court and said he saw Rosenbaum asking “very bluntly to shoot him” and taking a few “false steppings,” enticing someone “to do something.”
Rittenhouse was carrying a Smith & Wesson AR-15 style .223 rifle. When Rosenbaum threw a plastic bag at Rittenshouse and tried to grab the rifle, the former shot the latter in the back, groin and left hand.
In addition to the superficial wound to Rosenbaum’s left thigh and a graze wound to his forehead, his pelvis was also fractured and his right lung and liver were perforated. Here are 10 more things about him:
- He was born in Waco.
- He went to McClintock High School in Tempe, Arizona.
- In 2002, he was convicted of two counts of sexual conduct with a minor in Arizona.
- He was found guilty of disobeying order in Arizona in 2003, in 2004, in 2005 and in 2009.
- He was found guilty of assault on staff in Arizona twice in 2009 and twice in 2010.
- From 2011 to 2014, he attended Pima Community College in Pima County, Arizona.
- He was included in the Wisconsin sex offender registry in 2017 was removed from the registry after his death in 2020.
- He has a daughter born in 2018.
- In 2019, he and Kariann Sue Swart got engaged and he moved from Arizona to Kenosha.
- In 2020, he died at the age of 36.
TIMELINE
Rosenbaum was 5’3″ tall. His registered weight was 165 pounds.
2000s
- On December 16, 2002, he was convicted in Arizona and was sentenced to 12 and a half years for two counts of sexual conduct with a minor. He racked up 42 disciplinary infractions while serving his sentence at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Eyman in Florence, Arizona.
- On August 6, 2003, he was found guilty of disobeying order in Arizona.
- On April 28, 2004, he was found guilty of disobeying order in Arizona.
- On August 8, 2005, he was found guilty of disobeying order in Arizona.
- On January 22, 2007, he was found guilty of assault with weapon in Arizona.
- On May 15, 2008, he was found guilty of possession or manufacture of weapon in Arizona.
- On March 16, 2009, he was found guilty of assault on staff in Arizona.
- On April 10, 2009, he was found guilty of disobeying order, tampering with security or safety development and assault on staff in Arizona.
- On October 23, 2009, he was found guilty of arson and possession of drugs or narcotics in Arizona.
2010s
- In Arizona, he was found guilty of assault on staff on March 3, 2010 and on March 31, 2010.
- On August 17, 2010, he was found guilty of obstructing staff in Arizona.
- On August 15, 2017, he was included in the Wisconsin sex offender registry.
- On August 27, 2019, he was engaged to Swart.
- On September 21, 2019, he turned 36.
- On October 7, 2019, he started working at a Wendy’s restaurant in Kenosha.
2020s
- He had an open case for misdemeanor bail jumping, which was filed on July 30, 2020. The conditions of bond prohibited him from possessing or consuming alcohol and controlled substances without a prescription and from having contact with Swart including her residence, electronic or third party.
- While he was on medication for bipolar disorder and depression, he did not fill his prescriptions because the local pharmacy was boarded up as a result of the unrest on August 25, 2020, Swart said when she testified in court on November 5, 2021.
- He was shot four times on August 25, 2020 by someone who was within four feet of him based on the autopsy report, Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office forensic pathologist Dr. Doug Kelley said during the murder trial of Rittenhouse on November 9, 2021.
