August 31
Officers were called to investigate a potential scam. Officers made contact with a female party who explained that she was contacted by a company through her collegiate email account. She believed the contact to be legitimate and proceeded to correspond with the email. She was sent a check in the mail for $2,400 and told to purchase $2,000 in ITunes gift cards. The cards were purchased and photographs of the authorization numbers on the cards were sent to the email contact. The victim became suspicious and determined the company was fake. The investigating officer contacted the Federal Trade Commission and attempted contact with the contact information for the fake company. The contact information was found to be false. The investigation will continue when further evidence develops.
September 1
An officer located a vehicle traveling suspiciously and discovered that the registered owner of the vehicle had a suspended driver’s license. A traffic stop was conducted on the vehicle and the male operator of the vehicle was the suspended registered owner. The vehicle was searched following a positive alert of possible drugs by a Marathon County K9 unit. Officers did not locate anything illegal inside the vehicle. Regardless, the male was taken into custody for resisting officers and two counts of bail Jumping.
September 2
An officer took a theft complaint in the 700 block of Prospect Street of items being taken from a vehicle and garage. A suspect was identified and an investigation is to come.