MERRILL POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS

02-19-24
At 11:34 a.m. an officer took a report of fraudulent activity on a company credit card. Investigation is ongoing.

02-20-24
At 8:05 p.m. officers conducted a traffic stop for registration and exhaust violation. During the stop, a positive K9 resulted in a search of the vehicle. Driver was subsequently charged with multiple counts of bail jumping.

02-21-24
At 4:12 p.m. a caller reported a knife wedged behind a sign on a power pole. An officer found it was a broken putty knife and disposed of it.
At 8:45 p.m. a juvenile was reported to have been consuming intoxicants at a residence. It was found the juvenile and a friend had been drinking intoxicants while his parents were away. The two will be cited for underage drinking.
At 9:59 p.m. a caller reported he was a semi-truck driver and was asleep in the cab when someone drove up, opened the trailer, and was messing around with a UTV in the trailer. It was found another worker at the business where the driver had parked was supposed to unload a semi trailer and mistook the trailer as the one he was to empty. After opening the trailer and discovering the cargo was not the correct trailer, he closed it back up. The caller was initially concerned someone had attempted to steal one of the UTVs he was hauling.

02-22-24
At 2:52 p.m. a female was arrested for a probation violation at the request of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.

02-23-24
At 3:15 a.m. officers responded to the parking lot of a business for a report of a possible domestic disturbance. As a result of the investigation, a female subject was arrested for domestic disorderly conduct and bail jumping. A male subject was found to have been drinking and in violation of an open bond. He was also arrested for bail jumping.

02-24-24
At 9:18 p.m. officers were dispatched to a residence for a report of a male subject who was destroying things and was in a physical altercation with another at the residence. Officers responded and found that the male subject also had a probation rule that prohibited him from being at the residence. The male subject was arrested for domestic disorderly conduct, bail jumping, and a probation hold.

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