For week ending May 12, 2024
On 05/8/2024, a deputy was sent to the Pride Dam in the Town of Bradley to investigate a report of a male subject with a gun. The reporting party, a 64-year-old man from Tomahawk, reported that he was fishing at that location when an unknown male subject, along with a passenger and dog, pulled up in a big red pickup truck. The dog then urinated on the reporting party’s tackle box and jacket, so the reporting party yelled at the dog. The unknown male suspect told the reporting party not to yell at his dog and then displayed a gun. The suspect, along with his passenger and dog, left the area. No better description of the suspect vehicle or suspects were available. No one was injured.
On 05/08/2024 the sheriff’s office received a complaint from the Children’s Hospital of Milwaukee to report a possible case of child abuse. It was reported that the alleged abuse took place at the father’s home on Heritage Rd. in the Town of Pine River. Staff from the hospital reported that a three-year-old child was brought to the hospital with bite marks on his right upper arm and forearm. Pictures provided to the investigating deputy by the hospital clearly showed injuries consistent with someone being bitten. When deputies went to the suspect’s place of work to question him about the bite marks, the suspect, a 25-year-old Merrill man, elected not to speak to the deputies without a lawyer present. The suspect was placed under arrest for child abuse and transported to the Lincoln County Jail. The suspect was later heard talking on the phone admitting to biting the child, but that it wasn’t that hard, and it was in response to the child biting others.
On 05/11/2024 deputies were dispatched to an address on Lilac Ln. in the Town of Schley for a reported domestic dispute that was physical in nature. The fight was reported to be between a 55-year-old Gleason woman and her 20-year-old daughter. The deputies discovered that the daughter was the predominate aggressor by yelling at and hitting her mother. As a result, she was arrested and transported to the Lincoln County Jail and booked for domestic disorderly conduct and battery.
On 05/11/2024 a deputy on patrol observed a vehicle in which she believed the driver had a revoked driver’s license. The stop took place on STH 64 near French Ridge Rd. in the Town of Pine River. After stopping the vehicle, the deputy went to make contact with the driver, a 49-year-old woman from Merrill. As the deputy spoke to the driver, she noticed signs of impairment and, as a result, asked the driver to perform standard field sobriety tests. As a result of those tests, the driver was arrested for a second offense of OWI. She was then transported to the Lincoln County jail where she was booked for the offense.
On 05/11/2024 a deputy on patrol stopped a vehicle on USH 51 at the 211 mile marker in the Town of Merrill for vehicle equipment violations. Upon making contact with the driver, a 21-year-old man from Marathon, the deputy detected the odor of marijuana. As a result of that, the deputy conducted a search of the vehicle and located numerous drug items. The driver was subsequently arrested for possession of marijuana and transported to the Lincoln County Jail where he was turned over to corrections officers.
On 05/12/2024 a deputy on patrol sopped a vehicle on USH 51 near USH 8 in the Town of Bradley for a speeding violation. When the deputy made contact with the driver, an 18-year-old woman from Pine Grove, Ill., and her passenger, a 19-year-old woman from Marengo, Ill., in speaking with the woman and her passenger, the deputy detected the odor of marijuana from inside the car. In conversation, the driver admitted to smoking marijuana two hours before the stop. Due to her smoking marijuana prior to driving, she was asked to perform standard field sobriety tests. As a result of those tests, she was arrested for an offense of operating while under the influence of a restricted controlled substance 1st offense, as well as possession of Psilocybin. The passenger is being referred for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Deputies conducted 57 traffic stops and 14 security checks during this timeframe and responded to 1 car vs. deer crash. The 911 Center had 2 hang-up calls and 13 nuisance calls.