WJJQ LOCAL NEWS
Lincoln County Sheriff report
Monday, October 3, 2011
A 17 year old Tomahawk man was
arrested Wednesday after deputies responded to a disturbance in the Town of
Bradley. A judge had released that same male from Lincoln County Jail on a
signature bond, after he had been arrested the previous Sunday on charges of battery,
disorderly conduct, and strangulation. He was told he could return to a
residence to collect his personal effects. He went after 10pm Wednesday and
caused another disturbance which resulted in a second arrest for disorderly
conduct and felony bail jumping. He returned to the Lincoln County jail where
he was held until a bond hearing on Thursday, He was released on a signature
bond.
An 18 year old Tomahawk woman was arrested Saturday on a
warrant charge. A deputy took the woman into custody after stopping her vehicle
on Highway 8 at County Rd. A at just after 2am. After
checking her registration and seeing she was was
wanted by the Oneida County sheriff for contempt of Court, she was brought to
the Lincoln County jail where she was released Saturday after posting bond.
A 24 year old Merrill woman was arrested Saturday afternoon
after Deputies, along with the Merrill PD investigated 3 crashes on the city County border on Taylor St. According to the Merrill
Police the woman struck a vehicle on Taylor Street and then fled the scene. She
then struck a mail box and traveled down a private driveway where she struck
two cars. An off-duty deputy found her at the scene. She was transported to
Ministry Good Samaritan where she was treated, then brought to the Lincoln
County jail. She was cited for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated
first offense, but those charges may be upgraded as she has been arrested two
other times in the last month by Merrill Police for OWI.
A 24 year old Marathon woman was cited Saturday after
deputies investigated a crash in the town of Tomahawk. Deputies responded to
State Rd. 86 at Max Tilley Rd. just after 5. The woman told the deputy she was
texting while driving causing her to crash into the power pole and break it
off. The deputy noticed the odor of intoxicants and asked her to perform field
sobriety tests. As a result she was taken into custody on a first offense of
operating while intoxicated and also cited for texting while driving.
A 36 year old Merrill man was arrested last night on a felony
and a misdemeanor charge after a deputy investigated a harassment case in the
Town of Merrill. The reporting party said the man had been following the
victim, driving past the victim's house and following the victim on the
highway, once as far as southern Wisconsin. The man was taken into custody on a
charge of stalking and unauthorized use of a computerized messaging device. He
was brought to Lincoln County jail where he is being held for a bond hearing
today.
Seven people reported striking deer this past week on Lincoln
County road ways. Another bear was struck, this time on 51 just south of
Highway 8, Friday evening.
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