WJJQ LOCAL NEWS
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department reports
Monday, January 9, 2012
Deputies credited proper use of seat belts and an
air bag in preventing serious injury in a 1 vehicle crash this week. At just
before 1:00am on Tuesday a 911 call reported a truck left the roadway and
rolled on State Rd. 64. The driver said he was driving home after work when he
fell asleep. His truck left the roadway and struck an embankment at Black Jack
Lane. He was treated and released for minor injuries at Ministry Good Samaritan
Health Center.
The rec deputy cited four out-of-state
snowmobilers for operating while intoxicated after a traffic stop early
Saturday morning in the Town of Bradley. The deputy watched as the sleds failed
to stop at two stop signs while traveling south on the Hiawatha Trail at just
before 1:00am. Two men from Texas and a man from Chicago were taken into
custody following field sobriety tests and cited for operating a snowmobile
while intoxicated. A fourth man, also from Texas, refused the test and was
taken in on the same offense. The four were processed and released to a
responsible party.
A 50 year old Neenah man was taken into custody
yesterday morning after deputies responded to a report of a vehicle in the
ditch in the Town of King. Just after midnight a caller reported the incident
on County Rd. D near H. When the deputies arrived at the scene they found the
man in the driver seat and detected intoxicants. As the result of a field
sobriety test, he was arrested on a second offense of operating a motor vehicle
while intoxicated.
A 23 year old Irma man was taken into custody
yesterday afternoon on a body only warrant through Grant County. A deputy along
with a Tomahawk officer went to a residence on South Gate Drive and took the
man into custody on the warrant for 13 counts of criminal damage to property.
He was brought to the Lincoln County Jail where he will be held until he can be
returned to Grant County.
12 people reported striking deer this past week
on Lincoln County Roadways.
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