Law Enforcement

n February 6 - An officer was dispatched to a residence for a child custody issue. Dispatch advised that the reporting party was the child’s biological mother and was picking up her children when she was attacked by the children’s step mother.

Upon arrival, the officer met with the children’s mother who started to explain what happened when another female, later identified as the children’s step mother, interrupted and came out of the house yelling at the biological mother.

The stepmother said she and the children’s father have been trying to get into contact with the biological mother for some time in order to get an updated address for her. The stepmother said they had been trying to serve the biological mother with court papers but the court papers could not be delivered because she was never home.

The stepmother said the sheriff’s office had attempted to deliver the papers to her father’s address but the biological mother’s father told the deputy she does not live there.

The stepmother said when the biological mother showed up to pick up the children, she confronted the woman and asked her what her current address was so they could serve her papers. The biological mother refused to tell her and began recording her with her phone.

The stepmother said she got upset and attempted to grab the phone out of the other woman’s hand. She said the biological mother began yelling and said she was going to call the police and report that she was assaulted. The stepmother said she did not assault the woman and just did not want to be recorded. The woman said she did not physically hit the woman in any way.

The officer then got the other woman’s side of the story. The woman said she was struck while the stepmother was attempting to knock her phone out of her hand and said it caused her pain. The officer got an updated address for the biological mother and mailed a citation for disorderly conduct to the step mother.

n February 7 - An officer was on routine patrol when he ran the registration information on a vehicle traveling in front of him. The plate returned with an expired registration. The officer initiated a traffic stop and the person parked the vehicle in a parking lot and attempted to walk away quickly.

The officer verbally asked the man to stop and get back in the vehicle. The man complied and the officer explained the reason for the stop. The driver said he did not know the registration for the vehicle had expired and said he did not have any insurance on the vehicle. Clark County dispatch notified the officer the man had a suspended driving status.

K9 Dodge arrived on-scene and performed a narcotics sniff of the vehicle. Dodge alerted to the vehicle and the officer had the man step out of the vehicle. Nothing was located on the driver’s person and the officer searched the vehicle.

The officers found .2 grams of a green, leafy substance located inside of a piece of paper on the passenger seat of the vehicle. The officers also found a small, plastic gem bag with white powder residue located under the driver side sun visor.

The man had two open cases through Wood County which had bond conditions stating the man was not to posses any controlled substances without a prescription.

The officer tested both substances which came back with positive results for THC and methamphetamine.

The officer placed the man under arrest for possession of THC, possession of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor bail jumping and felony bail jumping. The man was then transported to the Clark County Jail. During the man’s medical examination, he tested positive for tuberculosis and was instead brought to his residence.

The man was also issued citations for operating while suspended, no insurance and expired registration.

n February 10 - An officer was dispatched to a gas station in Abbotsford for a traffic complaint. Dispatched advised a white vehicle was driving northbound on North Division Street and was unable to maintain their lane of travel. The vehicle then pulled into a gas station.

Upon arrival, the officer located the vehicle and ran the license plate through the Wisconsin Department of Justice system. The registered owner of the vehicle did not have a valid driver’s license. The officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle on East Linden Street and made contact with the driver.

The driver said he did not have a driver’s license and gave the officer an identification card. The officer could smell the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and asked the driver if there was any marijuana in the vehicle. The driver said there was not.

The officer ran the man through dispatch and then asked the man to exit the vehicle. A search of the driver’s person was conducted and nothing was found. The officer then searched the vehicle and located in between the passenger seat and the center console was a brown wood box. Inside of the box was a silver metal pipe with a green, leafy substance inside. The officer asked the man if the box belonged to him. He said it did not. The officer informed the man that he was going to test the substance inside and if it tested positive, the man would be cited for possession of drug paraphernalia.

The officer then issued the man a citation for operating without a valid driver’s license and went back to the police department to test the substance. The substance did test positive for marijuana and the man was mailed the additional citation.