Law Enforcement
n January 22 - An officer received a call from a person requesting a welfare check to be done on her brother. The woman said her brother used to live with their parents until recently and has since moved out of the house. The woman said the man’s vehicle had run out of gas this past weekend and he has been living out of his car. The woman said she also suspected the man was cashing his paychecks and sending all his money to an unknown person. The woman wanted the officer to speak to the man.
The officer went to the man’s place of employment and met with the man. The officer informed him of the concern his family member had for him. The man said he has been living out of his car but his friend had recently been letting him stay at his residence. The officer asked the man what he does with his money after he gets paid. The man said he goes to Walmart on payday and gets food and gas. The man said he was not giving his money away to an unknown person.
The officer gave the man phone numbers for Wood and Clark County social services.
The officer called the caller back and gave her his findings. n January 22 - An officer met with a man who came to the CAPD for a possible fraud complaint. The man said he had received a phone call from a random number and the person on the other end of the phone said they worked for Main One Financial. The man said that the person had all of his information including his social security number.
The man said the female he spoke to said he had defaulted on loans. The man said he does bank at One Main out of Wausau and is not in default on his loans. The officer asked the man if he had checked his bank accounts for any fraudulent activity. The man said he does check his accounts daily and has not seen any fraudulent activity.
The man said he would be calling the bank in Wausau and also the Social Security Office but just wanted the officer to have a report filed. n January 22 - An officer was told that a business owner in Abbotsford had a littering complaint. The officer was given pictures of a truck that had been at the business. The officer could see various items in the bed of the truck and after the truck had left, the items were left in a wash bay at the business. There were floor mats, nails and other items of garbage on the ground. The officer ran the registration of the vehicle and it came back to a resident of Abbotsford. The owner was not at the residence but the officer spoke to the man who owned the truck. The man admitted to being at the business and leaving the garbage at the business. The man was mailed a littering citation. n January 26 - An officer went to an address in Abbotsford in an attempt to locate a man for an outstanding warrant. The officer arrived and met with the man. The man was told that he had a warrant for a missed court appearance. The man was told the warrant was bondable and he called an uncle and told the uncle to meet the duo at the police department with the money.
The officer placed the man under arrest and transported him to the CAPD.
Upon arrival at the department, the officer met with the man’s uncle who had the full bond amount. The man was given a new court date and the man’s probation agent was contacted to advise them of the officer’s contact with the man. n January 27 - An officer responded to a complaint for suspicious activity in Abbotsford. The caller said that a game machine fell on his child. The officer arrived on scene and met with the man who said that his child was not injured and did not need an ambulance but wanted a police report to be filed. The man said that his child was playing with a machine at the address and the machine ended up falling onto him. The officers cleared without incident. n January 27 - An officer was dispatched to a residence in Colby for a possible disturbance. Dispatch advised they received a call from a man who said his sister and her boyfriend were arguing and the boyfriend was trying to rip a door off the hinges. The caller said he was not at the residence but was on his way there.
The officer arrived at the residence and knocked on the back door. The boyfriend came outside and was on the phone with the caller. The officer could hear the caller trying to de-escalate the situation. The officer could see scrapes on the knuckles of the boyfriend’s hand. The man looked like he had been crying and was upset. The officer asked the man to tell him what had happened. The man said that he and his girlfriend had gotten into an argument and he became upset. The man said his mother is on her way to pick him up and take him home. The officer asked the man if he needed medical attention for his hand and he said he did not. The officer asked what had happened to the man’s hand and he said he had hit the door. The officer asked the man if anything physical happened with him and his girlfriend. The man said nothing physical happened and he only hit the door. The man said he is bipolar and when he gets upset he cannot control himself.
The officer went in to talk to the woman. She gave her version of the events to the officer and the officer went upstairs to inspect the damage done to the door. The officer observed the door to be half off its hinges and a hole was punched in the middle of the door. The officer asked the woman if she would like to press charges for the damage to the door. The woman said the officer would have to talk to the caller who was her brother about that. The officer went outside and met with the brother who had called 911 and was standing by with a Clark County Sheriff’s Deputy. The man said he would fill out the necessary paperwork to press charges for the damage.
The officer forwarded charges for disorderly conduct and criminal damage to the Marathon County District Attorney’s Office. n January 28 - An officer was on routine patrol in Colby when he observed a vehicle pass him. The driver was leaning over the steering wheel. The officer went around the block to check on the driver and observed the vehicle to be parked with the driver’s side tire on the curb. The officer parked his vehicle down the block and ran the registration on the vehicle. The registered owner came back as having no driver’s license issued.
The vehicle left where it was parked and drove back north before the officer made a traffic stop of the vehicle. The officer made contact with the driver and could smell the strong odor of alcohol coming from the driver. The officer observed the man to have glassy eyes. The officer asked where the man was coming from and the man pointed to where he was parked earlier. The man said he had two beers about 20 minutes ago.
The officer ran the man through dispatch and confirmed that the man did not have a valid Wisconsin driver’s license.
The officer asked the man to exit the vehicle and asked if he would perform field sobriety tests to ensure he was safe to drive. The man agreed. After the tests, the officer asked the man if he would perform a preliminary breath test and the man agreed to that test as well. The result was 0.106. The officer again asked how much the man had to drink. The man said he had two beers with a shot of tequila in each beer. The man was placed under arrest for operating while intoxicated and transported to the Colby-Abbotsford Police Department.
The man was given a citation for a prohibited alcohol concentration and operating without a valid driver’s license as well as a citation for operating while intoxicated. The man was then released to a responsible party.
