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■ April 30 - An officer met with a Colby man at his residence who said that he noticed the front license plate on his truck was stolen. The man said he drove the truck to work the day prior and did not notice if the license plate was missing then, but noticed it that day. The officer ran the registration on the truck and it came back to a woman.

The officer said the woman would need to fill out the lack of consent form to be able to enter the plate as stolen. Another officer later returned to the residence to have the woman fill out the form.

■ May 3 - An officer was parked in a parking lot in Colby at night when he observed a male with a backpack and his hood drawn walking on the east sidewalk of Hwy. 13.

The male walked towards two individuals who were standing in front of a building. When the male was next to the other two individuals, the two individuals began speaking with the male and looked in my direction waving the officer to come over to them.

Another officer spoke to the two men who said that the male walking with his hood up was looking into their cars in the parking lot behind the building. The officer asked the man walking what he was doing out. The man said he was just walking around with his friend. He said he did not know his friend's last name and he had run off prior to the contact with the officer.

The man said he was going to be up front with the officer and said he was meeting up with his friend to smoke marijuana. The man said that his friend had provided it and left with whatever was left of the marijuana.

The other officer came back and reported that there was nothing missing from any vehicles nor damaged. The vehicle owners did not want to do anything further regarding the man and just wanted him to leave. The man was told that he needed to go back to his house and stay there for the rest of the night if he wanted to avoid any consequences. The man agreed to do so.

■ May 4 - An officer observed a vehicle traveling south on Hwy. 13 at a high rate of speed in Colby. The officer activated his radar unit and got a reading of 70 mph in a 45 mph zone. The officer turned around and caught up to the vehicle as it turned east onto Hornet Drive and then into the Nicolet Bank parking lot where the officer made a traffic stop of the vehicle.

The officer approached the vehicle and could see the man moving around and could hear the sound of glass bottles being dropped. The officer made contact with the driver and explained the reason for the traffic stop. The driver said he was just coming to get money. The officer could see an empty bottle of beer by the driver’s feet and an empty bottle in the center console cup holder. The officer told the driver to hand him the bottle. The driver grabbed a different, opened, but full bottle of beer from the driver’s side door.

As the officer was dumping that beer out, the driver handed him another opened but full bottle. The officer could see a case of beer in the back seat of the vehicle. The driver said he did not know how many beers he had but it was just a little bit. The driver said he would have to look in the case in the back seat to see how many he has had.

The officer ran the man through dispatch and found the man to have a revoked driver’s license status due to an alcohol related offense with one prior operating while intoxicated. The officer also saw that the man had a restriction of no alcohol concentration greater than .02. The driver was asked to exit the vehicle and as he did, another empty beer bottle fell out of the vehicle and there was another empty bottle in the driver’s door cup holder. The officer saw a wallet on the driver’s side floor and found the man’s ID which confirmed his identity.

The officer asked the man if he would take field sobriety tests to ensure he was safe to drive. He went through the tests and was asked if he would consent to a preliminary breath test. He agreed and the result of the test was .106.

The driver was placed under arrest for operating while intoxicated (second offense). He was transported to the Colby- Abbotsford Police Department where he was additionally cited for prohibited alcohol concentration (second offense), operate after revocation due to alcohol and exceeding speed zones, 25-29 mph.

■ May 11 - An officer was flagged down by a man who said he had a civil complaint. The man said he worked with a male and a female who were recently evicted or moved out of their home and did not have a place to stay. The man said he was a nice guy and they seemed like decent people so he allowed them to stay at his apartment.

The man said they were messy and had began telling people at work that the complainant was the messy person. The complainant said he and the duo argued quite a bit about typical roommate things before they found a different place to live.

The man said they left his place a mess but his issue was he suspected them of going into his room. The man said that he had some tax paperwork in his room in a bag and the papers were no longer there. The man said that the woman or man were the only ones who could have taken the paperwork. The complainant said he realized they were not good people and considering they were the only persons with keys to the apartment, had blamed them.

The officer was asked to speak with the woman and tell her to return the papers. The officer told the man if they returned the papers, the department could have an officer stand by while the property was exchanged.

The next day, the man again found the officer. He said he had went to church that morning and when he went to leave, he found the papers in question laying on his front seat. The officer advised the man to notify his bank for possible credit monitoring as the numbers could have been written down and could still be used. The officer told the complainant he would document the incident.