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Oconto County Sheriff’s Department

Aug. 27 Deputies logged 29 incidents including the following: Accident - Authorities investigated a report of a two-vehicle accident on County I in Lena. Suspicious - Authorities investigated a report of a vehicle parked for a long time at the boat landing on North Porcupine Lake Road in Lena. Traffic Miscellaneous - Authorities investigated a report of a person in a vehicle on U.S. Highway 141 north of Lena who was throwing trash out of the window. Trespassing - Authorities investigated a report from a farmer that someone drove through his field on Settlement Road in Gillett. Theft - Authorities investigated a report of someone taking a trailer from a yard on U.S. Highway 141 in Abrams. Aug. 26 Deputies logged 33 incidents including the following: Accident - Authorities investigated a report of a truck in the ditch on Nichols Road and Krueger Quarry Road in Oconto. Welfare Check - Authorities assisted a hitchhiker wearing dark clothes on U.S. Highway 141 in Abrams get to Brown County safely. Accident - Authorities investigated a report of a highway department truck backing into another vehicle on County Road S in Sobieski. Alarm - Authorities investigated a report of an alarm set off at Red Maple Country Club on Golf Course Road in Suring. Traffic Hazard - Authorities assisted with a report of a railroad signal down and lights flashing on County Road S and Geano Beach Road in Little Suamico. Aug. 25 Deputies logged 22 incidents including the following: Disturbance - Authorities investigated a report of a disturbance in an upstairs apartment on Farm Road in Oconto Falls. Suspicious - Authorities investigated a report of two loud explosions to the west of Steffel Road and County Road B in Oconto Falls. Unwanted Party - Authorities investigated a report of a man threatening to kill a couple on County Road B in Oconto Falls. Theft - Authorities investigated a report of a possible theft of medication from a mailbox on County Road V in Gillett. Aug. 24 Deputies logged 25 incidents including the following: Disturbance - Authorities assisted with a report of a group of men fighting on Pioneer Park Road in Lena. Theft - Authorities investigated a report from a woman whose son was taking her mail on County Road A in Lena. Harassment - Authorities assisted a woman whose ex-boyfriend was harassing her on Tracey Lane in Crivitz. Theft - Authorities investigated a report of an person who had video footage of the theft and vandalism that occurred on a property on Knollwood Lane in Suring. Aug. 23 Deputies logged 29 incidents including the following: Harassment - Authorities assisted a man who was being harassed by a woman on Brown Road in Little Suamico. Weapon Offense - Authorities investigated a report of people at the shooting range on Garrity Road in Morgan. The range is closed to the public. Threatening - Authorities investigated a report of a neighbor on Barkman Street in Suring threatening to slash the tires on the caller’s vehicle. Welfare Check - Authorities assisted by checking on a man who was lying on the grass on the Bond property on Main Street in Oconto. Unwanted Party - Authorities assisted with an intoxicated man who refused to leave the Old Town Hall on state Highway 32 in Townsend. Aug. 22 Deputies logged 46 incidents including the following: Burglary - Authorities investigated a report of a possible break-in and disturbance on Main Street in Lena. ATV Accident - Authorities investigated a report of a 25-year-woman who was involved in an ATV accident on a trail and then went to the campground on Chain Lake Road in Lakewood. Accident - Authorities investigated a motorcycle crash on exit 187 of U.S. Highway 41/141 in Abrams. DNR - Authorities assisted the DNR with a report of a young bear with a plastic jug on its head at Rose Road in Gillett. Aug. 21 Deputies logged 33 incidents including the following: Burglary - Authorities investigated a break-in to a car and a tractor shed on County Road V in Gillett. Harassment - Authorities investigated with a report of a person on Chase Road in Pulaski receiving a call from a legal courier service demanding money. Criminal Damage - Authorities investigated a report of damage to an outbuilding on Mayflower Lane in Gillett. Suspicious - Authorities investigated a report of an unknown vehicle with Michigan license plates repeatedly driving past a home on Hogsback Road in Lena. Accident - Authorities investigated a report of an unoccupied vehicle in the ditch on County Road R and County H in Gillett.