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Oconto County Sheriff’s Department

July 10 Deputies logged 23 incidents, including the following: Suspicious - Authorities investigated a call about people congregating on Michael Circle in Gillett. Welfare check - Authorities investigated threats received by a family on Pecor Street in Oconto from an individual recently released from jail. Noise disturbance - Authorities investigated a report of loud guitar music. Traffic miscellaneous - A semitrailer with a back trailer door open was reported on U.S. Highway 41 north of Oconto. Alarm - Authorities investigated an overhead door alarm at the Pendl Company on Katch Drive in Oconto. July 9 Deputies logged 28 incidents, including the following: Suspicious - Authorities investigated a disturbance outside the Wild Fire bar in Gillett. Theft - Authorities investigated the theft of tractor parts on Arndt Road in Oconto Falls. Criminal damage - Authorities were called to investigate a lawn that was damaged on Moody Lake Road in Suring. Criminal damage - Authorities investigated a truck with its windows smashed on Michael Circle in Gillett. July 8 Deputies logged 31 incidents, including the following: Assault - Authorities investigated a report from a woman in Suring who said she was touched inappropriately while in Oconto. Animal neglect- Authorities investigated an anonymous complaint about a home on Ranch Lake Road in Pound that has several feral cats on its property. Traffic miscellaneous - Authorities investigated a call from Brown County of individuals in a vehicle on U.S. Highway 41 north throwing smoke bombs out their windows. July 7 Deputies logged 36 incidents, including the following: Juvenile problem - Authorities assisted at a Lakewood home where a 14-year-old male was out of control. Harassment- An employee at Shell in Gillett reported being harassed by a customer. Death investigation - Authorities investigated the death of a 42-year-old man found dead on Spirea Road in Oconto. Theft - Authorities investigated the theft of three fishing rods taken from a boat at a motel in Oconto during the fishing tournament, June 25-29. Theft - A theft of an aluminum trailer was reported by Northwoods Power Equipment on Highway 141 in Lena. July 6 Deputies logged 37 incidents, including the following: Disturbance - Authorities investigated a fight between a man and woman on Superior Avenue in Oconto. Criminal damage - Tires were reported slashed on a vehicle parked overnight in the Park and Ride on state Highways 22 and 32 in Gillett. Criminal damage - Windows were reported broken at a house on Michael Circle in Gillett. Suspicious - Authorities investigated two calls about people entering and leaving private property on St. Patrick’s Road, Lena. July 5 Deputies logged 60 incidents, including the following: Harassment - A female on Rasmussen Lane in Mountain reported receiving threats. Property damage - Authorities investigated an incident of a golf ball smashing through a windshield of a truck driving by the Sand Trap Inn on County F in Lakewood. Emergency - Authorities assisted a female transporting an 84-year-old male with chest pains to Community Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls. Fireworks - Authorities investigate a fireworks complaint from Elm Street in Townsend. July 4 Deputies logged 45 incidents, including the following: Assault - Authorities investigated a complaint of a verbal argument that escalated into a physical assault with a caregiver of property on state Highway 32 in Suring. Runaway - Authorities investigated a call regarding a 16-year-old female missing from a Brock Road residence in Gillett. Unwanted person - Authorities investigated the complaint of a unwanted person who broke into a home on County Road W in Crivitz in the Crooked Lake area. DNR - An individual reported seeing a sandy-colored mountain lion behind his trailer on Muehl Drive in Suring. Suspicious - Authorities investigated a male wandering around inside the locked gates of Nicolet Water on County Road W in Mountain.