A scheduled preliminary hearing April 25 for Tracy Bahr, 40, of Cecil, in the Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court had to be called off because he is currently in jail in Brown County facing a slew of charges there.
Bahr’s attorney, Christopher Froelich, told Judge William Kussel Jr. his client’s arrest prevented his being present in Shawano, so Kussel issued a body-only warrant for Bahr to be brought back to Shawano County in the event that he posts bond in the Brown County cases.
Online court records show a bench warrant was issued for Bahr in December 2023 for not appearing in Brown County Circuit Court. The records show Bahr was brought before the court on March 21, and a $5,000 cash bond was imposed. The records for the Brown County cases do not show Froelich is representing him in those cases.
In Brown County, Bahr has four separate cases open, and is facing 19 felony charges, one count of fleeing from officers in a vehicle and 18 counts of bail jumping. He is also facing 11 misdemeanor charges, with one count of resisting an officer, six counts of bail jumping, one count of domestic abuse battery, two counts of domestic abuse disorderly conduct and one count of domestic abuse criminal damage.
In Shawano County, Bahr is facing one count of failure to comply with an officer’s attempt to take a person into custody, nine counts of possessing a a firearm by a convicted felon, one count of possession of methamphetamine, one count of possession of THC greater than 1,000 grams with intent, 22 counts of bail jumping, one misdemeanor count of resisting or obstructing an officer, three misdemeanor counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and seven misdemeanor counts of bail jumping.
According to the criminal complaint, on Aug. 4, 2022, at 7:35 a.m., a Shawano County sheriff’s deputy responded to a complaint in the Town of Angelica, where Bahr was allegedly contacted by another deputy, as he was allegedly washing a piece of equipment in the driveway. Eight minutes later, Bahr allegedly fled from the residence on a three-wheeled ATV. While searching, another deputy allegedly found one firearm in a vehicle at the residence.
When law enforcement asked residents if they have seen Bahr, one neighbor allegedly said that they saw Bahr leaving a field edge on County Road S with a shotgun across his lap, according to the complaint.
Before noon that day, Bahr’s mother was leaving to the residence where Bahr was spotted. She allegedly told law enforcement, according to the complaint, that Bahr told her he planned to commit suicide, or was going to “shoot it out with the cops.” She then allegedly gave law enforcement two spots where Bahr could be.
On Aug. 7, Bahr was located and brought into custody at Motel 6 in Green Bay. When searching Bahr’s residence, deputies found seven firearms, one box of meth smoking drug paraphernalia with two digital scales, THC drug paraphernalia, 667.8 grams of THC, four mason jars with green, leafy substances, a plastic gallon sized bag with a green, leafy substance, aluminum foil with several cut straws and six shotgun shells that were on a sling.
Bahr faces up to 3½ years in prison and $10,000 in fines for failure to comply with an officer’s attempt to take a person into custody, 10 years and $25,000 in fines for each count of possessing a firearm by a convicted felon, 3½ years and $10,000 in fines for possession of methamphetamine, six years and $10,000 in fines for possession of THC with intent, and six years and $10,000 in fines for each bail jumping count.
Bahr could also face nine months in jail and $10,000 in fines for one count of resisting or obstructing an officer, 30 days and $500 in fines for each misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia, and nine months and $10,000 in fines for each misdemeanor bail jumping count.
According to Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, Bahr has six other open cases in Shawano County, with the first coming from October 2021.
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Bahr hearing canceled due to arrest elsewhere
