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Oconto County Sheriff’s Department

Jan. 8 Deputies logged 23 incidents, including the following: Disturbance — Authorities assisted with a son who was upset with his mother and out of control, threatening to kill himself, on Main Street in Oconto Falls. Agency Assist — Authorities assisted a homeowner on County Road CCC and Chestnut Road in Oconto Falls who purchased tickets for $300 through eBay that were never received. Abandoned Vehicle — Authorities investigated a report from the highway department of a vehicle parked on state Highway 64 by the pipeline in Suring that needed to be moved due to upcoming snow reports. Accident — Authorities investigated a vehicle that lost control on U.S. Highway 141 just south of County Road E and slid into a ditch. Disturbance — Authorities investigated a report of a mother on Main Street in Gillett who had locked her kids into a bedroom. Jan. 7 Deputies logged 28 incidents, including the following: Disturbance — Authorities investigated a report of a vehicle that pulled into a driveway on South Rosera Street in Lena, tore up the yard, hit a vehicle and left the scene. Accident — Authorities investigated a vehicle rollover on County Road F and Jack Pine Camp Road in Athestane. Ambulance — Authorities assisted with an 80-year-old man on Parkway Road in Pound who was dizzy and sweating and unable to get to the door. Accident — Authorities investigated a report of a vehicle that was hit on U.S. Highway 41 in Brookside by another vehicle. Fire — Authorities assisted with a house filling with smoke on state Highway 32 in Krakow. It was discovered to be a propane fire. Jan. 6 Deputies logged 18 incidents, including the following: Suspicious — A homeowner on Island Lane in Townsend left a key hidden for a contractor. When the contractor went to get the key, it was not there. Homeowner changed the locks. Disorderly Conduct — Authorities assisted with a 25-year-old man who was out of control, swearing and spitting at his parents on County Road I in Oconto Falls. Agency Assist — Authorities assisted the Brown County Sheriff’s Department with a suicidal man who was traveling north on U.S. Highway 41 in Oconto. Welfare Check — Authorities received a call from human services of a 15-year-old boy who might be living on Laura Lane in Crivitz alone while his mother is in jail. Theft — Authorities investigated a report of multiple items that have turned up missing from an outer building on Jaworski Road in Pulaski. Jan. 5 Deputies logged 16 incidents, including the following: Criminal Damage — Authorities investigated a report of a fence that was damaged on County Road S in Little Suamico. The homeowner believed it could have been caused by a car. Intoxication — Authorities assisted with a report of a husband who had been intoxicated for days and refused to eat on Chicken Shack Road in Abrams. Attempt to Locate — Authorities assisted with locating a man whose family has not been able to contact him since before Thanksgiving on Shawano Line Road in Gillett. Agency Assist — Authorities assisted Shawano County Sheriff’s Department with picking up a woman at a church in Pulcifer who attempted to get to an address on County Road A in Suring. Identity Theft — Authorities investigated a report of someone trying to make an unemployment claim using another person’s identity on Geano Beach Road in Little Suamico. Jan. 4 Deputies logged 17 incidents, including the following: Accident — Authorities investigated a one-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 41 and County Road SS in Oconto. An Illinois driver lost control of his vehicle, ending up in the ditch. Accident — Authorities investigated a one-vehicle accident on County Road S one mile south of Geano Beach Road in Sobieski. The driver lost control of his vehicle, which ended up in the ditch. Court Order Violation — Authorities received a call from Downtown Lane in Gillett that an active restraining order was being violated. Identity Theft — Authorities investigated a report from Price County Sheriff’s Department of someone taking the identity of a victim from a double homicide in Oconto County. The driver’s license had recently been updated with a new address. Death Investigation — Authorities investigated a report of a vehicle that had been sitting on Swede Town Road and Woodview Road in Oconto for a couple of days. After running the plate number, it came back registered to a man who has several restraining orders against him who had been reported missing and endangered. After closer investigation of the vehicle, authorities found him unresponsive in the back seat with two small dogs that were cold but alive. Jan. 3 Deputies logged 57 incidents, including the following: Accident — Authorities investigated a one-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 41 and South Maple Grove School Road in the town of Little River due to freezing rain. The driver lost control and ended up in the southbound ditch. Accident — Authorities investigated a one-vehicle accident on the U.S. Highway 141 exit ramp in Abrams. The driver lost control on an ice-covered road and hit the guard rail. Accident — Authorities investigated a one-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 141 and County Road A in Lena. The vehicle was traveling south on the highway, lost control, crossed the median and both northbound lanes, and struck the embankment under the County A overpass. Welfare check — Authorities investigated a report from a concerned sister-in-law on Green Bay Avenue in Gillett of a possible suicidal man who wandered off from Shawano toward Gillett. Jan. 2 Deputies logged 44 incidents, including the following: Disturbance — Authorities investigated a report of a daughter who was out of control on County Road U in Gillett. Accident — Authorities investigated a report of a vehicle that failed to stop for a stop sign on Yarwood Road, lost control, hit a large tree and rolled onto its roof on Spring Hill Road in Gillett. Two people were injured. The driver was cited for OWI. Identity theft — Authorities investigated a report from a caller on Trail Road in Gillett. The caller reported that his bank informed him that someone tried to access his account.