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Oconto County Sheriff’s Department

Sept. 24 Deputies logged 29 incidents including the following: Traffic Miscellaneous - Authorities investigated a report of construction barrels tampered with overnight on U.S. Highway 141 near Stiles Junction in Lena. Abandoned Vehicle - Authorities investigated a report from a cabin owner on West Shore Drive in Mountain of a Jeep she didn’t own in her front yard and a kayak and paddles on her dock. Suspicious - Authorities investigated a report of a strange vehicle with no license plate near a home where a break-in occurred last week on Warrington Lake Drive in Gillett. Attempt to Locate - Authorities assisted with a report of a vehicle that met the description of the vehicle driven by a man who cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet in Brown County. The vehicle was spotted on state Highway 32 heading north from the Highway 22/32 roundabout in Gillett. Sept. 23 Deputies logged 22 incidents including the following: Accident - Authorities investigated a one-vehicle rollover on U.S. Highway 41/141 and Oak Orchard Road in Abrams. Traffic Miscellaneous - Authorities assisted a man in a vehicle with South Dakota plates on Bagley Rapids Campground Road in Mountain. Traffic Miscellaneous - Authorities investigated a report of an elderly woman whose driving was a concern. She was driving on state Highway 32 in Mountain. Harassment - Authorities investigated a report of a neighbor on Habeck Lane in Abrams who set up a camera system and was taking pictures of the caller’s children. Sept. 22 Deputies logged 18 incidents including the following: Suspicious - Authorities investigated a report of two men acting suspiciously at Abrams Shell on County Road EE in Abrams. Accident - Authorities investigated an accident involving a deer on U.S. Highway 41 north of state Highway 22 in Oconto. Prowler - Authorities investigated a report of a man watching a woman through her patio door on Robin Lane in Gillett. Juvenile Problem - Authorities assisted with an out-of-control 13-year-old boy hitting the walls and people on County Road I in Oconto Falls. ATV Complaint - Authorities investigated a report of a child speeding and tearing up a road with a three-wheeler on Sunrise Circle in Mountain. Sept. 21 Deputies logged 22 incidents including the following: Ambulance - Authorities assisted a 35-year-old woman having a difficulty breathing on Pleasant View Drive in Pulaski. Welfare Check - Authorities checked the welfare of a woman on Main Street in Lena after friends were unable to contact her. Traffic Hazard - Authorities investigated a report of a farm trailer full of grain that lost two wheels and was being unloaded in the traffic lane on County Road C in Krakow. Welfare Check - Authorities assisted a woman trying to contact her ex-husband and daughter on Degantown Road in Gillett. Burglary - Authorities investigated a report of a damaged door and items missing on Main Street in Lena. Sept. 20 Deputies logged 36 incidents including the following: Citizen Assist - Authorities assisted an intoxicated man who had fallen on a sidewalk on state Highway 32 in Townsend. Weapon Offense - Authorities investigated a report of a man waving a gun in a home on Hummingbird Hill Lane in Townsend. Theft - Authorities investigated a report of an alternator removed from a truck on Algoma Street in Suring. Drugs - Authorities investigated a report of a possible drug camp in the forest off Old Highway 32 Road in Mountain. Sept. 19 Deputies logged 32 incidents including the following: Accident - Authorities investigated a report of a vehicle struck by a bale of hay that fell off a flatbed truck on state Highway 32 and Moody Lake Circle in Suring. Found Property - Authorities investigated a report of a found pontoon boat on Townsend Flowage by Nicolet Road in Townsend. Civil Matter - Authorities investigated a report of someone dumping gravel and dirt on a property on Timber Edge Lane in Townsend. Traffic Hazard - Authorities assisted with a large piece of metal in the southbound lane of County Road E in Abrams. Citizen Dispute - Authorities investigated a report of people arguing over property lines on County Road B and Beaver Lake Road in Oconto Falls. Sept. 18 Deputies logged 32 incidents including the following: Burglary - Authorities investigated a report of an attempted burglary on Sawyer Lake Road in Townsend. Owners have a video as proof. Accident - Authorities investigated a report from a man stating his daughter hit a dog with his vehicle on County Road V in Suring, causing damage to the vehicle. Agency Assist - Authorities assisted Forest County with a vehicle that fled after a routine traffic stop and was headed south on state Highway 32 from Townsend. Theft - Authorities investigated a report of a missing compressor from a home on Warrington Lake Drive in Gillett. Ambulance - Authorities assisted a 71-year-old woman on County Road E in Abrams who called for medical help.