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Oconto Falls Police Department

An Oconto Falls woman, 58, reported finding a handgun while cleaning her basement on Jan. 2 on Wisconsin Street. An Oconto Falls man, 51, reported finding a cell phone in the snow on Jan. 5 on North Maple Avenue. It was returned to its owner. An Abrams boy, 11, was refereed to Oconto County Health and Human Services on Jan. 5 for truancy. He is a student at Washington Middle School. Staff at Oconto Falls Elementary School reported a suspected child abuse incident involving a boy, 9, on Jan. 6. Police determined no abuse had occurred. The driver’s side mirror of a parked vehicle was missing after a hit-and-run incident on Jan. 7 at Caldwell Avenue and North Franklin Street. A woman, 19, reported her vehicle was struck. An Oconto Falls girl, 15, attending Oconto Falls High School, and a boy, 13, attending Washington Middle School, were cited for truancy Jan. 8. A Gillett man, 52, reported his vehicle struck the back of a vehicle on Jan. 9 while he was driving through the parking lot at Oconto Falls High School. His vehicle slid on snow and ice and struck the vehicle of a New Holstein man. Both vehicles sustained minor damage. An Oconto Falls man, 54, was taken by ambulance to a local hospital on Jan. 10 after reporting he might have accidentally overdosed on cold medicine. A Suring girl, 16, attending Oconto Falls High School, was cited for juvenile possession of e-cigarette paraphernalia on Jan. 11 after school authorities contacted police. Police investigated an anonymous report on Jan. 12 of an odor of marijuana evident at an apartment building on East Indianwood Drive. They were unable to determine the source of the odor, and no citations were issued.