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Waupaca County sheriff’s report Feb. 6

• Feb. 5 – Resident of the E5900 block of State Highway 54, New London, reported receiving up to 10 phone calls per day from the same number. The phone rings, but nobody says anything from the other end. This has been going on for several months.

• Feb. 5 – Staff at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King reported finding a pocket-sized candy tin filled with marijuana in a resident’s room.

• Feb. 5 – Resident of the 700 block of Demarest Avenue, Waupaca, reported receiving a call from someone claiming to be with Publishers Clearing House who wanted her to send a check for $325. The only thing she gave them was her name and address, she said.

• Feb. 5 – A 76-year-old Iola caller reported her son was stealing from her. Her son then got on the line and said his mother has Parkinson’s disease and is sometimes confused.

• Feb. 5 – A caller from County Trunk QQ, Waupaca, asked for the time and date. Dispatch advised him not to call 911, but to call time and temperature instead.

• Feb. 5 – Manawa caller reported his ex-girlfriend has texted him a photo of a handful of pills, and he asked the police to check on her.

• Feb. 4 – Wisconsin Veterans Home at King reported$60 was stolen from a resident.

• Feb. 4 – Resident of the 500 block of Waupaca Street, Fremont, reported receiving an 800 call informing him his cellphone account was canceled. He thought he was speaking to his provider and updated his information to switch from 4G to 5G. Ten minutes later, he received an email notifying him he had purchased an iPhone.

• Feb. 4 – Woman from Northgate Estates, New London, called 911, screaming that her brother attacked her. The communications officer reported, “I advised her to calm down and give me the address. She called me a ‘bitch’ and told me I was in on it with her brother and I don’t do my job.” The woman then hung up.

• Feb. 3 – Caller from the 300 block of South Main Street, Marion, reported her black 2013 Ford Fusion was stolen. Dispatched advised that her car had been repossessed.

• Feb. 2 – Caller said when he picked up his 5-year-old daughter from her mother’s home in Waupaca, the girl was talking about her mother’s boyfriend’s penis.

• Feb. 2 – An 84-year-old Manawa caller reported relatives are coming into his home, taking things and clearing out his checking account. He said he reported this problem earlier but dispatch had no record of it.

• Feb. 2 – Caller from the 400 block of South Western Avenue, Waupaca, asked for a welfare check on a man who was running back and forth outside while wearing slippers, a sweatshirt and pajama pants.

• Feb. 2 – Caller from the 300 block of East Pine Street, New London, reported an elderly man was riding his motor scooter down the middle of the street and was almost hit by a car.

• Feb. 2 – Clintonville caller reported her friend was sending her messages on Facebook that he was going to end it, that no one cares.

• Feb. 1 – Caller from the E1800 block of Lake Shore Drive, Iola, reported she paid a contractor $25,000 for a home remodeling project that was never done.

• Feb. 1 – Clintonville father reported his 16-year-old son refuses to come home. He said he gave his son permission to go to a friend’s house while school was out and now the teen says he is moving out.

• Jan. 31 – Caller reported a woman working at the Landing Strip in Waupaca was drinking and was violating her bond because she needed to maintain absolute sobriety.

• Jan. 30 – Caller from Covered Bridge Road, Waupaca, reported receiving a phone call saying her internet service was going down and then received another call from someone claiming to represent the company that would be taking over her account. She gave that person information and $2,000.

• Jan. 30 – Dollar General, West Fulton Street, Waupaca, reported a woman was shoplifting.

• Jan. 29 – Dispatch received a 911 hang-up call. When the communications officer called back the number, the woman who answered it said her daughter slammed her over a table and broke some things. The woman said she did not want to see an officer, but dispatch advised her she did not have a choice.

• Jan. 29 – Caller from County Trunk QQ, Waupaca, reported her ex-roommate took her wallet and will not return it.

• Jan. 29 – Caller from the E1600 block of Lake Shore Drive, Iola, reported someone stole $800 from his shop.

• Jan. 29 – Caller from the N1300 block of West Stratton Road, Waupaca, reported someone broke into his shop and stole welding equipment and tools.

• Jan. 29 – Oshkosh police requested a welfare check on a 19-year-old Waupaca woman who left a vaguely suicidal note at her parents’ home.

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