Seven cases filed against suspect since March
A man with a history of domestic charges is now in jail on a $10,000 cash bond.
Tyler Tushoski, 40, Mukwa, most recent charges include four counts of violating a domestic abuse order and four counts of felony bail jumping.
On Jan. 16, Tushoski’s wife told an officer Tushoski held a propane torch about 2 feet from her face and said, “Don’t worry. I don’t want to kill you, just disfigure you.”
Tushoski was subsequently charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct as an act of domestic abuse.
The wife then moved out of their Mukwa home to rural Fremont.
On March 6, Tushoski’s wife filed for divorce.
On March 7. she called police and reported Tushoski was at her residence and refused to leave.
As Waupaca County Deputy Nate Nelson was responding to the wife’s call, he saw Tushoski driving away from her home.
Nelson made a traffic stop because he observed Tushoski not wearing a seatbelt.
When Nelson asked Tushoski about the complaint, Tushoski said he was frustrated because he could not see his children.
Tushoski was then charged with disorderly conduct as an act of domestic abuse. He was also cited for trespass and fined $263.
On March 8, the wife filed for a restraining order, which Judge Vicki Clussman granted on March 20.
Clussmann’s injunction prohibited Tushoski from having any contact with her directly or indirectly, including by phone, and from going onto her property.
On March 30, Nelson met with Tushoski’s wife, who said he had been sending numerous texts to her and their 12-year-old daughter.
On April 1, Tushoski was charged with felony stalking, causing mental harm to a child, three counts of violating a domestic abuse order and misdemeanor bail jumping.
He was released from custody after posting a $2,500 cash bond on April 3.
Conditions of the bond included that he have no contact with his estranged wife or his two children.
Earlier on April 1, Nelson located and arrested Tushoski at the Fremont Citgo station.
When Waupaca County impounded Tushoski’s car after his arrest, deputies reported finding 5.44 grams of marijuana and 1.15 grams of cocaine in the car.
The district attorney filed misdemeanor possession charges against him on May 6.
On May 3, Deputy Paul Hanneman was dispatched to the wife’s rural Fremont home.
She said Tushoski had texted her multiple times.
Hanneman reported Tushoski continued texting her the entire time he was there.
According to the criminal complaint, some of the messages said he was mad because she called the cops and he begged her not to call them again.
Tushoski allegedly said he knew she called the cops because he had a scanner.
Some of the texts seem to imply he planned to commit suicide.
When the wife turned on her cellphone at 8:13 a.m. May 4, she found Tushoski had sent 15 text messages already that morning.
The texts indicated he planned to talk with their children “one way or another” and to say goodbye.
He also reportedly indicated he had a new car so law enforcement could not find him.
“His behavior and thoughts have been sounding very dangerous and deputies are continually attempting to apprehend him,” Hannman reported.
On the evening of May 4, Tushoski reportedly sent a text claiming he took 63 sleeping pills and all the Vicodin he had.
Deputies could not find him until Tushoski’s father requested a welfare check. They found Tushoski at his father’s home, trying to leave through the back door.