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Waupaca County Sheriff’s report Jan. 4

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• Dec. 19 – A New London woman on Jennings Street reported there was a man “out of touch with reality” and he had a knife, a rope and he planned to hang himself.
• Dec. 19 – The Wisconsin Veterans Home reported a possible diversion of an Ozempic pen.
• Dec. 19 – A Bear Creek woman on Silver Creek Road reported a driver threw a beer can out of the window and it struck her daughter’s vehicle and damaged the driver’s side part of the windshield.
• Dec. 19 – A Waupaca man on Crystal Lake Road reported multiple vehicles were driving up and down the road and shooting off fireworks.
• Dec. 19 – A Waupaca man on County Trunk E requested a welfare check on an elderly woman with her pants around her knees that was walking in the middle of the lane towards Waupaca High School.
• Dec. 20 – A Clintonville woman on County Trunk D reported her Ford F150 was taken without her permission.
• Dec. 20 – Rawhide Youth Services reported a juvenile runaway.
• Dec. 21 – A female caller reported underage drinking at a party at a garage. Between 15 to 20 people were there, two of them were over 21 years old. The information was gleaned from Snapchat.
• Dec. 21 – Kwik Trip in Clintonville reported a man was slumped over in a blue van.
• Dec. 21 – McDonald’s in Waupaca reported a suspicious man that said he was very scared and that he ran away from his group home.
• Dec. 22 – Many vehicle accidents were reported on Dec. 22, including a tipped-over log truck and a box truck flipped on its side.
• Dec. 22 – Walker Family Veterinary Hospital requested help contacting the owner of a Shitzu that was hit by a train.
• Dec. 22 – An Ogedensburg woman on Swamp Road reported a 21-year-old woman was bitten by a dog and bleeding heavily.
• Dec. 23 – A Marion woman on Pigeon River Shores reported she was receiving letters from her ex-caregiver who was “obsessed with her.”
• Dec. 23 – A Clintonville man on County Trunk C reported the death of a man.
• Dec. 23 – A Manawa man on Walnut Street reported a woman was watching his cat and she gave it away to someone else.
• Dec. 23 – The Veterans Crisis Hotline reported a man text messaged them with suicidal ideations and he had a gun nearby.
• Dec. 24 – A New London man on Cut Off Road reported a man trespassed onto his land to track a deer.
• Dec. 24 – A Waupaca man on Fulton Street reported a 20-year-old man had a knife intending to hurt himself.
• Dec. 24 – A Clintonville man on Pansy Circle reported his wife was talking in riddles and half sentences and talking about medical issues that were not real.
• Dec. 24 – A Waupaca man on Kristin Lane reported his security system cycled, he heard a bang outside of the house, his car alarm went off twice and noise was coming from his basement entrance.
• Dec. 24 – A Bear Creek man on Willow Street reported smoke coming from the roof the smell of burning rubber.
• Dec. 25 – An anonymous caller reported a group chat about a party and some people were talking about brining guns.
• Dec. 25 – A Waupaca man on Crystal Lake Road reported two men were threatening and harassing him.
• Dec. 26 – A female caller reported that Siri overheard her talking about falling down and called 911 on her behalf.
• Dec. 26 – The Wisconsin Veterans Home reported the daughter of a resident scratched her father, yelled at him and threw his medicine at him.
• Dec. 27 – An Iola man on Lund Road reported an attempted double homicide. The night before, members of a Mexican drug cartel took his brother outside and tried lighting something on fire. The caller said he was hit in the head.
• Dec. 27 – A Fremont woman on Wolf River Drive reported a woman staying with her was losing her mind and the day before they were “in Iola driving all over looking for a house that doesn’t exist.”
• Dec. 28 – A New London man on Starlight Drive reported suspicious footprints leading up to his house and in his yard.
• Dec. 29 – A Clintonville woman on Lakeshore Road reported a man drug her around the living room and hit her head on the wall.
• Dec. 29 – A Weyauwega woman on Main Street reported her brother had a gun to his head and she took it away.
• Dec. 30 – A Waupaca man on Shambeau Trace reported a man wearing plaid pajama pants and a hooded sweatshirt was going around looking for loose change in parked vehicles.
• Dec. 30 – A Weyauwega man on River Road reported a fraud that removed over $3,00 from his accounts.
• Dec. 30 – Rawhide Youth Services reported one juvenile struck another juvenile in the head with a piece of wood. In another call, a juvenile was cutting himself with a razor.
• Jan. 1 – A New London man on Ritchie Lane reported a man was manic and destroying property in a detached garage.
• Jan. 1 – A Weyauwega woman on Summit Street reported a man was in the roadway “flipping off vehicles.”
• Jan. 2 – A female caller reported a man out on bond from Milwaukee County was harassing her via multiple ways and said, “Hopefully cancer takes you out before I do,” and “Has it killed you yet?”
• Jan. 2 – Oshkosh Police Department alerted the sheriff’s office about a man wanted for armed robbery and Facebook Marketplace thefts. He was driving around in a rented black Ford Fusion.
• Jan. 3 – A female calling from the Wisconsin Veterans Home reported a resident threw urine on her.
• Jan. 3 – A Plover woman reported an elderly Iola woman fell outside and died.
• Jan. 3 – The Wisconsin Veterans Home reported a 74-year-old male resident had an elevated ammonia level and was aggressive and throwing feces and other objects at staff.
• Jan. 4 – The Bridge Bar in Fremont reported a female was refusing to leave and was in a verbal argument with group of people.
• Jan. 4 – A Waupaca man on Akron Road reported a man was highly intoxicated and throwing her things into garbage bags. He locked her outside for ten minutes but was now inside.
• There were 39 deer-related calls during this period. Thirty-one controlled burns were called in. A woman reported an eagle smashed into her car and died in the ditch. An Iola man reported a brown cow loose in the roadway. A caller reported a golden retriever and a chocolate lab were running in the roadway and bystanders were keeping them out of traffic. ThedaCare New London reported a juvenile was bit by a dog. A caller reported cows loose on Bestul Road. ThedaCare Waupaca reported a man was bitten by his own dog, stitches required; and two days later, they also reported a woman was bitten by her own cat. A Waupaca man reported a Canada goose with a broken wing that was wandering around for a couple days.

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