Law Enforcement
■ Sept. 9 - An officer met with the director of a care facility in Abbotsford in regards to an incident that occurred between two residents on Sept. 3. The director explained that one of the residents had hit another resident with their walker, which had caused a previous wound on the other resident’s leg to reopen. The director then took the officer to speak with an employee of the facility who had witnessed the incident.
The employee stated they had been talking to the injured resident in the doorway of their office when the resident with the walker approached and began cursing at the other resident to move as they were blocking the doorway. The injured resident responded in turn with cussing, and after some yelling, began to move their wheelchair to make room.
The employee said the injured resident moved extremely slow, which upset the other resident, so they began to push their walker into the injured resident’s wheelchair in a plowing/pushing move. The employee was able to intervene before the argument could escalate further and separated the two residents. The employee stated they did not think the walker had struck the injured resident’s leg at all during the altercation.
■ ■ Sept. 5 - An officer took a report of a theft from a residential construction site in Abbotsford. The property manager stated that the construction supervisor noticed that some tools had been taken from the site over the previous night and asked the property manager to check some cameras.
The property manager showed the officer a video of a younger male wearing a gray hoodie with the hood pulled up and black pants. The male was on a bicycle and was seen leaving the construction site at 11:17 p.m., and appeared to be holding something in one hand while steering with the other. The officer was unable to make out what he was holding or any other identifiable features.
The officer then met with the supervisor, who listed and described the stolen items and filled out a lack of consent form. The property manager told the officer they would continue checking the cameras for better views of the suspect.
■ ■ Sept. 6 - An officer was dispatched to a local nursing home in reference to a drug complaint. The officer met with a staff member who suspected two residents to be in possession of marijuana. The staff member told the officer they had spoken with the residents, and one had admitted to having a THC vape pen, while the other had denied having any marijuana.
The officer went to speak to the resident that had admitted to having a THC vape pen. The resident stated they had thrown the pen out a long time ago. When asked to clarify when they had thrown the pen out, the resident stated earlier that day. The officer asked the resident where they had thrown out the vape pen. The resident said they threw it in the grass as far as they could. The officer asked the resident if they had any more THC or marijuana. The resident said no and gave the officer permission to search their room. The officer located a soft-sided cooler in the bottom drawer of their nightstand. There were two vape devices in the cooler.
The resident admitted they were THC vape pens, but they were old and given to him by his father a long time ago before he died. The officer told the resident they would be confiscating the devices and would test them, and if they came back positive for THC, the resident would be receiving a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia. The resident went on a long rant about the politics of legal marijuana in the state of Wisconsin. The officer informed the resident that it was their job to enforce the laws as they are written and THC is illegal in Wisconsin regardless of the resident’s personal feelings.
The officer then went to speak with the other resident. The resident handed over a vape device to the officer and explained that it was nicotine. After a quick search, the officer confirmed that the vape device was nicotine.
The officer was unable to locate the vape device the first resident had thrown into the grass. They tested the two other devices and received positive results from both. The citation for possession of drug paraphernalia was delivered to the resident.
■ Sept. 6 - An officer was dispatched to a residence in Abbotsford for a disturbance of a male hitting a female and throwing stuff. The officer met with the female outside the apartment, and she directed the officer to the male’s location inside the residence.
The officer asked the male to come outside. The officer observed the male to have a laceration on the left cheek of his face, and the female to have a swollen left eye that appeared to be black and blue, and a red chest. The officer had the male put his hands behind his back and placed handcuffs on him. The officer then had him sit on a bumper of a nearby vehicle.
A second officer arrived and stayed outside with the male, while the first officer spoke with the female inside the residence. The female stated she had gotten into an argument with her brother over chores that needed to be done around the home. She stated the argument had been loud enough for the neighbors to hear.
The female stated that she had been sitting in the kitchen at around 5:30 a.m., with her brother standing in front of her, when the argument started. She stated he had reached over and pushed her off the chair. He had attempted to slap and punch her in the face several times after she had fallen to the ground, but he missed every time.
She stated she was able to get herself up off the ground and walked to her bedroom. She had called her father, but the brother overheard her, and opened the door to threaten to hit her again. She stated he walked away, so she locked the door, but he came back and tried to enter the room again. She stated he then kicked the door open, breaking some of the door trim off. He tried to hit her again, but missed. Then they both left the residence to go to work.
The female stated that when they returned from work around 5:20 p.m., she went into her bedroom to talk on the phone with her cousin. Her brother overheard what she was saying to the cousin and came into the bedroom. She stated she was lying on the bed, with her back on the bed and her face towards the ceiling. She stated her brother punched her in the chest five times and one time on the left side of her face by her eye with a closed fist. She attempted to protect herself and grabbed a mug that was near her bed. She hit him on the left side of the face with the mug. He grabbed the mug out of her hand and attempted to hit her back with it, but missed. He then walked out of the bedroom with the mug and broke it on the ground near the kitchen. The female stated law enforcement arrived then.
The officer then met with the second officer and male outside. The male stated he had gotten into an argument with his sister about chores, which had continued most of the day, and that she had hit him in the face. The officer placed the male under arrest for domestic battery and disorderly conduct. Central EMS arrived on scene and evaluated both individuals for their injuries, neither of whom needed to be transported. The male was transported to the Clark County Jail and turned over to the staff. The female enforced the 72 no-contact and filled out the domestic abuse packet. Photographs of both individuals’ injuries were documented.
■ ■ Sept. 6 - An officer met with a complainant at their residence in Abbotsford in reference to a fraud complaint. The complainant stated they were getting help to set up an account from a tech expert, who had informed them that they were currently being hacked. Every time they would try to reset the PIN, it would be changed by an unknown hacker. The complainant said they then went on vacation, and while there, the direct deposit for their paycheck got changed and was not deposited into their bank account. The complainant stated they did not approve of a change to their direct deposit from their employer. They were informed that the change was approved through email, even though the company knew they were on vacation and their phone was not working.
The officer was given the banking information of the account where the checks were being deposited. The complainant told the officer they were already working with the banks and needed a police report filed.
