COLBY-ABBOTSFORD POLICE LOG

_ June 22 - An officer was asked to assist Marathon County deputies with a vehicle pursuit headed westbound on STH 29 from STH 97. The officer positioned his squad on the westbound land of STH 29, blocking the ramp to STH 13. He prepared to set up a spike strip as the suspect’s vehicle approached but the suspect abruptly turned north, rolling into a ditch.

The officer helped deputies look for the driver, but they were unable to locate him or her.

_ June 22 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence in reference to a suspicious activity report. The caller said her dogs were looking out the window and got spooked by something they saw outside.

The caller was leaving her residence to stay at a friend’s house when she noticed a shadow nearby. She wasn’t sure if it was a person or not. The officer checked the residence, and all of the windows and doors were locked and secure. He did not notice anything suspicious. The officer conveyed his finding to the caller and told her that he would do extra patrols in her area throughout his shift.

_ June 22 - An Abbotsford woman came to the police department to report that someone had stolen her truck from her driveway. She said the keys had been left in the vehicle, and it was not locked.

The officer noted that there may have been a connection to a high-speed pursuit in Marathon County that same morning.

Later that morning, the woman’s vehicle was located in a cemetery on Grand Avenue in Wausau. It seemed to be having battery issues but it appeared to be driveable. The owner was informed, and she said she would get transportation to Wausau before requesting a tow truck. A suspect from Wausau was arrested in connection with the high-speed chase.

_ June 23 - An officer investigated possible ordinance violations at three residences in Abbotsford and one in Colby.

At a house on North Second Street in Abbotsford, the officer noted the presence of a vehicle with an expired registration, along with several junk items in the yard. The violations had previously been observed on June 9 and were unchanged.

The officer investigated another property on North Second Street, and could see an inoperable pickup truck in the lawn with tall grass growing around it. The officer noted that it had not been moved for at least two weeks.

The officer did a follow-up investigation of a property on North First Street and noticed that several junk items, including two mattresses and a couch, were still on the lawn from two weeks earlier. The following day, June 24, the officer noticed that additional items had been added to the pile.

The officer also did a follow-up inspection of a house on West Broadway in Colby. On the property was a truck with expired stickers and tall grass growing around it. The officer could also see multiple vacuum cleaners, a refrigerator and other debris on the porch, along with a mattress and an AC unit in the bushes.

Photographs were taken of all the violations, and letters were sent to the property owners.

_ June 24 - An officer was on patrol in Abbotsford when he noticed a vehicle pull out of a parking lot onto STH 13. He recognized the driver from previous contacts and ran her name through dispatch, which reported that she had a revoked license.

The officer pulled the vehicle over and told the driver the reason for the stop. The driver said she knew her license was revoked, but she needed to drive for work. While speaking with the driver, the officer could smell a slight marijuana odor. When asked if she had any drugs or weapons in the vehicle, she said no.

The K-9 officer arrived, and the dog alerted to the presence of narcotics in the vehicle. A search of the vehicle uncovered two plastic bags containing a total of 6 grams of marijuana, a Ruger SR40C 40-caliber handgun with eight live rounds, and a 10-inch Kabar knife hidden between the driver’s seat and center console. There was also two magnetic boxes containing marijuana shake and a prescription bottle with 11 Tramadol pills.

The driver admitted that she did not have a prescription for Tramadol and did not have a permit to carry a concealed weapon. She also admitted that everything in the vehicle belonged to her. A Clark County investigator informed the officer that the driver was wanted for several other drug charges.

The driver was arrested and taken to Clark County Jail.

_ June 24 - An officer was dispatched to a local motel in reference to a 911 call. The officer met with a man who said he and his girlfriend were arguing over money. He said he had sold his car the day before to pay for food and the motel room.

The officer next talked to the girlfriend, who was suspicious about how her boyfriend was spending money. She said they are waiting to hear about an apartment and they need to pay for another night at the motel. The officer spoke to the boyfriend again, who agreed to pay for a second night at the motel to make his girlfriend happy.

_ June 24 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford location in reference to a child that had run out onto STH 13. The officer met with a couple near the intersection of STH 13 and East Linden Street. They were driving northbound on STH 13 when they noticed a child in diapers run out onto the road. The couple stopped, and the female party carried the child back to the sidewalk. The child then ran back to a nearby residence.

The officer went to the residence and met with the boy’s father, who admitted that the boy had run out onto the road. The officer said there was a lot of traffic on STH 13 and he did not want to see the boy get hit. The father agreed and said he would pay closer attention to the boy.

_ June 25 - An officer responded to an Abbotsford business in reference to the tires being slashed on three vehicles in the parking lot. He met with a woman who showed him surveillance video of the incident.

The video showed an SUV with two occupants pulling into the parking lot after 10 p.m. on the previous night, June 24. The two occupants went to three different vehicles scattered across the parking lot and slashed the tires. Two of the vehicles had all four tires deflated. The officer took pictures of the tires, but he wasn’t sure if they had been punctured or slashed.

The owners of the vehicles did come forward to file complaints, so the officer started trying to contact them. One of them agreed to come to the police station for an interview. He said the suspects’ SUV looked similar to one owned by his former roommates, but he wasn’t sure why they would go after his vehicle. He said it cost him $414 to replace all four tires.

_ June 26 - An officer responded to a property damage complaint at an Abbotsford residence. The complainant said he had been woken up by a strange sound at about 12:37 a.m. He noticed something was wrong with the window blinds at the head of his bed. He checked the blinds and found a rock lodged in them.

The rock had been thrown through both panes of glass and a screen. The complainant said he went outside at the time, but did not see anyone. He said he has no enemies or ongoing feuds that would lead him to suspect anyone. The officer took photographs of the damage.

_ June 27 - An officer was patrolling on STH 13 in Colby when he noticed a vehicle with its emergency flashers on, traveling slowly on Hodd Drive. The officer stopped the vehicle to see if the driver needed any help.

The driver said she had a flat tire and they were trying to limp the vehicle to a nearby gas station so a friend could help her change the tire. While speaking with the driver and his passenger, the officer noticed a pipe commonly used to smoke marijuana in the cup holder between the front seats. The officer asked for the pipe, which was handed to him. Inside the pipe was marijuana residue. The occupants were asked to exit the vehicle, and they were both searched. A search of the vehicle turned up another marijuana pipe and a grinder with marijuana residue inside. The driver admitted that at least one of the pipes belonged her, so did the grinder. She was cited for possession or marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Officers helped the passenger with replacing the tire, and they were released.

_ June 27 - An officer responded to the emergency room in Marshfield in reference to a domestic that had occurred in Colby earlier that day. He met with a woman who said her exhusband had come over to her house for a child custody exchange when the two of them started arguing.

The complainant said she was standing outside her exhusband’s truck and leaning on the passenger side door when he suddenly accelerated, causing her to be thrown to the ground and rolled two or three times. She said she had been telling him to stop and he sped up instead. She said her ex’s cousin and a friend were in the truck with him and were also telling him to stop.

The complainant said her boyfriend drove her to the emergency room with her two children. The officer photographed her injuries, which included “road rash” on her shoulder, ankle and thigh. She also complained of a bump on her head and internal pain on her left side. When asked if her ex had ever been physically abusive before, she said he struck her twice in the chest area during one incident. She was afraid that his violent behavior was getting worse.

The officer went to the ex’s home address in Stratford to speak with him. When asked about the incident, he claimed that he and the complainant had argued a little, but that was it. He said the complainant should not have been hanging onto his truck, and that’s all he had to say. The officer told him that he should have called police if he felt like the complainant wasn’t letting him go. He just shrugged his shoulders.

The suspect was arrested for battery and domestic disorderly conduct and brought to Marathon County Jail.