POLICE REPORTS: JANUARY 2025

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Reports received by the police departments in Price County for the month have been condensed and summarized.

PRICE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Reports were not received for January 1 - 12, 2025 as of the time of publication.

1-13-25:  An Ogema woman reported license plates that she previously owned, but left on a car she traded in at a Wausau dealership in 2023, were being used, and she was receiving toll violation citations from Illinois.

1-14-25:  A customer reportedly was physically fighting outside the grocery store in Park Falls with a loss prevention officer over a stolen item.  No injuries were reported, the fighting stopped, and both people moved back into the store.

1-15-25:  A Prentice woman reported a dispute with her neighbor.  The caller said she was walking her dog and taking out laundry when her neighbor started screaming at her and using threatening behavior.  The caller could not understand the woman given she was mumbling.

1-16-25:  A Park Falls woman was supposed to meet her boyfriend and friends for dinner, but when he did not respond to her texts or phone calls, she checked on him, and she found him deceased.  He was lying face down with a gun next to him.  She did not believe he had a history of depression or suicide attempts, but he did have a history of heart problems.  The police report does not mention how the man ultimately died.

1-18-25:  A Prentice man reported an explosion sound near enough to his residence that it shook the windows.

1-19-25:  A Phillips man reported an abandoned Jeep Cherokee was at the East Solberg Lake boat landing.  Given the amount of snow on the vehicle and no snow under the vehicle, he felt it had been there for at least a week.

1-22-25:  A Phillips man reported that his ex-girlfriend tried to shoot herself.  The man got the firearm away from the woman but not before it discharged into the wall.

1-22-25:  An out-of-town woman stated she crashed her vehicle in the Township of Flambeau and, though not injured, was trapped inside the vehicle.

1-22-25:  The Price County Highway Department reported one of their plow trucks was hit near an intersection in Fifield.  There were no injuries.

1-23-25:  A Prentice woman reported having approximately $1,400 stolen from three of her financial accounts during the past week.  She thought her phone must have gotten hacked.  She stated her bank told her someone tried to write a check to a man, but the check did not have the woman's signature, and the woman was unsure if the man was involved in the loss of money.

1-25-25:  A man reported people and dogs trespassing on his 40 acres of property, according to the camera footage that he viewed.

1-25-25:  A semi driver reported a vehicle on the side of the road with flashers on and a woman walking down the highway.

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PHILLIPS POLICE DEPARTMENT

1-6-25  On Avon Avenue, police received a complaint from an adult male regarding numerous piles of junk that were sitting in the back yard of a residence next to his.  An officer responded and took photographs of the items, which were old play vehicles, garbage bags, a mattress, wood, tires, and other scrap. An officer delivered an "Order of Compliance" to the owner and gave the owner 30 days for the property to be put into compliance.

1-6-25: Advised of a disorderly incident that occurred at the Phillips Middle School.  The victim and suspect were spoken to.  An officer is investigating the incident.

1-7-25:  Received information from a local school that an adult, who was prohibited from being inside the school building, had been inside the school building the previous evening.  The school requested the adult be cited.  An officer issued a citation to the adult for trespassing.

1-7-25:  Notified by the school that two students were suspected of consuming a controlled substance at school.  An officer and school officials investigated the incident.  As a result of the investigation, the two students were suspended from school; one of the students received a citation for possession of a controlled substance and the other student was referred to the Price County Human Services Department for possession of a controlled substance.

1-7-25: Responded to two dogs that were fighting on a city street. The owner of one of the dogs told the officer that his dog ran out of the vehicle when he opened the door and attacked another dog who was being walked by his owner.  Both dogs appeared to be fine.  The owner of the dog that was attacked did not wish anything to be done and thanked the officers.  The officer spoke to the owners of the dogs to make sure they were both current on vaccinations and that they were registered through Price County.

1-9-25:  Received a report of a vehicle striking a private fence along South Lake Avenue.  An officer arrived and documented the scene.  The caller reported they had noticed the damage to the fence a day ago and believed it may have been struck two days ago.  Investigation pending.

1-14-25:  Spoke to a citizen at the front door of the Phillips Police Department.  The citizen was irate and began swearing at the officer.  The officer called for another officer to help remove the citizen as the citizen would not leave and was blocking the door.  The citizen was later arrested by the Price County Sheriff's Department for disorderly conduct.

1-16-25:  Assisted the Central Price County Ambulance Service with an adult male who had a cart of steel fall onto him trapping him on the ground.  Coworkers were able to remove the steel. An officer arrived and assisted with loading the patient into the ambulance.  The ambulance met the Medivac helicopter at the Price County Airport for transport.

1-17-25:  Made contact with a City of Phillips resident at their home regarding baiting of
deer in the city limits.  An officer advised the resident that they cannot bait deer in the city limits. The resident apologized and said they would stop.

1-19-25:  Advised by Price County Dispatch that a residential structure fire had occurred.  An officer responded and spoke with Price County Emergency Management and the owner of the residence.

1-26-25:  Assisted Price County Sheriff's Department with an intoxicated male who went to the Sheriff's Office to report that he had went in the ditch with his vehicle.  One adult male was arrested for operating while intoxicated.

1-28-25:  Received a complaint from a resident on Flambeau Avenue who advised her neighbor had a company cut part of a tree that was on the property line and now the company wants her to pay for the removal of her half of the tree.  The woman wanted it on record in case they damaged any of her property.

1-30-25:  Observed a camper motor home parked at a residence on Argyle Avenue with no license plates attached to it.  The motor home has been sitting in the driveway for over five months and is in violation of the city’s Abandoned Vehicle Ordinance.  The owner was given 7 days to register, remove, or place into an enclosed garage or be issued an ordinance citation.

1-31-25:  Police were called to a local establishment for an adult male who was intoxicated and talking strangely.  An officer arrived and identified the man who was on probation and on a no drink order.  The officer contacted probation and parole, who wanted the subject taken into custody and held at the Price County Jail, which is what occurred.

1-31-25:  Provided an escort through the city for the Phillips High School dance team who made it to state.

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PARK FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT

1-1-25:  An officer responded to assist a Price County deputy on a traffic stop where the deputy could smell the odor of marijuana coming from the suspect vehicle.  One male suspect fled the location of the traffic stop on foot.  One female and one male juvenile were detained.  Ultimately, after a subsequent search for the male who fled the stop, the male was taken into custody.

1-2-25:  An officer assisted a deputy with taking one male into custody.  He had a warrant for his arrest and was taken into custody without issue.

1-6-25:  Officers responded for the report of a male seeing subjects in his apartment.  Officers found the male was detoxing from the consumption of alcohol and was hallucinating.  A safety plan was set up with Price County Human Services.

1-9-25:  A vehicle struck a door opening at the car wash due to the amount of ice outside the door.  A report was made for record as the matter was deemed civil.

1-10-25:  A person reported a parent suspected of giving tattoos to her children and other juveniles.

1-13-25:  The Chequamegon High School principal requested an officer come to the school to watch video of an altercation between two students.  The parent did not wish to pursue charges.

1-14-25:  There was a report of a property damage crash in the high school parking lot.

1-14-25:  A loss prevention officer attempted to stop a male adult who was shoplifting.  The suspect became resistive, and a physical altercation occurred. There were no injuries.

1-16-25: Report of a vehicle in the ditch near the intersection of Highway 13 and 9th Street North.  The vehicle was not damaged.

1-18-25:  Report of a disturbance where the suspect committed battery to the victim.  The victim did not want to press charges.  Parties were separated for the night.

1-19-25:  Assisted the sheriff’s office with a domestic abuse incident on Willow Street.  The suspect was located in possession of a large quantity of methamphetamine and other drug paraphernalia.

1-21-25:  An officer conducted a traffic stop on a suspect vehicle with expired registration. The officer could smell the odor of marijuana coming from within the vehicle.  Officers located marijuana products and drug paraphernalia on suspects and inside suspect vehicle.  One male was arrested for OWI - drug-impaired driving.  Passenger cited.

1-22-25:  Report of a missing vehicle.

1-22-25:  Requested by the sheriff’s office to respond to a one-vehicle rollover crash.  No other deputies were available due to a shooting incident in the City of Phillips.  (See Price County Sheriff’s Office report on 1-22-25 for more details.)

1-23-25:  Report of dogs defecating on another's property.

1-24-25:  Responded to a residence with a man stating he heard someone crawling in his ceiling. One male was placed in protective custody per a Chapter 51 process.  The male was transported to a facility without issue.

1-25-25:  A concerned citizen stopped at the police department to inform officers of a vehicle in the ditch that struck a tree on Tower Road north of Division Street.

1-25-25:  An officer was dispatched out of the city for an active domestic situation.  The officer was the first to arrive on the scene and separated the parties involved while waiting for deputies to arrive.  The female subject was taken into custody for domestic-related charges.  The male subject was taken into custody for an active warrant he had.

1-25-25:  An officer responded to a residence in Price County for the report of a snowmobile which struck a residence.  The officer arrived on scene and assisted EMS.  The operator of the snowmobile was ultimately life-flighted from the Park Falls Airport.  An officer further assisted a Price County sheriff's deputy with his investigation.

1-29-25:  Officers responded a residence where a male suspect had been peering into the residence's windows the night prior.


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