Tag: Lincoln County Sheriff Report

Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 59 traffic stops and 33 security checks. There were two calls involving cars hitting deer. Deputies were dispatched to the Town of Schley on Saturday for a report of a two-car crash with injuries in the area of County Highway X and Jane Spur Road. Initial investigation at the scene revealed a vehicle with its flashers on and hauling a trailer was parked facing north on the southbound side of the highway while passengers from that vehicle collected maple sap, and one of…

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Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 82 traffic stops and 47 security checks. There were three calls involving cars hitting deer. On Sunday a deputy on patrol observed a vehicle deviating from its lane on US Highway 51 near the 216 mile marker in the Township of Merrill. While speaking with the 37-year-old female driver from Tomahawk, the deputy noticed signs of impairment so he requested she perform sobriety tests, which led to her arrest for OWI first offense. The woman was later released to a responsible party.

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Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 36 traffic stops and 64 security checks. There were nine calls involving cars hitting deer. A complaint was received regarding speeding vehicles on Hillside Drive in the Town of Merrill between County Highway JJ and County Highway K during morning school hours. The Sheriff’s Office will be placing extra patrol in the area for focused traffic enforcement on speeding violations.

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Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 19 traffic stops and 48 security checks. There were six calls involving cars hitting deer. Other activity throughout the week was limited and very minor, most likely due to the sharp dip in temperatures across the region.

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Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 60 traffic stops and 75 security checks. There were six calls involving cars hitting deer.    On Saturday, deputies were dispatched to the Town of Harrison for the report of a snowmobile crash with injuries near Hummingbird Lane on Pine Lake Rd. As they arrived on scene deputies spoke with other parties involved who did not actually witness the crash, and the 61-yr-old Gleason man who was driving the sled but had no recollection of the event. Observation at the scene led deputies…

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Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 36 traffic stops and 72 security checks. There were three calls involving cars hitting deer.    With the sleet, rain and icy conditions, deputies were kept busy attending to the public. Throughout the week there were 36 reports of vehicles in the ditch.

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Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 24 traffic stops and 54 security checks. There were five calls involving cars hitting deer.    On Monday January 29th, deputies were dispatched to Pope Rd in the Town of Merrill regarding a disturbance in progress. A 36-yr-old Merrill woman attempted to take her 16-year-old son’s phone away from him after confronting him about his behavior, and he proceeded to strike her. The son left the scene before deputies arrived, but was located soon thereafter and taken into custody, then transported to the…

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Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 12 traffic stops and 23 security checks. There were eight calls involving cars hitting deer. On Thanksgiving Day, deputies responded to a report that a vehicle had rolled and rested upside down in the Prairie River in the Town of Russell, resulting in minor injuries to the 51-yr-old male driver from Gleason. The man told deputies he was driving southbound on Prairie Forks Drive and lost control of his vehicle on slippery roads, striking a bridge embankment then going into a roll and…

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Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 61 traffic stops and 58 security checks. There were twelve calls involving cars hitting deer.   On Friday, a complaint was received for a reckless driver traveling Northbound on US Highway 51 near the 216 mile marker in the Township of Merrill. The vehicle had been observed weaving all over the road. Upon locating the suspect vehicle, the deputy conducted a traffic stop and observed signs of impairment as he made contact with the 19-yr-old male driver from Rhinelander. The driver agreed to…

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Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 33 traffic stops and 26 security checks. There were 21 calls involving cars hitting deer. On Sunday deputies were dispatched to the area near the 219MM of USH 51 regarding the report of a car crash with injuries. As they arrived on the scene, deputies discovered two separate crashes had occurred. The crash that was originally reported was found to be without injuries, however the second crash did result in the driver and passenger sustaining injuries, and both were transported by ambulance to…

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