LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT: VEHICLE WITH TIRES SPINNING FOUND IN DITCH IN TOWN OF BRADLEY

Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 50 traffic stops and 30 security checks. There was one call involving a car hitting a deer, and there were 28 calls for assistance regarding  cars in the ditch due to the weekend storms. A deputy on patrol on Sunday came across a vehicle in the ditch with the tires still spinning, near the 228 mile marker of US Highway 51 in the Town of Bradley. Upon investigation the deputy found that the driver, a 64-year-old man from Wausau was not breathing. The…

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LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT: LOCAL BAR PATRON ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT

Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 39 traffic stops and 30 security checks. There were six calls involving cars hitting deer, and one call regarding a car hitting an unknown animal. On Saturday deputies were dispatched to Holly’s Bar in the Town of Bradley regarding the report of a disorderly patron who was shoving other customers and trying to get into a car to leave the bar. The first deputy arriving on the scene identified the suspect as Douglas Plachetka. Employees at the establishment advised the deputy that Plachetka…

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LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 14

Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 35 traffic stops, 23 security checks, twelve calls involving cars hitting deer and one where a car hit a bear. The Annual Fall Ride took place during the week, and the County saw a number of motorcycle incidents. On Friday deputies were dispatched to CTH S in the Town of Skanawan for a single motorcycle crash with injuries. As deputies arrived they identified the driver, a 52-yr-old Stevens Point man. He had sustained head and arm injuries and was not able to remember…

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