Tag: MERRILL POLICE DEPARMENT REPORT

The Merrill Police Department responded to seven incidents during the week ending August 2nd. Officers conducted approximately 42 traffic stops and 96 security checks. Officers completed a traffic stop of a vehicle that was speeding on Saturday. The officers learned that the driver was intoxicated while interacting with them during the stop. They also found firearms inside the vehicle. Investigation into the incident is ongoing. Other activity included search warrant activity at a local residence where numerous items of evidence were seized, and two instances of theft – one of…

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The Merrill Police Department responded to seven incidents during the week ending July 26th. Officers conducted approximately 21 traffic stops and 117 security checks. Officers responded to a report of a battery at a local residence on Sunday. Officers attempted to take a male party into custody for hitting his girlfriend, but he was physically resistive and injured and Officer. He continued to threaten Officers while they were getting him medically cleared. The male suspect was booked into the Lincoln County Jail with multiple felony charges. Other activity included two…

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The Merrill Police Department responded to ten incidents during the week ending July 19th. Officers conducted approximately 25 traffic stops and 139 security checks. On Saturday, Officers responded to a report of a vehicle with a window broken out. Investigation at the scene revealed that the broken window was the result of a domestic incident. The female suspect could not be located throughout the weekend, but will be referred for multiple charges including battery, disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property, strangulation and suffocation and bail jumping. Other activity included three…

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The Merrill Police Department responded to five incidents during the week ending July 12th. Officers conducted approximately 31 traffic stops and 56 security checks. An individual faces multiple charges following a disturbance Tuesday night in a residential neighborhood. Officers were called after reports of someone who appeared to be under the influence and had wandered into a wooded area. The individual was found with an altered mental state and was taken by EMS to a hospital for evaluation. Authorities say the person became combative during treatment, resisted officers and emergency…

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The Merrill Police Department responded to four incidents during the week ending July 5th. Officers conducted approximately 20 traffic stops and 90 security checks. Friday night around 10:25 pm, a report was received regarding a battery incident at the MARC center during the holiday fireworks celebration. Officers who spoke with the victim learned the altercation resulted in their chipping a tooth. Further investigation revealed the suspect resided outside of the jurisdictional limits of the City, prompting officers to request assistance from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies who responded the…

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The Merrill Police Department responded to 15 incidents during the week ending June 21st. Officers conducted approximately 23 traffic stops and 87 security checks. Monday evening, a report was received regarding a juvenile’s phone being taken by a male co-worker who then added the juvenile’s number to it. The individual proceeded to send harassing texts to her, and it was discovered he sent a sexual request to the juvenile and other co-workers came forward to report other conduct. The suspect was located and arrested for grooming of a child for…

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The Merrill Police Department responded to seven incidents during the week ending June 21st. Officers conducted approximately 25 traffic stops and 90 security checks. Sunday morning, an officer responded to the Kwik Trip on Pine Ridge Avenue for a welfare check. Investigation at the scene revealed an individual in a vehicle who was determined to be under the influence of intoxicants. The individual was arrested for OWI 2nd offense. Other activity included a report of a hit and run involving a car parked in a parking lot of a local…

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The Merrill Police Department responded to eight incidents during the week ending June 7th. Officers conducted approximately 24 traffic stops and 89 security checks. On Tuesday, a report of an individual using a taser on people turned out to be a group of people chasing others around with a cattle taser.  A male individual who actually did tase someone was cited for disorderly conduct. Other activity included three additional citations issued for disorderly conduct in unrelated incidents, an arrest for bail jumping, two reports of theft, and a call for…

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The Merrill Police Department responded to eight incidents during the week ending May 24th. Officers conducted approximately 41 traffic stops and 68 security checks. On Wednesday, Merrill Police officers assisted Lincoln County deputies at the courthouse with a man who became unruly and resistive. The man was placed under arrest and transported to the Lincoln County Jail Other activity included a man with a Lincoln County warrant for his arrest surrendering himself at the Merrill Police Department, and three arrests for probation violations. There were two citations for disorderly conduct…

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The Merrill Police Department responded to nine incidents during the week ending May 17th. Officers conducted approximately 26 traffic stops and 102 security checks. On Friday, there was a report of a male at a local tavern in violation of an open bond. The officer who received the information confirmed the suspect did in fact have a bond prohibiting him from being on the premises of a tavern. The individual left the tavern prior to the officer’s arrival and was seen entering his residence a short time later but would…

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