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MERRILL – During the week ending October 26, the Merrill Police Department responded to 14 incidents, while officers conducted approximately 37 traffic stops and 62 security checks. On Monday October 20th, an officer completed a traffic stop of a vehicle that was speeding and noticed signs of impairment with the driver. Following field sobriety testing the driver was arrested for OWI 2nd offense. Additionally, a passenger in the vehicle was cited for underage drinking and possession of tobacco. There were three instances of arrests for open warrants and probation violations,…

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MERRILL – During the week ending August 24, the Merrill Police Department responded to five incidents, while officers conducted approximately 38 traffic stops and 112 security checks. There was one report of disorderly conduct, one report of bail jumping, a report of theft, and one hit and run in a commercial parking lot resulting in minor cosmetic damage to the reporting person’s vehicle.   On Wednesday, officers respond to a complaint of a driver swerving and striking a curb, The vehicle was located, and officers conducted an investigation for OWI,…

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MERRILL – The Merrill Police Department responded to eleven incidents last week. Officers conducted approximately 10 traffic stops and 79 security checks. There were two instances of theft, three reports of disorderly conduct and public nuisance, three reports of probation violations and bail jumping, and two reports of a hit and run though neither were substantiated. There was a report of possible gunshots at a local government building on Wednesday. Further investigation revealed the noise was caused by something other than a firearm.

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MERRILL – The Merrill Police Department responded to eight incidents last week. Officers conducted approximately 19 traffic stops and 107 security checks. There were two instances of theft, and two reports of disorderly conduct and domestic altercation. There was one report of probation violation, and also a report of trespassing. One case of child neglect was also reported.  On Friday July 25th, an individual flagged down officers to report that she had observed a male physically assaulting a female inside a black Honda Civic while the vehicle was in motion.…

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MERRILL – The Merrill Police Department responded to 11 incidents last week. Officers conducted approximately 30 traffic stops and 106 security checks. There were six instances of probation violations, open warrants and bail jumping, and two reports of domestic disturbance and disorderly conduct. There was one report of theft, and one arrest for OWI where an individual was found sleeping behind the wheel of a running vehicle. There was one call for a mental health situation where the individual was in possession of a weapon and making threats. Officers located…

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MERRILL – The Merrill Police Department responded to 16 incidents last week. Officers conducted approximately 28 traffic stops and 96 security checks. There were five instances of probation violations, open warrants and bail jumping, three reports of domestic disturbance and disorderly conduct, two reports of theft, and one report of trespassing. One individual was cited for lewd and lascivious behavior. There were four accidents reported, one of those a hit and run that was observed by witnesses who stated an apparently intoxicated male and a female had entered the suspect…

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MERRILL – The Merrill Police Department responded to eight incidents last week. There was one call for disorderly conduct.  There were three requests for assistance with probation holds, two instances of theft, and one call where the Department’s K9 unit was requested to assist during a traffic stop and K9 Dasty made a positive alert for drugs and drug paraphernalia. A call was received regarding a scam involving a large sum of money. On Friday May 2nd, officers provided escort for the Merrill Baseball Association kickoff parade. 

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MERRILL – The Merrill Police Department responded to nine incidents last week.  There were five calls for domestic disturbance, public nuisance and disorderly conduct. There was one traffic stop that resulted in the issuance of citations for operating with a suspended license and operating with no insurance. There was one call regarding a phone scam, and one instance where officers and fire personnel were dispatched to a report of activated fire alarms at an apartment complex. No fire was present, as a resident had simply burned their steak. One Hit…

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MERRILL – The Merrill Police Department responded to 12 incidents last week, including three reports of theft and one report of fraud. There were two reports of property damage, one of those where a motorist struck a street sign. There were three reports of public disturbance and disorderly conduct. Officers took a man into custody on behalf of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Probation and Parole on a probation hold and later transported him to the county jail. Officers assisted the Merrill Fire Department with a structure fire on Thursday, February…

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MERRILL – The Merrill Police Department responded to 17 incidents last week, including three reports of public nuisance and disorderly conduct and five reports of open warrants and probation violations. There were two reports involving potential scam or fraud, and two calls for juvenile tobacco violations with a vaping device. There was one traffic stop that revealed a concealed weapon. There were two reports of trespassing and two reports of theft.

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