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Police Blotter: Dec. 19, 2012
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New Glarus Police

NEW GLARUS - Two people were arrested and one of them jailed after police stopped a vehicle at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, on suspicion of the driver having a suspended license. The driver, Edward I. Smith, 30, Madison, fled on foot after officers located marijuana on a passenger, Melvin Brown, 40, Madison. Officers pursued Smith into a business in the Industrial Park. He was arrested and booked into jail on a probation violation and a charge of resisting arrest. He was also cited for driving with a suspended license. Brown was cited for marijuana possession.

• Melvin W. Lamb, 57, Madison, was cited for an expired vehicle registration in the 1000 block of Wisconsin 69 at 6:58 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10.

• Brett R. Burke, 39, Oregon, Ill., was cited for speeding in the 1200 block of Wis. 69 at 10:09 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11.

• Charles Juras, 28, Hollandale, was cited for having illegal window tinting and no vehicle insurance on 6th Avenue at Railroad Street at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12.

• Nicholas A. Hedges, 27, New Glarus, was cited for having illegal window tinting on 6th Avenue at Railroad Street at 3:29 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13.

• Kourtney K. Edler, 20, New Glarus, was cited for driving with a revoked license after police stopped her for an equipment violation at 3:58 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, on 1st Street at 9th Avenue.

• Lukas W. Bright, 18, New Glarus, was cited for non-registration of a vehicle on 11th Avenue at Railroad Street at 2:07 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15.

• Karen M. Kittleson, 40, Mount Horeb, was cited for driving without vehicle insurance after police stopped her for a registration violation at 4:33 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, on 6th Avenue at 2nd Street.

• Jessica M. Miller, 19, Albany, was cited for underage drinking after police stopped a vehicle for an equipment violation at 9:26 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, on Wis. 69 at 6th Avenue. Miller was a passenger in the vehicle.

• Michael J. Meier, 43, Monroe, was cited for driving without vehicle insurance after police stopped him for an equipment violation at 4:59 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, in the 500 block of Wis. 69.



Green County Sheriff

MONROE - Steven C. Patzer, 56, Downers Grove, Ill., was arrested on a charge on a first-offense charge of driving while intoxicated after a deputy stopped a vehicle for speeding at 3:52 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, in the W5300 block of Wis. 11 in the Town of Monroe. Patzer was also cited for speeding, then released pending court.

• Samuel M. Chicker, 19, Monroe, was cited for underage possession of alcohol after a deputy stopped a vehicle in the 700 block of 8th Street in Monroe at 3:32 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16.



Lafayette County Sheriff

DARLINGTON - Alyssa L. Connell, 19, Monroe, Christopher R. Olin, 22, Brodhead, and a 16-year-old juvenile were arrested on charges of possessing drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop on Wis. 11 in the Town of Wayne. The 16-year-old is also charged with possessing marijuana. All were booked into the Lafayette County Jail and then released.

• Kayley L. Schoen, 18, Janesville, was cited for a speedometer violation on Wis. 81 in the Town of Elk Grove at 11:38 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14.

• Jacob M. Ziebeis, 19, Cleveland, was cited for unreasonable and imprudent speeding on West Mound Road in the Town of Belmont at 12:52 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15.

•  Justin J. Taylor, 29, Belmont, was cited for failure to stop at a stop sign on South Galena Road in the Town of Elk Grove at 8:59 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15.

• Kara L. LuGrain, 27, Cuba City, was cited for driving without vehicle insurance and taken to Southwest Health Center in Platteville for treatment of non-life threatening injuries she sustained in a one-vehicle crash on Saint Rose Road in the Town of Benton at 6:29 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15. LuGrain was eastbound when she veered across the road, hit a culvert and then a tree. Her vehicle caught on fire and became fully engulfed in flames after hitting the tree. The Cuba City Police and Fire Departments and Cuba City EMS assisted at the scene.

• Benjamin J. Hying, 21, Platteville, was cited for speeding on Wis. 81 in the Town of Elk Grove at 9:58 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15.

• Ricardo E. Ugaz, 49, Blanchardville, was cited for driving with an expired vehicle registration on Wis. 78 in the Town of Argyle at 11:54 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15.

• Deputies responded to keep the peace during a civil dispute on County Shop Road in the Town of Darlington at 1:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14.

• A vehicle theft was reported on Cottage Inn Road in the Town of Belmont at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15.

• Harassment by text messages was reported on Wildcat Road in the Town of Darlington at 8:34 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15.

•  A deputy responded to North Broad Street in Argyle at 8:37 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, for a complaint of a dog running at large.

•  A theft was reported on West Moundview Avenue in Belmont at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16.

•  Fence posts were reported stolen on U.S. 151 in the Town of Belmont at 5:21 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16.



Monroe Police

MONROE - On Monday, Dec. 17:

•  John L. Carothers Muszynski, 21, Janesville, was arrested at 6:54 p.m. in the 1600 block of 12th Street on two outstanding warrants issued by the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department. He was taken to the Green County Jail in Monroe. At 8:33 p.m., a Lafayette County deputy met with law enforcement at the county line to transport Muszynski to the Lafayette County Jail in Darlington.

• A resident in the 2500 block of Sunny Ridge Court reported at 9:36 a.m. that her husband had lost his heart monitor and the black bag it's kept in. She said the bag was last seen at Swiss Alps, 804 4th Ave. W.

• Police are investigating a 9:45 a.m. report of a truant 17-year-old male student from Monroe High School.