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Police Blotter: Feb. 3, 2015
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Monroe Police

MONROE - Jordan J. Knox, 25, Monroe, was arrested at 1:17 a.m. Friday in the 100 block of West 8th Street, on a probation and parole hold. Knox was jailed pending court.

• Five Monroe teens were arrested at 8:03 p.m. Saturday for trespassing and criminal damage to property after officers investigated a trespassing complaint near the Ludlow Mansion in the 1400 block of Mansion Drive. MPD Chief Fred Kelley said a citizen called in a complaint after seeing five teenagers inside a vacant building near the Ludlow Mansion. Kelley said some furnishings in the vacant building were broken. Maddisyn M. Bauman, 17 and Elizabeth M. Weichmann, 17, were also arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. A 14-year-old boy was arrested and referred to juvenile authorities for obstructing an officer for giving false information about two others, a 14-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy, who were arrested for trespassing and criminal damage to property. The teens were released to their parents.

On Sunday:

• Chad L. Miskimon, 29, Winslow, Ill., was arrested at 12:40 a.m. for disorderly conduct in the 1300 block of 17th Street, as well as for warrants issued by the Dane County Sheriff's Office for failure to appear. Miskimon was jailed pending court.

• Garrett J. Haffele, 27, Monroe, was arrested at 2:18 a.m. on four counts of disorderly conduct, one count resisting arrest and one count discharging bodily fluids at an officer after police responded to a report of an unwanted subject at a bar in the 1300 block of 17th Street. MPD Chief Fred Kelley said Haffele was repeatedly being disorderly at the scene, at the Monroe Clinic ER and en route to the jail, accounting for his four counts of disorderly conduct. Kelley said Haffele spit on two officers during the fracas. Haffele was jailed pending court.



Lafayette County Sheriff

DARLINGTON - On Friday:

• James Hanley, 19, Shullsburg, was arrested at 10 a.m. at a location on East Truth Street, Shullsburg, on a Dubuque warrant. Hanley was jailed pending court. Dubuque police assisted at the scene.

• Avory Martin, 20, Browntown, was cited at 8:37 p.m. for underage possession of alcohol on Wis. 11, Village of South Wayne.

On Saturday:

• A deputy responded at 3:46 p.m. to a report of an animal on the roadway on Godfrey Road, Willow Springs Township.

• David L. Webb, 22, Monroe, was arrested at 11:42 p.m. for driving while intoxicated and driving after revocation after a deputy responded to a suspicious vehicle complaint on County H, Blanchardville Township.



Darlington Police

DARLINGTON - Felipe Duran Ruiz was arrested at 10:52 p.m. Sunday for driving while intoxicated, second offense, and driving while revoked following a traffic stop on Main Street.

• A lawn tractor worth about $12,600 was reported stolen on Friday from Ritchie's Implement on Wisconsin 23. The date of the theft is unknown and could have occurred at any time since the middle of September. The matter is under investigation.



New Glarus Police

NEW GLARUS - Police responded at 2:37 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26 to a report of subjects living in the attic of a residence in the village. The residence was checked and no one was located in the attic.

• Police checked the welfare of an elderly male who appeared to be "not himself" in the village at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday. The subject ended up being a reported missing person from the Belleville area. NGPD officer Jeff Sturdevant said the man was reported missing a couple days prior and had been given a ride to the village. The man was checked by New Glarus Area EMS personnel for any medical problems. Belleville police assisted at the scene as well.

• A stray dog was brought to the police department that was found on 2nd Street at 4th Avenue at 7 a.m. Thursday. The dog was turned over to the Green County Humane Society because no one claimed the dog.

• A juvenile was issued two citations at 1:36 p.m. Saturday after police responded to a disturbance in the 400 block of 6th Street between two family members.

• Police responded at 8:27 a.m. Sunday to an injured rabbit in the 1200 block of 2nd Street.