MONROE — A Monroe woman has been charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety among other charges, after police allege, she intentionally used her pick-up truck to ram another vehicle outside a Browntown bar. 

Police say the incident occurred March 16, and that they were initially made aware of the incident when they found a car that had been in an accident along the side of Wis. 11 and County M in the Town of Cadiz. 

Following an investigation, police charged Jessica L. Olson, 41, with felony first-degree recklessly endangering safety, felony criminal damage to property, and obstructing an officer. She was in court on the charge March 27, during which Circuit Judge Faun M. Phillipson issued both a $15,000 cash bond and a $10,000 signature bond for her release.

The victim in the car was not immediately identified but is thought to be known to the defendant, as she also is being hit with domestic violence enhancements to the charges.

Not far away from the crash on March 16, across from a nearby watering hole, police allegedly found a black, dually pickup with damage consistent with what they saw on the gold Chevy Malibu in the ditch, according to a criminal complaint.

Witnesses who stopped at the scene also told police that while they had not seen the accident, they did see a black truck briefly stop, its occupants get out and look at the crash, and then get back in the truck and leave.

Police initially searched the Browntown bar but did not find a man and a woman matching the description provided, although there was a blonde female at the bar alone who did match the description.

They continued to investigate the matter. But when later recordings surfaced of a phone call, allegedly between her and her brother on a recorded, Green County Jail-issued phone, she confessed to “maybe intentionally” ramming the vehicle.

Then on March 17, she was recorded as describing what happened to her brother: “I pulled up. He (the victim) didn’t want to stop. He put his car in reverse. He went around the church, so when he went to the stop sign I (expletive) rammed him at 70 (expletive) miles per hour; sent him (expletive) sailing across the highway.”

Then she allegedly describes her actions after the incident. 

“I felt bad enough that I thought I killed him that I went back... He’s alive, yep, he’s alive,” she reportedly said. “Who gives a (expletive) that he’s alive.”

Her next appearance in the case is scheduled for April 4 before Circuit Judge Jane Bucher. 

If convicted the first-degree recklessly endangering safety charge is punishable by up to more than a maximum of 12 years in prison. Enhancements related to domestic violence and use of a deadly weapon would add additional years to the sentence.

Green County Sheriff Cody Kanable on Thursday said investigators are not finished with the case yet.

“It’s an ongoing investigation,” he said.