Hometown Broadcasting News Tuesday 2/9/21
9 February 2021 News
Chase Suspect Bound Over For Trial
A 16-year-old Fond du Lac boy who led Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputies and the State Patrol on a chase that started on I-41 last month has been bound over for trial. Devin Schmitz was in court for a preliminary hearing last Friday and also was arraigned on the 8 felony charges he’s facing. He entered not guilty pleas and requested a substitution of judge. The January 22nd chase culminated when Schmitz failed to negotiate a curve on Grove Street in Fond du Lac and hit several small trees and shrubs, struck a curb, and went through a front yard and terrace.
Owner Of Car Stuck In Snowbank Found Dead A Third Of A Mile Away
Waupaca Police say a man who got his vehicle stuck in a snowbank was found dead about a third of a mile away Sunday. Police found the vehicle Saturday night in a snowbank in the 700 block of Redfield Street. A passenger door was slightly open and the headlights were on but nobody was in the car. They searched the area, but couldn’t locate the owner. Temperatures were below zero. The man’s body was found Sunday on Townsend Road outside a home. He was the registered owner of the car found in the snowbank.
Milwaukee Man Arrested Near FDL For Fourth OWI
A 35-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for his fourth driving while under the influence offense near Fond du Lac early Monday morning. A state trooper stopped the man for speeding on I-41 southbound near mile marker 105. When the trooper spoke with Floyd Matlock, Matlock was showing signs of impairment and possible drug activity. Matlock was arrested for his fourth OWI. A gun was also found in the vehicle and Matlock’s passenger, a 30-year-old Milwaukee woman, was referred for a marijuana possession charge. The time of the traffic stop was 1:08 am.
Update On Kewaskum Shooting
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has released more information about a fatal shooting incident in the Town of Kewaskum that left three people dead. The shooter was a 30-year-old West Bend man who had stolen a vehicle in the city of West Bend and crashed it on Forest View Road. He physically assaulted a 52-year-old woman while trying to take her car. Breaking into a residence he physically assaulted an older couple and shot a 72-year-old man after taking a handgun away from the man. Going to a nearby residence he obtained a shotgun and shot and killed a 77-year-old man outside the man’s garage. The West Bend man was shot and eventually died himself after an exchange of gunfire with Sheriff’s deputies.
Two Arrested During Columbia County Traffic Stop
Two people were arrested by a Columbia County Sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop early Saturday morning on State Highway 33 in the Town of Caledonia. Forty-eight-year-old Jason Wright of Portage faces a number of charges including his seventh operating while intoxicated offense and second marijuana possession offense. He failed a field sobriety test. One of his passengers, 40-year-old Margaret Lowden of Baraboo, was arrested for marijuana possession. Both were also cited for open intoxicants in the vehicle. They were taken to the Columbia County Jail in Portage. The traffic stop was at 12:42 Saturday morning.
Warrant Scam Hits Dodge County
The warrant scam has hit Dodge County. Sheriff’s officials says someone posing as “Detective Kevin Williams” is calling residents telling them they have a warrant out for their arrest, but can make it go away by paying off the bond. When Sheriff’s investigators called the phone number the scammer used it went to voicemail that claimed he was a detective, but the Sheriff’s Department says he is not working with them. They assure residents the Sheriff’s Office will never call you and ask you for bond.
FDL County Dispatch Upgrade
One of the biggest capital improvement projects for Fond du Lac County this year will be a software upgrade for the county’s emergency communication system. County Communications and Emergency Management Director Bobbi Hicken says it’s about a $2.5 million upgrade that impacts county dispatch, public safety departments, police and fire throughout the county, and the county jail. “We are actually going to a completely new system. We have purchased new software, new hardware and are very excited about it. We have a very good system, but we’ve had it for a very long time.” She says it will impact everyone in public safety. Ripon currently provides its own dispatching, but will be making the transition to county dispatch.
US Capital Security
Congressman Glenn Grothman says the security that remains in place at the U.S. Capital a month after the January 6th riot is an overreaction. The federal lawmaker from Glenbeulah says a year ago if you were a tourist you could come to the Capital and meet your Congressman at the base of the Capital steps. He says fencing and other measures leave the city looking like something from the Cold War of the 1950s Germany. “Right now they have the, continue to have all of these fences wire on top of the fences. It looks like we’re East Germany in 1959 or something.” Grothman says you also have to go through checkpoints a few blocks from the Capital.
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