Wausau Pilot & Review

Significant incidents reported this week, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department on March 14, 2022:

An inmate of the Lincoln County Jail is facing charges of battery by prisoner and five counts of felony bail jumping following an altercation Monday evening. 

A 23-year-old Merrill man was arrested on charges of criminal damage to property, possession of drug paraphernalia, battery, disorderly conduct and misdemeanor bail jumping following a disturbance in the Town of Merrill Monday evening. 

An inmate of the Lincoln County Jail is facing charges of throwing or expelling bodily substance as a prisoner and two counts of felony bail jumping following an altercation early Tuesday morning. 

A 17-year-old Marshfield driver was stopped and cited for traveling 98mph on USH 51 near County Rd J in the Town of Birch Thursday evening. 

A 62-year-old Ojibwa, WI man will be referred to the District Attorney on charges of misdemeanor bail jumping and operating after revocation OWI related following a traffic stop on State Rd 64 near Midway Rd in the Town of Corning Saturday afternoon.

A 33-year-old Tomahawk man was arrested for a first offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated Sunday morning on Squaw Lake Rd near County Rd A in the Town of Harrison. 

Deputies and the Town of Crescent Fire Department responded to the area of Old 63 and State Rd 17 in the Town of Harrison for several round hay bales that were on fire Sunday afternoon.  No injuries were reported and the cause of the fires is unknown.