Felony charges filed in Marathon County Circuit Court for the week ending Aug. 16, 2018. All photos courtesy of the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department. Editor’s note: This weekly feature of the Wausau Pilot & Review is being published in response to reader concerns about crime and safety in the Wausau area. Wausau Pilot & Review…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSHARA COUNTY — As an investigation continues into potential inappropriate sexual contact at a Rhinelander-area Boy Scout camp, an Illinois man is facing multiple felony charges alleging he assaulted underage teens at Scout camp in Waushara County. The Waushara County case is unrelated to the Camp Tesomas investigation, which Wausau Pilot and…
MOSINEE — No injuries were reported Wednesday in a blaze at a home on Old Hwy. 51 in Mosinee that caused heavy damage to the building, officials say. The blaze began in the attic of the home, according to fire officials. A passerby called 911 at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and alerted authorities to the…
Crimes reported in the greater Wausau area from Aug. 8 – Aug.15, 2018. Data visualization is provided by CrimeReports. Click on each icon to view detailed crime information. For a scrolling list of crimes, click on the list icon on the right side of the map, then choose “incidents.”
MADISON — A Chicago man accused of trafficking women in at least nine states including Wisconsin is now in custody, according to a Wisconsin Department of Justice news release issued Wednesday. Glenwood Brown, Jr., faces charges involving human trafficking following an investigation led by human trafficking bureau agents from the Wis. DOJ Division of Criminal…
WAUSAU — A 20-year-old Wausau man is facing an array of criminal charges after allegedly crashing his vehicle in what police describe as a stalking incident. The crash happened at about 6:30 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Fifth and Hamilton Streets in Wausau after the man created a disturbance and followed another person and…
By Shereen Siewert HURLEY — Two Hurley men were convicted Monday of conspiring to commit first-degree intentional homicide and of hiding a corpse in connection with the December 2017 death of a Lac du Flambeau man, according to a WJFW report. Wayne Valliere Jr. disappeared on Dec. 22. His body was discovered on New Years…
TOWN OF PINE RIVER — A 19-year-old Merrill man was injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday evening in the town of Pine River, police said Monday. The crash was reported just after 5 p.m. on Hwy. 51 near CTH G. One lane of the highway was closed for about 30 minutes while crews cleared the…
FREEMONT — A 78-year-old man is hospitalized after crashing his motorcycle into a tree, officials said Sunday. The crash happened at about 2 p.m. in Freemont, when the motorcycle driver appeared to have mechanical issues that stalled the trike-style bike, police said. After starting back up from the stall, the motorcycle quickly accelerated, crossed a…
WAUSAU — A 47-year-old man accused of breaking into his estranged wife’s residence and threatening her with a handgun is in custody, police said. Freddie P. Henderson of Wausau was arrested Sunday evening after a Marathon County Sheriff’s Deputy located the suspect’s vehicle at an apartment complex in the 4400 block of Stewart Avenue, according…
