Felony charges filed in Marathon County Circuit Court for the week ending June 21, 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…
WESTON — Police are investigating a bomb threat at a Weston bank, officials confirmed Thursday. A threat was received at about 11:30 a.m. at U.S. Bank, 5802 Camp Phillips Road, police said. The bank and at least two nearby businesses were evacuated as police searched the area. State and local law enforcement officials were spotted…
Crimes reported in the greater Wausau area from June 13 to June 20, 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.”
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — An all-night arts and music festival turned deadly Sunday morning when gunfire erupted in a crowd, sending people stampeding and leaving one suspect dead and 22 people injured, authorities said. Seventeen people were treated for gunshot wounds, said Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri. Four of those, including a 13-year-old boy, remain…
TOWN OF GRAND RAPIDS — Multiple people were transported to a local hospital following a boat crash on Lake Wazeecha, according to police. The nature and severity of their injuries was not specified. Emergency crews were called at about 12:30 p.m. Saturday to a report of a crash that happened about a dozen yards off…
WASHBURN, Wis. (AP) — A northwestern Wisconsin woman has died after an explosion at her home in the town of Cable.The Bayfield County Sheriff’s Office says Joyce Reidl died of burns and injuries she suffered in the explosion Thursday evening. Her husband, Raymond, was also home at the time and also severely burned. His condition…
TOWN OF PELICAN — Oneida County officials are searching for a suspect who allegedly sexually assaulted an elderly woman in her home near Rhinelander last week. The alleged assault was reported June 10 in the town of Pelican. According to a news release, an unidentified man “entered into the residence, physically and sexually assaulted the…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Justice’s push to analyze untested sexual assault evidence kits has yielded its third set of criminal charges. The agency Thursday charged Jason Smith with sexual assault of a child while armed. According to a criminal complaint, Smith encountered a 13-year-old girl on the street in Beloit in…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — A 50-year-old man accused of crawling into the bed of an 8-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her also had child pornography on his computer, police said. Greg Witter appeared Thursday in Marathon County Circuit Court, where he faces charges of first degree sexual assault of a child younger than 12…
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin woman is accused of trying to plan terrorist attacks with hacked social media accounts used to show self-proclaimed members of the Islamic State group how to make explosives and poisons. In a criminal complaint released Wednesday, an FBI agent also details how Waheba Issa Dais allegedly tried to recruit people…
