Merrill Police Department Report: Week Ending August 25
MERRILL – The Merrill Police Department responded to nine incidents last week. One call was received for theft.
There were two calls for disorderly conduct with one of those calls on Aug 22 reporting that three teenagers were lighting fireworks at a local playground resulting in a grass fire. The teenagers fled the scene, and the caller was able to extinguish the fire.
Officers responded to two accidents, one of those on August 21 on East Main St where a vehicle was rear-ended after stopping for a pedestrian crossing the street, resulting in the driver being cited for inattentive driving.
There were two traffic stops that necessitated deployment of the K9 unit. Both deployments resulted in positive alerts for drugs and drug paraphernalia, and the drivers were both place under arrest. One of the drivers that was arrested had three warrants and local charges of possession of meth, drug paraphernalia, and unlawful use of persons identifying information.
There were two reports of property damage, one of those on Aug 24 involving officers being dispatched to the Lincoln County Jail where a male party had broken the phone in the public entrance to the jail and then fled the scene. The male suspect was identified, but officers were unable to locate him. Charges will be referred to the District Attorney.
