Fatal Motorcycle Crash - Town of Lucas

At 9:09 p.m. on Friday, July 9, 2021, the Dunn County Communications Center received a report of a single motorcycle crash on USH 12, east of 250th St. in Lucas township.

The Dunn County Sheriff's Office and Menomonie Fire Department responded to the scene. Upon arrival, deputies located a lone unresponsive male.

The preliminary investigation indicates the motorcycle was westbound on USH 12 when it struck a deer. The motorcycle operator was ejected from the motorcycle. The motorcycle operator was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

The operator sustained life threatening injuries and was airlifted from the scene by mayo helicopter. The operator passed away the following day, at an Eau Claire Hospital, as a result of the injuries sustained in the crash.

The crash remains under investigation by the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office and Dunn County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The name of the operator is being withheld pending family notification.

Dunn County Sheriff Participating Drug and Crime Prevention Educational Program

The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office is once again partnering with the National Child Safety Council in a Child Safety, Drug and Crime Prevention Educational Program.

Through this program, our agency will be able to provide numerous educational materials for children pre-school and older, as well as materials on drug and crime prevention, identity theft, internet safety, and safety information for our senior citizens. These materials have been designed exclusively by the National Child Safety Council (www.nationalchildsafetycouncil.org), the largest and longest serving not-for profit organization dedicated to child safety in the nation.

In order to cover the cost of these materials, we will be contacting businesses and professional and civic leaders to help financially sponsor this program. Since the National Child Safety Council is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, all contributions are tax deductible. As an acknowledgement of your support, all sponsors will be listed on the prestige page of all activity manuals and magazines.

The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank you in advance for your continued support and we look forward to participating in this program.

Dunn County Drug Investigators Interrupt Attempted Homicide - Town of Dunn

On May 19th, 2021 a Dunn County Investigator and a Menomonie Police Investigator, both assigned to the West Central Drug Task Force, were completing a drive by of a residence in the Township of Dunn. This residence is the same as where a homicide had occurred in November of 2020 and was known to law enforcement as a high traffic drug residence. As the Investigators drove by they observed a male subject, later identified as John Rose, retrieve a hatchet from a vehicle and run towards other subjects in the residence with the hatchet overhead in a threatening manner. The Investigators requested assistance and pursued the individual into the residence identifying themselves to the suspect. The suspect was found to have already struck an individual in the residence twice with the hatchet and was prepared to strike a third time when the suspect was ordered, at gunpoint, to drop his weapon to which he complied. Investigation discovered that Rose and his girlfriend Rebecca Davis had just arrived at the residence and had assaulted two other subjects in the residence before Rose returned to his truck to retrieve the hatchet. In interviewing subjects at the residence, the disagreement and subsequent assault was over past owed drug debts. Assisting officers and EMS arrived to assist at the scene. As a result, the following individuals were arrested and charged as follows:

John Jeffery Rose- Held in Dunn County Jail on $10,000 cash bond, M/W 50 years of age

941.30(1) 1st-Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety-Use of a Dangerous Weapon-Repeater

946.49(1)(b) Bail Jumping-Felony-Repeater

946.49(1)(a) Bail Jumping-Misdemeanor-Repeater

940.19(1) Battery Use of a Dangerous Weapon-Repeater

947.01(1) Disorderly Conduct Use of a Dangerous Weapon-Repeater

Rebecca Sue Davis, F/W 44 years of age

940.19(1) Battery

946.49(1)(b) Bail Jumping-Felony

946.49(1)(a) Bail Jumping-Misdemeanor

947.01(1) Disorderly Conduct

Department of Corrections Apprehension Request