Criminal Damage Caused to Religious Property

On May 31st, 2020 the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office requested the publics assistance in identifying suspects in a criminal damage which had occurred at the Spring Brook Church in the Township of Spring Brook which had occurred over the previous weekend.

Based on a tip submitted through the Dunn County Crime Stoppers Program several subjects were identified. As a result of the subsequent investigation a 17 year old male from Eau Claire was charged with a Felony for Criminal Damage to Religious Property and a 15 year old female was referred to juvenile court for videotaping the incident. A 16 year old male from a second group of suspects was also referred to juvenile court for his actions.

The Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the public for the tips which led to a successful resolution in this case. The Sheriff’s Office will continued to work with the Spring Brook Church to aggressively investigate and charge anyone who causes damage to their facilities.

Deputy's Traffic Stop Leads to Seizure of 110 Grams of Methamphetamine - Village of Boyceville

On April 2nd, 2020 a traffic stop was conducted by a Dunn County Deputy in the Township of Dunn which led to the arrest of an adult male and the seizure of methamphetamine. Based on information received during this stop a search warrant was executed in the Village of Boyceville by the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with the West Central Drug Task Force and Boyceville Police Department.

As a result of this warrant 110 grams of Methamphetamine, ecstasy pills, and packaging material was recovered. One adult was taken into custody as a result of the traffic stop and he was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office and the West Central Drug Task Force will continue to work together to stem the distribution of methamphetamine within Dunn County.

Fatal House Fire - Town of Spring Brook

On Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 12:55pm the Dunn County 911 Center received calls of a house fire on CTH E (S) in Spring Brook Township.

Elk Mound Fire, Menomonie Fire & Rescue and the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the scene. Numerus other fire and ambulance services were called to the scene including Mayo 1 and Lifelink 3 helicopters to treat and air lift patients from the scene who were in the house at the time of the fire.

There were six occupants of the house at the time the fire started. Five of the occupants of the house, one female adult and four children, are being treated at different hospitals for thermal injuries and lacerations. One adult male from the house was unable to make it out of the house and perished. Two other adult residence of the house were not home at the time that the fire started.

This fire remains under investigation by the State Fire Marshal, Dunn County Sheriff’s Office and the Dunn County Medical Examiner’s Office as crews are still on scene looking into the cause of this fatal fire.