Wanted Subject from Minnesota Apprehended by Deputies After Vehicle and Foot Pursuit - Menomonie

On March 13, 2016 about 7:56 PM the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office was notified by the Wisconsin State Patrol of a motor vehicle pursuit on I-94 that had started in MN in reference to a felony retail theft. The vehicle exited at exit 41 in Menomonie and the pursuit was discontinued.

The vehicle later was operating without headlamps and ran a stop sign at a high rate of speed in front of a Deputy. He reinitiated a pursuit and the vehicle fled north on STH 25 to the Village of Wheeler and then back southbound on STH 25. Stop sticks (spikes strips) were deployed on STH 25 south of 850th Ave which deflated both driver’s side tires. While the vehicle was still in motion both occupants jumped out of the vehicle and fled on foot. The passenger was arrested after a short foot pursuit and then was transported to Mayo-Menomonie for injuries from jumping out of the moving vehicle. She was later transported to the Dunn County Jail and is being held on a probation warrant. Additional charges are pending.

The driver was identified as Cody C Forbes 29 YOA from Neenah WI. Several Deputies along with K-9 Jax and WI State Troopers pursued the subject on foot. The E911 center started receiving several calls from the North Menomonie area that a subject was going door to door asking for a ride. Menomonie Officers responded to the area and the subject fled. The area including the Wal-Mart Store was checked and we were unable to locate Forbes.

Forbes is described as wearing blue jeans, a plaid shirt with a possible green vest over the top. He is a white male 5’06” 168lbs with a full beard and glasses with brown and brown.

If you see Forbes please call 911.

Forbes has outstanding warrants and is wanted for charges in both WI and MN related to this incident.

Sheriff K9 Apprehends Fleeing Vehicle Theft Suspect - Town of Sheridan

On February 21st, 2017, The Dunn County Sherriff’s Office took a report of a stolen truck from the Village of Boyceville. Over the next several days information was received regarding sightings or possible locations of the stolen vehicle in Dunn and Barron Counties.

On February 22nd, 2017 at 7:21 p.m information was received from an individual that Cody Metzger along with a female passenger wished to hide the truck at the reporter’s residence. Deputies responded to this area. At 7:29 p.m. hours a Dunn County Deputy advised he was out with the stolen vehicle and two other vehicles at Hwy 64 and 390th Street in the Township of Sheridan. The deputy advised the operator of the stolen vehicle had fled on foot and requested K-9 assistance. Deputy Spenle and K-9 Chief initiated a track and at 9:18 p.m. hours Cody A. Metzger M/W 30 years of age was found hiding at a farm on Cty TK F in a pile of round bales and taken into custody without incident. Metzger was charged with Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Owner’s Consent as well as held on a Probation Hold. Metzger’s female passenger Paige M Rainey F/W 22 years of age was taken into custody at the stolen vehicle’s location for Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Owner’s Consent- Passenger and a Probation Hold.

As a result of this follow up investigation, it was discovered that two male subjects, one being the owner of the stolen vehicle, had observed and pursued the stolen vehicle prior to law enforcements arrival. During this pursuit they had both fired several rounds from handguns from their moving vehicle at the stolen vehicle. They had then boxed in and struck the stolen vehicle prior to law enforcement arrival. These subjects were identified as Robert J. Fawcett M/W 22 years of age, the owner of the stolen vehicle, and passenger David W. Becker M/W 27 years of age. On February 23rd, 2017, both were taken into custody and initially charged with 1st-Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety.

Vehicle Vs. Train Fatal Crash - Wheeler

On Monday, February 13, 2017 at approximately 3:19 AM the Dunn County E-911 Center received a report of a pickup truck versus train crash at the railroad crossing at County Highway S near the intersection of State Highway 170. Dunn County Sheriff’s Deputies, Colfax Fire, Colfax Rescue, Dunn County First Responders, and a Mayo-One Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to the scene.

Upon arrival at the scene deputies found that a pickup truck had been struck by a westbound train and sustained extensive damage. The male driver, of rural Wheeler, was the lone occupant in the vehicle. Deputies and medical personnel attempted life saving measures but were unsuccessful. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene by the Dunn County Medical Examiner’s Office.

It appears that the truck was stopped, facing north bound on County Highway S on the tracks at the time of the crash.

The crash remains under investigation by deputies from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office and the Canadian National Railroad Police.

The young man killed in yesterday morning’s crash has been identified as Andrew R. Lee, age 27.

He was driving a 2000 Chevy, Pickup.