CRIME AND COURTS
Counterfeit suspects caught
Three young Minnesota men were picked up Thursday night, March 11, after allegedly flashing around five $100 bills at a rural Pierce County bar in the town of Trenton. The three men, all 21 years old, were stopped on Hwy. 63 not far from the Woodshed Bar where they allegedly tried using the fake bills.March 12, 2010
Local arrest means express lane to prison
Frederick Deen, 29, Mound, Minn., received a two-year prison sentence March 5 for tax evasion and wire fraud as part of a $20 million mortgage fraud scheme.March 12, 2010
Woman charged with stealing from RF computer business
Charges were filed last week against a Hammond woman accused of stealing $3,705 from a River Falls business while she worked there in early 2009.March 12, 2010
Hudson bank records judgments of $7 million against developers
Even after the bank bought the property, area development companies and a North Hudson man owe over $7.2 million in four foreclosure judgments.March 12, 2010
Armored-car robbers behind bars
Debra Ann Wiegand, 30, Hammond, was sentenced to five years in prison and 15 years’ extended supervision the morning of March 8 on a felony conviction for one count of armed robbery-party to a crime.March 10, 2010
Battered, bruised and mixed up
March 09, 2010
UPDATED: Dog that bit young girl found
River Falls Police asked for the public’s help in locating a brown, male, pit-bull mix dog that bit a 6-year-old girl in the evening hours of March 4. The owner reported March 6 that he had found the dog.March 05, 2010
Online scam targets renters
Employees of WESTconsin Realty alerted the Journal to a scam that plucks home-sale ads from the free site, Craig’s List, and presents them as a (fake) rental.March 05, 2010
Update: Cat feces used to start trailer blazes; teen boy accused
River Falls police say evidence points to a 16-year-old local boy as the one who set three recent minor blazes at Cudd's trailer court, 1450 S. Wasson Lane. The boy, who lives in a nearby apartment complex on Cemetery Road, allegedly set fire to cat feces inside a paper bag and left it on the porch of one trailer home.March 04, 2010
Mattison arrested on child porn charges 
February 23, 2010
Bar gets another noise ticket 
After the third warning, River Falls police gave the owner of Coach’s Bar, 127 S. Main St., a $114 citation for loud and unnecessary noise last Thursday just after 1:30 a.m. Officers had taken complaints from an upstairs tenant and agreed the blaring music was too loud. Last year Coach’s was cited at least a half-dozen times for loud noise, mostly originating from a newly expanded area of the bar.
February 22, 2010
Pizza delivery man takes one on the chin 
People are impatient. People drink. The two combined can be volatile, especially if you're trying to make a delivery from Domino's Pizza, 118 N. Main St. According to police, that scenario was in place Tuesday evening, Feb. 16, at 1450 S. Wasson Lane. An upset 49-year-old man there was ticketed for punching a 27-year-old pizza delivery man in the face. Luckily, the victim said the blow didn't hurt because his attacker was too drunk.
February 19, 2010
Spit guard needed to protect against expectorating teen 
River Falls police had their hands full with an 18-year-old male who returned drunk to his parents’ house at 1 a.m. Sunday and allegedly began shoving his girlfriend and fighting with his dad. When officers arrived they found the mom and dad had pinned the young man to the floor.
February 16, 2010
Name calling, kiss and then a smack in the face 
A 24-year-old New Richmond man was arrested for disorderly conduct on North Main Street at 2 a.m. Saturday for punching another man in the face as the two were being separated outside a bar. Inside the bar, the arrested man allegedly called the other man a “fag” and then kissed him on the side of the cheek. This led to pushing and shoving. Both were escorted outside by bouncers.
February 09, 2010
Officer comes from family of Marines 
February 05, 2010
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