Monday, May 6, 2013
A West Bend man contacted Port Washington police to report a truck-deer collision, hoping to claim the deer — but We Energies employees put the kibosh on those plans after proving he had run the animal down on purpose.
A 29-year-old West Bend man killed a deer using his pickup truck while in Port Washington — and We Energies security camera footage proves it was all on purpose, police say. The West Bend man made contact with Port Washington police at 5:25 a.m. April 27 to report that he had struck a deer while on his way to go fishing, according to a police report. The man wanted to claim the deer. The officer made his way to the location, on South Beach Road just east of South Wisconsin Street, the report said. Upon arrival, he noticed "a lot of deer fur in the road," as well as the deceased animal. The officer made contact with the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office, as they carry deer tags, the report said. Meanwhile, a phone call came in from an …
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department responded to a call about the house fire at 5:50 a.m. in the town of Saukville. The fire was at Advocates of Ozaukee, a shelter offering temporary housing, WISN reports.
No injuries were reported after a small fire broke out in the attic of a house in the town of Saukville. At about 5:50 a.m. Tuesday, the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of smoke in a residence in the town of Saukville, according to a press release from the organization. Several area fire departments responded to the scene. Officials found a small fire in the attic and were able to contain the blaze, the release said. The location is a shelter that offers temporary housing for displaced women and children, Patch's news partner WISN 12 reports. The fire has left several people without a home, though the shelter is working to find these individuals a more permanent place to stay in the meantime. No injuries were …
Friday, January 11, 2013
The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office received a tip that someone saw something in the water on Friday, and a search produced the body of Robert E. Steinbrecker, 24, was last seen about 2 a.m. Dec. 27.
UPDATED 8:40 p.m. Friday: The body pulled from Cedar Creek in Cedaburg is that of missing town of Cedarburg resident Robert Steinbrecker. Lt. Rodney Galbraith with Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office said the body was pulled from the water about 3 p.m., and that Steinbrecker's family had been at the scene for much of the day. Dive teams had been searching the creek since late morning after a resident called the Cedarburg Police Department to say they found a hat on the ice that matched the description of the hat Steinbrecker was wearing the night he disappeared. Steinbrecker, 24, of Cedarburg, was last seen about 2 a.m. Dec. 27 running north near Cedar Creek away from two friends and toward his residence in the Town of Cedarburg, according to …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Ozaukee County law enforcement and rescue officials have been searching for 24-year-old Robert E. Steinbrecker since he went missing Dec. 27; no signs of the man have turned up.
Despite efforts by Cedarburg Fire and Rescue personnel as well as the Great Lakes Search and Rescue Team, the 24-year-old Cedarburg man who went missing in December has still not been found. Robert E. Steinbrecker, 24, was last seen about 2 a.m. Dec. 27 running north near Cedar Creek away from two friends and toward his residence in the Town of Cedarburg, according to a press release from the sheriff's department. "(Rescue crews) were out (Monday) again actively searching with negative results," Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office Capt. Jeffrey Taylor said. "We have no other leads as to his possible whereabouts." In their search efforts, the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office asked area residents to look on their property for signs of the man, …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Two accidents causing injury in August occurred at intersections that are known to have had crashes in the past, including Highway H and B in the town of Port Washington.
Injury-causing accidents at two Port Washington intersections in August inspired Patch readers to sound off about dangerous conditions at those and other crossroads in the area. Here’s a closer look at one of them. Is this the most dangerous in the Port Washington/Saukville area? Tell us in the comments which one you think is the worst, and why, and Patch will give it a look. This is a rural crossroads north of the city. On Aug. 15, four were injured — including two children — in a two-car accident. A woman failed to stop completely on Highway B, according to the Sheriff’s Department, and was struck by a car traveling on Highway H. "Yes, that intersection is very dangerous and we go through it all the time,” Patch user JB commented on the …
Monday, July 2, 2012
Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office is still investigating the one-vehicle crash that killed Sara Pujanauski of the town of Saukville on Saturday morning.
A 19-year-old town of Saukville woman is dead after a one-vehicle crash in the town of Fredonia early Saturday morning. A memorial near the crash site has been started with flowers and some personal effects. Visitation and a funeral mass will be held Saturday at Divine Savior Parish, Holy Cross Chapel in Holy Cross, according to an obituary published in Tuesday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Police pronounced Sara Pujanauski dead at the scene of the one-vehicle crash on County Highway I and Belgium Kohler Road on Saturday morning, according to Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office dispatch. Police received the call at 6:04 a.m. Saturday. Investigating officers say Pujanauski was driving a silver 2001 Pontiac Sunfire, traveling southbound on Hwy. …
Monday, June 11, 2012
Jaron Omon of Port Washington is charged with homicide by intoxicated use of vehicle in the early morning crash that killed Kelly Phillips of Port Washington.
The driver of the car in a one-vehicle crash early Sunday morning that killed Kelly Phillips of Port Washington is being charged with homicide by intoxicated use of vehicle. Ozaukee County Sheriff Deputies responded to the one-vehicle fatal crash at 6 a.m. Sunday at County Highway C north of Ulao Road in the town of Grafton, according to a press release from the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Jaron Omon of Port Washington. Omon was not injured during the crash. Omon was charged with one count of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and is currently in the Ozaukee County Jail. His bail was set at $25,000. More from the criminal complaint: Ozaukee County Deputy Joseph Milczarek responded to …
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2:18 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
al, What part of "The footage showed the man's pickup driving north on South Beach Road, stopping at the intersection of South Beach Road and South Wisconsin Street, then backing up and flashing its brights at the deer to try and get them to move, the report said. After a short period of time, the deer took off running. The truck follws the deer around the corner, stops, backs up briefly, and … more ›