Richland County Sheriff Darrell Berglin has announced that he will be retiring at the end of his current term of office in January of 2015. The long time veteran of the Richland County Sheriff’s Department was first appointed sheriff by Wisconsin Governor, Tommy G. Thompson in February of 1996 to complete the term of Sheriff Fred Schram who had died in office on January first of that year. Since his appointment, Darrell Berglin has been elected to three two year terms of office and three four year terms as sheriff. At the end of his current term, Berglin will have served 19 consecutive years, the longest consecutive term as sheriff in Richland County history. [Read more…]
Daytime Burglaries
Richland County Sheriff Darrell Berglin said his department is continuing to investigate a series of daytime burglaries which have occurred in Richland County in recent weeks. Berglin said that his deputies are working in cooperation with deputies in Vernon County and Sauk County who are also investigating multiple daytime burglaries occurring in their jurisdictions.
ATV Accident on County Hwy AA
On Saturday, July 26, 2014 at approximately 6:40 pm the operator of a Polaris Ranger was traveling northbound on County Hwy AA when they lost control of the vehicle. The ranger left the roadway hitting the gravel shoulder on the right side, the driver of the ranger then corrected the vehicle back onto the roadway and then again overcorrected causing the vehicle to roll three times in the east ditch and eventually coming to rest on it’s wheels in a driveway facing south. The driver and middle passenger were not wearing their seatbelts and were both ejected from the vehicle. The third occupant was wearing their seatbelt and stayed in the ranger. The driver, age 12 along with the middle passenger, also age 12 were transported by Richland Ambulance to the Richland Hospital with injuries. The third occupant, age 11 was taken to the Richland Hospital with minor injuries and was released.
Ithaca School Construction Site Fatality
Sheriff Darrell Berglin reports at 11:52 am June 20, 2014 Richland County 911 center received an emergency call indicating a man was trapped under a crane.
Sheriff Deputies responded along with Richland County EMS, Ithaca First Responders, and the Richland Center Fire Department.
Sheriff Deputies found a male with head injuries lying on the ground near the bent boom of a crane. Attempts to resuscitate him were not successful. Richland County Coroner was called to the scene and Christopher G Kraemer 30 of Spring Green was pronounced dead at the scene.
The case remains open and is being investigated by OSHA and Kraemer Brothers.
Click It or Ticket
Law Enforcement will mobilize along with hundreds of other law enforcement agencies throughout Wisconsin for the annual Click It or Ticket safety belt enforcement campaign from May 19 to June 1.
Law Enforcement officers will be on the lookout day and night for unbuckled motorists. If you’re not wearing a safety belt, they will stop your vehicle and you will get a ticket. During the Click It or Ticket mobilization and throughout the year, law enforcement will stringently enforce Wisconsin’s mandatory safety belt law. Through enforcement and education, we’re striving to get people to buckle up every time they drive or ride in a vehicle.
In Wisconsin, approximately one out of five motorists does not buckle up, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. More than half of the drivers and passengers killed in Wisconsin traffic crashes in 2013 were not wearing safety belts. Last year, there were more than 70,000 convictions for failure to fasten a seat belt.
Consistent safety belt use is the most effective protection against being ejected from a vehicle during a crash or thrown around violently inside it and possibly hitting another person in the vehicle with massive force. Law Enforcement officers are serious about safety belt enforcement because we’re determined to reach the goal of zero preventable traffic deaths in Wisconsin.
Motorcycle operator injured after striking a deer in Westford Township
5/25/14 2:59AM – Block was operating a 2009 Harley Davidson traveling northbound on CTH II approximately 0.3 mile north of Corwin Ridge Rd. Block’s motorcycle strikes a deer and he is thrown from it. Anthony A. Block, 33, of Cazenovia, was not wearing a helmet and suffers injuries to face, head, and chest. Block was transported by Cazenovia EMS to the Richland Hospital and then by Medflight to UW Hospital in Madison.
Cazenovia Fire and EMS assisted the Richland County Sheriff’s Department at the scene.
One car crash resulting in a fatality
On 05/24/2014, shortly after 8 PM, Richland County 911 received a report of a single vehicle crash on Excelsior Rd west of CTH F. Upon arrival, a 2003 Ford Ranger was seen resting down a steep embankment. First responders did have to use ropes and basket to rescue the driver. The driver was taken to Boscobel Hospital via ambulance but did succumb to injuries. Eyewitness accounts did say Larry D. Holloway, 51, of Blue River, did veer off the road only after avoiding a collision with an oncoming vehicle. The investigation did reveal that Holloway was not wearing a seatbelt and speed and alcohol was a contributing factor.
Blue River Fire / EMS and Boscobel EMS assisted the Richland County Sheriff’s Department at the scene.
Motorcycle northbound on STH 58 lost control and was ejected into ditch. Operator suffered fatal injuries.
On 05/24/2014 at approximately 5:33 PM Angela Novotny, 37 of La Valle, was operating a motorcycle northbound on STH 58 when she lost control of the motorcycle and was ejected from the cycle onto the west side ditch line. Novotny was transported to Reedsburg Memorial by Cazenovia EMS. Novotny was then transported to UW-Madison by Med Flight where she succumbed to her fatal injuries.
Cazenovia EMS and Fire assisted the Richland County Sheriff’s Department on scene.
Two Car Crash on USH 14 in front of Mcdonald’s with Injuries
On 05/22/2014 at 8:05 PM, Richland County 911 received a call of a 2-car crash on USH 14 at McDonald’s. The investigation found that McGrath, driving her 2003 Saturn Ion, pulled out of the McDonald’s parking lot onto USH 14 when a 2002 Dodge Durango driven by Olson crashed into the Ion. Olson’s vehicle veered off USH 14 coming to rest alongside NAPA Auto. The Ion came to rest along the shoulder. McGrath was transported to the hospital via ambulance. Olson and her 3 passengers suffered minor injury. Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
Richland County EMS and Richland Center Fire assisted the Richland County Sheriff’s Department at the scene.
Prescription Drug Take-back April 26th
The Prescription Drug Take-back will be held at the Richland Center Police Department on Saturday, April 26th between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
On April 26th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Richland Center Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its eighth opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to the Richland Center Police Department at 470 South Main Street. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Last October, Americans turned in over 647,000 pounds of prescription drugs at over 5,600 sites operated by the DEA and its thousands of state and local law enforcement partners.
The public may dispose of solid, non-liquid medications by removing the medication from its container and disposing of it directly into the disposal box at the police department. Controlled, non-controlled and over-the-counter medications will be accepted. Blister packages are acceptable without the medications being removed. Liquids will be accepted but must be in their original packaging. Please note that inhalers and needles/sharps will not be accepted.
This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.
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