Law Enforcement Conduct Task Force In Fond du Lac County, Net Guns And Drugs

On Thursday last week, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office coordinated a multi-jurisdiction drug interdiction task force that included officers from the City of Fond du Lac, Waupun, Rosendale, and Ripon police departments. Also participating in the task force were ten investigators from the Lake Winnebago Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group as well as six K9 teams from local agencies.

The primary objective of the task force was to saturate high drug trafficking neighborhoods and corridors throughout the county and identify and arrest those involved in illegal drug trafficking, possession, or other crimes.

Between 2 and 10 pm law enforcement conducted 95 traffic stops. Those stops resulted in five felony and one misdemeanor criminal arrests, one warrant arrest, 25 traffic citations, and two operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a restricted controlled substance. Illegal drugs and other items seized in the stops included fentanyl, methamphetamine, marijuana, Schedule II prescription medication possessed without a prescription, drug paraphernalia, two illegally possessed firearms, and cash.

One of the more significant arrests occurred shortly after at 6:30 pm when a deputy conducted a traffic stop on I41 northbound near County Highway B. As officers were at the vehicle speaking with the two occupants, the driver suddenly sped away at a high rate of speed.

With deputies in pursuit, the driver turned around in an emergency crossover and headed back southbound. With speeds reaching 120 mph, the pursuit passed through Dodge County and into Washington County.

Deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and a Slinger Police Department officer were able to successfully deploy tire deflation devices but the driver continued to flee until one flattened tire was almost completely shredded off the rim.

The driver finally stopped on I-41 south of Holy Hill Road in southern Washington County. A high risk stop was conducted and both men were taken into custody.

During the pursuit the suspects threw a bag out the passenger window into the ditch. A Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputy trailing behind the pursuit stopped and searched the ditch line and recovered the bag which contained two loaded handguns. Drugs confiscated during this incident included methamphetamine and marijuana.

The driver was an adult male from Milwaukee who is currently out on parole for felony armed robbery. The passenger was an adult male from Green Bay who is also currently out on felony parole for armed robbery. Both suspects are currently in custody at the Fond du Lac County Jail awaiting their initial appearance.

The pursuit lasted 37 miles.