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STORY UPDATED THURSDAY AT 4:20 PM – Person in custody after stand-off in Waupun

The Fond du Lac Sheriff’s Office assisted the Waupun Police department with a tactical call in the central portion of Waupun early Thursday morning, June 27, 2024.
The incident started just before midnight with a domestic disturbance call at an east Franklin Street address. As officers responded to the area, a call came in a short distance away of the man involved holding an axe trying to get into a residence. Police responded to that address, but found out the man had returned to the east Franklin Street address.
At 5 AM officers were reporting that they were in communications with the 31-year-old man and negotiations of his surrender were underway. At 5:26 police stated the man was in custody and an ambulance was called to check him over. They were then transported to the hospital.
He faces charges of 3 counts of felony bail jumping, False imprisonment, battery, suffocation/strangulation, and disorderly conduct all domestic abuse related.