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June 30, 2019 – Village of Richfield, WI – On June 29, 2018, at 6:45 a.m. the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a Holiday Rambler travel trailer which was on fire in a driveway in the 3400 block of Maple Drive, in the Village of Richfield. The

June 21, 2019 – Washington Co., WI – One of the responsibilities of law enforcement is to identify criminal trends and take a proactive approach to help protect our citizens. This includes providing you with information on scams. Scams are nothing new. These imposters prey on individuals by pretending

June 6, 2019 – Town of Jackson, WI – On Thursday, June 6, 2019, at 2:17 a.m. the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a house that was filling with smoke at 870 Wildwood Lane in the Town of Jackson, Washington County. All of the residents evacuated the

July 14, 2018 – Town of Wayne, WI – Today at 11:03 a.m. the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified of an accident with injuries on Interstate 41 north of Canary Lane in the Town of Wayne. Callers reported one vehicle was on fire, there may be people trapped in

  June 16, 2018 – Town of Trenton, WI – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has identified the deceased operator from Thursday’s Wallace Lake incident as 81-year-old, Merlin L. Waechter from the Town of Trenton. The incident remains under investigation and no further information is being released.   Funeral

May 31, 2018 – Waukesha Co., WI – On May 30, 2018 at 6:21 pm, deputies from the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a burglary in progress in the Village of Wales. A 76-year-old male homeowner was involved in a physical altercation with a 33-year-old male.  

May 22, 2018 – Town of Addison, WI – This past Saturday evening, May 20 at 5:28 p.m. a Washington County Sheriff’s Deputy on routine patrol stopped a vehicle on I41 at CTH K in the town of Addison. The deputy stopped the vehicle because half of the license

May 19, 2018 – Town of Polk, WI – On May 19, 2018 at approximately 11:43 am the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified by multiple 911 callers of a Walmart semi-truck and trailer that was on fire on the off ramp from I41 north bound to County Trunk

May 12, 2018 – Village of Kewaskum, WI – On Saturday May 12, 2018 at approximately 5:08 a.m. a Village of Kewaskum resident contacted the Washington County Sheriff’s Communication Center to report her vehicle had just been stolen from her driveway. The victim advised she had been warming up

May 9, 2018 – Washington Co., WI – This evening Washington County experienced some minor damage from a severe thunderstorm cell that moved across the southern portion of the county. At 5:03 p.m., our dispatch center received information that three trees and two power lines were down in the

May 6, 2018 – Town of Trenton, WI- On Saturday, May 5, 2018, at 11:13 p.m., the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a motorcycle accident located on Wallace Lake Road west of N. Poplar Road in the town of Trenton. Deputies, along with Newburg Fire Department, and

April 28, 2018 – Township of Addison, WI – On Saturday, April 28 at 3:43 p.m. the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a vehicle vs. train accident on Aurora Road 0.7 miles north of County Highway K, in the Township of Addison.   St. Lawrence Fire Department and

  March 24, 2018 – Town of Barton, WI – On Friday, March 23 at 12:26 p.m. the Washington County Sheriff’s Office received a report of heavy smoke coming the area of the dead end of Sleepy Hollow Road in the Town of Barton. The first arriving Deputy determined