SHAWANO COUNTY (WLUK) Two people are dead, including a teenager, after a crash involving a motorcycle. The Shawano County Sheriff's Office says just after noon deputies witnessed the crash involving the motorcycle, a pickup truck, and a minivan on Highway 47 near Highline Road in the Town of Hartland. Investigators believe the motorcycle struck the back of the pickup truck as it was heading south, causing the motorcycle to cross into.
By Robert Kennedy
Apr 5, 2021 8:56 AM
OCONTO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) â An intensive law enforcement operation targeting drugs and other criminal activity in Oconto County resulted in eight arrests and dozens of tickets.
Sheriffâs officials say the effort took place March 26 in the cities of Oconto Falls, Gillett and Oconto; and the towns of Stiles, Oconto Falls, Morgan, Gillett and Underhill.
Deputies say they pulled over 172 vehicles and issued 54 tickets and issued 183 warnings. Police dogs were used 41 times, with the dogs locating something suspicious 25 times.
Tickets and arrests were for:
Criminal and civil traffic violations
Possession of Schedule II narcotic
Warrants
CECIL - Police arrested a Shawano County man who goes by the online persona Sid the Sloth on suspicion of possessing dozens of child pornographic images.
Deputies arrested Derek B. Metzenbauer, 35, on Tuesday at his home in Cecil on probable cause for 65 counts of possession of child pornography, according to a news release from the Shawano County Sheriff s Office. Deputies also found marijuana and drug paraphernalia during the arrest.
During the investigation, the sheriff s office got a search warrant for Metzenbauer s electronic devices and found child pornography on them.
According to the Wisconsin sex offender registry, Metzenbauer was convicted in 2007 of taking indecent liberties with a child in North Carolina and has been a registered sex offender since then.
PHOTO: Shawano County Sheriff
CECIL, WI (WTAQ) – One man has been arrested by the Shawano County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, on probable cause of child pornography possession.
The Shawano County Sheriff’s Office says it arrested Derek Metzenbauer, who is currently being held at the Shawano County Jail.
Deputies say they also found marijuana and other drug paraphernalia on him during the arrest.
The arrest follows an investigation, which included a search warrant on Metzenbauer’s home and forensic analysis of electronic devices recovered.
The probable cause lists 65 counts of possession of child pornography.
Metzenbauer is currently a registered sex offender with the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry, related to a North Carolina conviction for taking indecent liberties with a child.