A 28-year-old West Salem man has been charged in La Crosse County Circuit court after allegedly punching a West Salem police officer.
Zachary Steven Tabor faces felony charges of battery to a law enforcement officer and bail jumping and misdemeanor charges of criminal damage to property (two counts), resisting an officer and disorderly conduct.
According to the criminal complaint, police were called to a Lark Lane address, where a woman told police that Tabor became agitated after she refused his demand to drive him to a convenience store. She said Tabor busted a cabinet door off its hinges, confiscated her cell phone and demanded the keys to her vehicle. The woman said she eventually drove Tabor to the store for fear of her safety. They returned to the residence, and she later was able to contact police.
La Crosse police arrested five people and reportedly seized $17,000 worth of methamphetamine during a Dec. 21 drug bust.
Police obtained a search warrant for an Eighth Street South address and allegedly found 405.1 grams of methamphetamine, 145 grams of marijuana and $2,029 cash.
According to a criminal complaint filed in La Crosse County Circuit Court against Chong Vue, 31, La Crosse, police received complaints about drug trafficking at 239 Eighth St. South. Police received information that Vue, and Otis East, 60, La Crosse, were selling methamphetamine from the residence and conducted a stakeout.
Police observed East leave the apartment shortly after 7:30 p.m. and walk northbound on Eighth St. South. Police approached East, who was on probation, and told him that he would be searched. East reportedly admitted to possessing contraband, and police seized 12.1 grams of methamphetamine.
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A 40-year-old La Crosse man was charged Tuesday in La Crosse County Circuit Court after being accused of two separate assaults on a woman.
Philip Isaac Ramos faces felony charges of second-degree sexual assault/intoxicated victim and strangulation/suffocation and misdemeanor charges of battery and bail jumping.
According to the criminal complaint, the woman said she and Ramos were drinking heavily and that she passed out during the early morning hours of Dec. 15. She told La Crosse police she awoke bound with electrical tape and that Ramos sexually penetrated her. She said Ramos put both hands around her neck during the assault and threatened to kill her.
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