On March 31
st at 11:43pm, the Juneau County Communication Center received a report of a physical disturbance between a male and female subject at Pilot, 1103 Gateway Ave, in the City of Mauston. Mauston Police, Juneau County Sherriff’s Office, and Wisconsin State Patrol responded to the call.
While responding a Mauston Police Officer observed a vehicle matching the description of a suspect vehicle trying to leave the area. A Juneau County Sheriff’s Office Deputy attempted to stop the vehicle, but the vehicle fled. A pursuit ended and the vehicle ultimately crashed into a ditch on Welch Prairie Rd, in Lisbon Township. The operator, later identified as Robert A. Davis Jr. of Mauston, ran from the vehicle into a field. Juneau County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were able to take Davis into custody. Davis was injured in the crash and transported to the hospital. The alleged victim of the disturbance left the area prior to having contac
CHRISTOPHER JARDINE
Capital Newspapers
In a bar fight that led to his resignation, a now-former Mauston police officer was allegedly caught on video choking another patron at the bar to the point where he almost lost consciousness.
The incident occurred after the victim was seen in a verbal altercation with the police officerâs girlfriend, who was also a Mauston police officer at the time.
Brian Raabe, the police officer who allegedly choked the victim, was charged with misdemeanors of disorderly conduct and battery and resigned Oct. 30. Police officer McKena Huffman, who was also Raabeâs girlfriend, resigned Oct. 20 and was not charged for her part in the incident.