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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017 VOL. 55 NO. 58 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00
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Charges filed in tavern burglary
Possible drug OD sends 4 students to hospitals BY STEVE BRIGGS SENTINEL
BY STEVE BRIGGS SENTINEL
GOVERNMENT CENTER—The first of what Sheriff Ron Wilhelm said may be “multiple charges against several individuals” in the recent spate of Burnett County burglaries were filed on Oct. 18 in Burnett County Circuit Court. In two cases, Alan J. Schwartzbauer, 27, of Grantsburg was charged for an attempted early morning break-in on Oct. 3 at the Midtown Tavern on Highway 35 north of Siren, and Schwartzbauer with an early morning break-in on Oct. 3 at the Last Call Bar-N-Grill on State Road 70 east of Siren. Charges against Schwartzbauer in the alleged Last Call break-in are burglary; theft of property or cash between $5-10,000; possession of burglary tools; and criminal damage to property. The property damage charge is a Class A Misdemeanor. The three other charges are felonies, each with fines ranging from $10-25,000 and each with imprisonment ranging from six to 12 years. Schwartzbauer also received four counts of felony bail jumping, one for each of the above-listed charges, because he had previously been released from custody on bond in another case, but failed
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New sidewalk According to the sidewalk contractor on site, the first people to walk on this new sidewalk along the Webster Fairgrounds were these students in Mrs. Dorn’s Kindergarten class, wearing their fall leaf tee shirts as they return from a leaf gathering walk along the Gandy Dancer Trail on Monday afternoon. The sidewalk is part of a safer walking path along Fairgrounds Road for students walking to and from Webster School.
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Siren chief wants school officer JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
SIREN— Chief Chris Sybers made an appearance at the Siren School Board meeting on Monday night to ask the board to put a liaison officer in the school. Last week, four students possibly overdosed from a prescription drug. On Monday, a student had a panic attack that required a police and ambulance
call to the school. “I want to start a dialogue for this and get something working,” Sybers said. “If this continues, it makes sense having an officer in the school for about four hours every day.” Siren School Board member Mark Pettis said the school needs all the able-bodied help it can get to protect SEE SIREN, PAGE 6
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SIREN—Four juveniles were taken from Siren High School by ambulances to Spooner and Grantsburg hospitals Thursday morning for possible prescription drug overdose, according to Siren Police Chief Chris Sybers. The four students have not been identified by name, age or gender. Two North Memorial ambulances took three students to Spooner Medical Center. The other North ambulance took one student to Burnett Medical Center. All were conscious upon arrival and were held for observation, then released to a parent or guardian later Thursday. A subsequent seach of a residence in Siren village resulted in the arrest of one adult for illegal activity, including outstanding warrants and possession of illegal substances. Siren
Police Department, St. Croix Tribal Police Department and Burnett County Sheriff’s Department participated. Siren Police Department’s first officer at the scene arrived at about 8:30 a.m. after being summoned by a school employee. A student had expressed concern of possibly having an overdose. The Siren officer observed another student staggering and leaning against a wall, and officers were told of two other students who had also consumed the substance. A second ambulance was called at 9:04 a.m. and a third ambulance shortly afterward. All ambulances departed for hospitals by 9:30 a.m. Chief Sybers said some type of intervention will be conducted with the four youths, but it was uncertain whether that would include criminal charges. His department will continue to investigate.
Falling tree limb kills man TOWN OF ANDERSON— In the early hours of Monday morning, Oct. 23, law enforcement and fire department searchers discovered the body of Raymond Granquist, 69, of Grantsburg in a wooded area on his property about one half mile southwest of his home eight miles south of Grantsburg. A news release from Burnett County Chief Deputy Scott M. Burns said their initial investigation indicates Granquist was using a tractor to pull down a dead tree when a large limb broke and landed on him. Burnett County Medical Examiner Mike Maloney pronounced Granquist dead at the scene. At 7:50 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
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22, the Burnett County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a missing person in the area of East River Road southwest of Oeltjen Road. Family members stated Granquist was last seen at about 4:15 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Burnett County Deputies and a K9 unit, along with Grantsburg Fire Department personnel, searched the area. The Barron County Sheriff’s Office provided assistance using an unmanned aerial device (drone) with night vision capability. His body was found at 4:25 a.m. No other information is being released at this time.
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