Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office still seeking information regarding series of stolen and wrecked vehicles in the rural Waterville area
Person of interest in vehicle thefts in rural Waterville area June 19 ... The image at right was taken from surveillance camera footage inside the recently opened Waterville Bar and Grill on Main Street in Waterville Sunday, June 18. The man shown in the image is a person of interest in a pair of vehicle thefts that occurred in the early morning hours of Monday, June 19 in the rural Waterville area and the crashing of one of those vehicles, along with the crashing of another vehicle in rural Waterville that was reported stolen from the La Crosse, WI area, with all of those incidents being investigated in relationship to one another. Anyone who may recognize this individual or know his whereabouts or any additional information regarding the vehicle thefts is asked to contact the Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office by calling 563-568-4521 or by dialing 9-1-1. Submitted image.
The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation into the theft and wrecking of several vehicles that is reported to have taken place in the rural Waterville area in the early morning hours of Monday, June 19. Through the ongoing investigation into the matter, the incidents are all believed to involve a person of interest who local law enforcement authorities have an image of (see accompanying photo at right) from surveillance camera footage taken from inside the recently opened Waterville Bar & Grill on Main Street in Waterville.
Allamakee County Sheriff Clark Mellick says that the accompanying image of the suspected person of interest was from Sunday, June 18. Early the very next morning, at approximately 5 a.m., the Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a crashed vehicle off of Buckskin Road, a gravel dead end road off of State Highway 76, south of Waterville.
Deputies responded to the area and located the vehicle, with no individuals found in the area. During the course of that investigation, it was determined that the crashed vehicle had been stolen from the La Crosse, WI area. The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office then received a call that same Sunday, June 19 morning, at approximately 6:45 a.m., regarding a stolen silver 2013 Chevrolet Impala from a residence on Brady Drive, another gravel road to the south of Waterville, connecting State Highway 76 with White Pine Road. The silver 2013 Chevrolet Impala was reported as bearing the Allamakee County license plate of ISY 671.
As the investigation continued, a John Deere Gator utility vehicle was also located crashed in a ditch near the residence from where the theft of the silver 2013 Chevrolet Impala occurred. The John Deere Gator was determined to have been stolen from a residence on Buckskin Drive near the location of the initially-reported crashed stolen car from the La Crosse, WI area.
The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate all of these incidents as being related. Anyone who knows any additional information regarding the incidents, recognizes the man shown in the accompanying surveillance camera photo, or who sees the silver 2013 Chevrolet Impala bearing the license plate of ISY 671, should immediately call the Allamakee County Sheriff’s at 563-568-4521 or 9-1-1.
