Leader Staff
Charges were still pending Thursday against an Aniwa man arrested Tuesday in connection with an alleged drug operation at his residence.
Meanwhile, a 19-year-old Wausau woman who went to his residence on Wednesday was taken into custody on unrelated charges.
The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department received a suspicious person complaint shortly before 6:30 p.m. from a caller who said someone was crawling through the window of the residence where authorities executed their search warrant the night before.
The caller also said there was a woman on the front porch.
As it turned out, the woman was apparently there to take care of a dog left behind by the man arrested Tuesday, according to Capt. Tom Tuma.
Tuma said that when the man was taken into custody he was concerned about trying to find someone to take care of his dog.
When deputies responded to the suspicious person complaint, they discovered the woman on scene had an outstanding Probation and Parole warrant and was in possession of drug paraphernalia. Charges against her have been referred to the district attorney’s office.
Sheriff’s deputies, assisted by Antigo police, executed a search warrant on the residence Tuesday and had to force their way in through a fortified door.
Deputies located numerous controlled substances and paraphernalia in various locations around the property, along with several loaded weapons, the Sheriff’s Department said.
A 42-year-old Aniwa man was taken into custody pending possible drug and firearm-related charges.
Probable cause paperwork was filed Thursday to allow the man to be held beyond the maximum 48 hours without being charged. The district attorney’s office said a criminal complaint could be filed today.
It is Leader policy not to name suspects in cases until criminal charges have been filed.