A La Crosse woman was charged Friday after she was accused of entering a West Salem home Sept. 6 and taking a shotgun and a man’s wallet to pay off a drug debt while on probation for a previous burglary.
Cassie Morgan George, 33, told police she had planned the burglary for three weeks with her accomplices after she told them about a “Sugar Daddy” she had been seeing, according to the complaint. While the victim was out of town, they went to the home and took a 12-gauge shotgun, two pistols, a thermal imaging scope, a wallet and two watches, as well as some clothes and boots.
George was seen on surveillance at several stores using the man’s cards to purchase items, according to the complaint.
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On Thursday, she was spotted walking on the 1200 block of Winnebago Street, then she hid inside a dryer in the basement of one of the residences there, according to the complaint. She then was taken into custody with the help of a police dog.
She told police she took several of the items listed as missing to trade them for drugs, saying she was addicted to heroin and methamphetamine, according to the report.
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George was charged in La Crosse County Circuit court with burglary of a building, three counts of theft of a firearm, felony bail jumping and four counts of fraudulent use of a credit card, all as a repeat offender. George was convicted of a 2016 burglary in September 2018 and felony bail jumping in February.
Judge Gloria Doyle set cash bond at $5,000.
Benjamin Groth
Benjamin R. Groth, 39, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 30 with burglary as a repeat offender. Groth was identified through DNA evidence as the man who broke into Logan’s Bar on Caledonia Street in July and took cash and a Kwik Trip gift card, according to the complaint.
Drake Duffield
Drake A. Duffield, 19, Decorah, Iowa, was charged Sept. 30 with being a fugitive. Duffield is wanted in Iowa on charges of third-degree sexual abuse and harassment, according to the complaint.
Cameron Stanek
Cameron L. Stanek, 31, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 30 with substantial battery and felony bail jumping. Stanek violated terms of a previous bond forbidding him from committing new crimes Sept. 28 when he punched another man during an argument, according to the complaint.
Kahlil E. Mack
Kahlil E. Mack, 18, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 30 with armed robbery as a party to a crime. Mack and two juveniles met a man Sept. 20 at a North Side restaurant to buy THC vaping cartridges, then took the man’s BB gun, $40 and the THC, according to the complaint.
Robin Ainsworth
Robin C. Ainsworth, 39, Onalaska, was charged Sept. 27 with battery by prisoners. Ainsworth punched another prisoner while an inmate at the La Crosse County Jail, according to the complaint.
Steven Brown
Steven T. Brown, 57, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 27 with felony bail jumping and receiving stolen property. Brown violated terms of a previous bond forbidding new crimes Sept. 26 when he rode a stolen bicycle, according to the complaint.
Erik Baldwin
Erik T. Baldwin, 36, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 26 with theft. Baldwin was seen on video Aug. 12 taking two bikes worth a combined value of $9,100, according to the complaint.
Bret Richert
Bret M. Richert, 33, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 26 with possession of narcotic drugs, possession of methamphetamine, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct, misdemeanor bail jumping and possession of drug paraphernalia. Richert violated terms of a previous bond Sept. 7 when he broke a light and tried to make a woman stop her car, according to the complaint. He had heroin, meth and needles in his vehicle Sept. 25 when he was taken into custody, according to the complaint.
Jesse Kirk
Jesse R. Kirk, 39, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 26 with felony bail jumping and misdemeanor retail theft. Kirk violated terms of a previous bond Feb. 20 when he entered Walmart and stole a TV, according to the complaint.
Kaila Hying
Kaila M. Hying, 18, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 25 with felony bail jumping, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of an illegally obtained prescription. Hying had prazosin hydrochloride pills and a metal pipe early Sept. 25 when she was taken into custody on a warrant, according to the complaint.
Dominick Devine
Dominick S. Devine, 33, Onalaska, was charged Sept. 24 with burglary and criminal damage to property. Devine went to D&M Recycling early Sept. 13 and drove a forklift, getting it stuck and spinning a tire until it caught fire, according to the complaint. He also left with two laptop computers, an extension cord, various tools, a router, a utility knife and utility knife blades.
Caleb L. Williams
Caleb L. Williams, 24, of 1629 Johnson St., was charged Sept. 23 with possession of narcotics, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor theft and misdemeanor bail jumping. Williams was arrested Sept. 21 after officers responded to a stolen bike call. Where Williams was found, in the trails near Myrick Park, officers recovered a backpack containing a glass pipe with traces of what appeared meth, a single dose of Narcan, and several hypodermic needles containing a brown liquid that appeared to be blood, according to the criminal complaint.
Timothy Kruger
Timothy S. Kruger, 44, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 20 with resisting an officer causing substantial bodily harm to the soft tissue and disorderly conduct. Krueger yelled and hit and kicked a police officer Sept. 19, according to the complaint.
Ashley Russell
Ashley L. Russell, 25, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 20 with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, possession with intent to deliver narcotics, maintaining a drug trafficking place and a possession of a controlled substance, all as a repeat offender. Russell had 7.5 grams of meth, 25 Suboxone strips — a controlled substance — in individual bags and LSD Sept. 19 at her residence, according to the complaint.
Zachery R. Arentz
Zachery R. Arentz, 16, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 20 as an adult with battery by a prisoner and disorderly conduct. Arentz started a physical fight with another person Aug. 27 while in custody at the La Crosse County Juvenile Detention Facility, according to the complaint.
Michael Nelson
Michael R. Nelson, 49, La Crosse was charged Sept. 19 with possession of methamphetamine, felony bail jumping, misdemeanor theft and possession of drug paraphernalia. Nelson had 1.2 grams of methamphetamine and a digital scale with methamphetamine residue on it Sept. 18 when he was arrested on a felony warrant, according to the complaint. He also was identified as the man on surveillance video Aug. 26 taking a bike from outside the Franciscan Spirituality Center, according to the complaint.
Joshua Johnson
Joshua D. Johnson, 34, Holmen, was charged Sept. 19 with theft from a business setting. While working as a bookkeeper for a Holmen bar, Johnson stole $7,570.50 through forged checks and approving paychecks to himself for hours he had not worked over the course of two years, according to the complaint.
Jacob Hill
Jacob E. Hill, 19, was charged Sept. 19 with possession of methamphetamine, bail jumping and resisting an officer. Hill was spotted leaving a known drug residence Sept. 18, attempted to run from an officer and had a hypodermic needle with methamphetamine inside when taken into custody, according to the complaint.
Susan Glenna
Susan D. Glenna, 48, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 19 with felony bail jumping. Glenna violated terms of her previous bond Sept. 7 when she drank alcohol, according to the complaint.
Jesse Baum
Jesse A. Baum, 23, Bangor was charged Sept. 19 with uttering a forgery. Baum wrote two checks totaling $1,000 in May 1918 to himself from another person’s account, according to the complaint.
Geraldine Bjergum
Geraldine L. Bjergum, 74, was charged Sept. 19 with theft in a business setting. Bjergum withdrew $2,600 from another person’s bank account at several different casinos, according to the complaint.
Shane Lancour
Shane T. Lancour, 32, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 19 with attempting to flee or elude an officer, possession of narcotic drugs and carrying a concealed knife, all as a repeat offender. Police checked on Lancour Sept. 18 after he was reported to be sleeping behind the wheel for over an hour. He then fled in his vehicle, abandoned his vehicle and continued running on foot, according to the complaint. He had 0.5 grams of heroin in his pocket and a knife under his legs in the car seat.
Cameron Stanek
Cameron Stanek, 31, La Crosse, was charged with resisting an officer causing injury, three counts of felony bail jumping, two counts of resisting an officer, criminal damage to property, misdemeanor battery and two counts of disorderly conduct. Officers were called to Stanek’s residence for a welfare check July 22 and Stanek yelled at police and refused to follow instructions, despite a stun gun being used, and kicked and hit police, according to the complaint. He later broke a mug and television set at a local hospital. According to a second criminal complaint, Stanek fought with a relative Aug. 22, sticking the person with needles and punching them, then remained standing in the middle of the road in violation of police instructions.
Jared Williams
Jared Williams, 30, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 17 with felony bail jumping and obstructing an officer and also has been cited for first-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and first-offense operating a motor vehicle with a controlled substance. Williams was high on marijuana when he was pulled over Sept. 7 for running a red light while out on a felony bond, according to the complaint. He also lied to officers about his name.
Rhonda Baskerville
Rhonda L. Baskerville, 42, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 17 with physical abuse to a child causing bodily harm and disorderly conduct. Baskerville punched a 12-year-old Aug. 30 and yelled at onlookers, according to the complaint.
Danielle Kempfer
Danielle Kempfer, 31, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 16 with felony bail jumping and obstructing an officer. Kempfer violated a no-contact order Sept. 15 by hanging out with a man and lying to police about his identity, according to the complaint.
Dylan Stika
Dylan E. Stika, 28, no permanent address, was charged Sept. 12 with disorderly conduct with a domestic abuse enhancer and felony bail jumping. Stika got into a loud argument Aug. 21 with a woman he was ordered to have no contact with through a previous bond, according to the complaint.
Eugene Spears Jr.
Eugene J. Spears Jr., 37, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 11 with possession of methamphetamine and misdemeanor bail jumping. Spears violated terms of a previous bond Sept. 10 by having 0.5 grams of methamphetamine when he was taken into custody on a warrant, according to the complaint.
Jessica Kistner
Jessica A. Kistner, 39, no permanent address, was charged Sept. 11 with possession of methamphetamine. Kistner had 2.3 grams of methamphetamine when she was taken into custody on a warrant, according to the complaint.
Bridget Schoenfeld
Bridget M. Schoenfeld, 27, no permanent address, was charged Sept. 11 with possession of methamphetamine, two counts of felony bail jumping, fraudulent use of a credit card and misdemeanor bail jumping. Schoenfeld violated terms of a previous bond Aug. 31 when she had meth in her pocket while being arrested on a warrant, and again when she charged $567 Sept. 4-7 to another woman’s debit card without permission, according to the complaint.
William Peck
William Peck, 30, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 10 with delivering heroin, possession of narcotic drugs, resisting an officer and operating a motor vehicle while revoked. Peck sold 0.6 grams of heroin July 31 to a confidential informant, according to the complaint. He also had 1.6 grams of heroin Sept. 6 when he was taken into custody after an officer saw him driving after his license was revoked. According to the complaint, he denied driving and attempted to pull away from the arresting officer.
Natshoin Evans
Natshion Evans, 23, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 9 with strangulation and suffocation, intimidating a victim using force, battery and disorderly conduct, all with a domestic-abuse enhancer. Evans grabbed a woman’s neck and squeezed Sept. 3 during an argument, then pushed and punched her at least five times, according to the complaint. When the woman said she was going to call police, Evans took her phone.
Tanner Olds
Tanner Olds, 26, Onalaska, was charged Sept. 9 with felony bail jumping after he violated a no-contact order Sept. 7 by yelling at a woman in downtown La Crosse, according to the complaint.
Tyler Peterson
Tyler J. Peterson, 28, Readstown, was charged Sept. 9 with possession of methamphetamine, disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer. Peterson attempted to enter two houses and did enter a stranger’s vehicle Sept. 8 near the 2400 block of 14th Street South, according to the complaint. Police say he also lied about his name and a search revealed 0.2 grams of methamphetamine in his pocket.
Kelly Knudston
Kelly R. Knudtson, 30, West Salem, was charged Sept. 9 as a fugitive. Knudtson is wanted in Winona County, Minn., on charges of felony burglary and misdemeanor theft, according to the complaint.
Yahyaa Nizaam Kelly
Yahyaa N. Kelly, 44, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 9 with felony bail jumping after he was seen on video Aug. 30 talking to a woman in violation of a previous bond, according to the complaint.
Jacob Dolan
Jacob D. Dolan, 29, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 6 with possession of methamphetamine as a repeat offender. Dolan had 8.1 grams of a white powdery substance identified as methamphetamine Sept. 5 when he was arrested on a warrant, according to the complaint.
Aaron M. Schrader
Aaron M. Schrader, 28, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 5 with physical abuse of a child and misdemeanor bail jumping. A child told police Schrader hit him in the head and knocked him to the ground Aug. 19, according to the complaint.
Ryan Papenfuss
Ryan R. Papenfuss, 44, Onalaska, was charged Sept. 5 with uttering a forgery. Papenfuss deposited a forged and stolen check into his bank account in May, according to the complaint.
Tonya N. Novak
Tonya N. Novak, 28, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 5 with possession of narcotics and possession of drug paraphernalia, both as a repeat offender. Novak had a fentanyl drug mixture and used needles in her car when she was pulled over Aug. 29 for driving erratically on Hwy. 35 in La Crosse, according to the complaint.
Lenell Carter
Lenell D. Carter, 36, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 5 with false imprisonment, felony bail jumping, possession of cocaine and disorderly conduct. Carter violated terms of a previous bond forbidding new crimes when he got into a fight with a woman Sept. 2-3 and held her down, according to the complaint. He had 1.6 grams of cocaine in his pocket when he was taken into custody.
Antoine Howell
Antoine D. Howell, 24, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 5 with possession with intent to deliver THC. Howell had 23 packages of marijuana with a total weight of 38.7 grams at about 1:30 a.m. Sept. 4 when police responded to a call of two people fighting in a car, according to the complaint.
Demetrius Partee
Demetrius S. Partee, 37, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 5 with felony bail jumping and disorderly conduct. Partee violated terms of a previous bond forbidding new crimes when he got into a fight at the La Crosse Public Library, according to the complaint.
Richard Cadmus
Richard C. Cadmus, 46, Galesville, was charged Sept. 5 with felony bail jumping, possession of methamphetamine, obstructing an officer and possession of drug paraphernalia, all as a repeat offender. An officer spotted Cadmus riding a bicycle in Onalaska at 1:30 a.m. Sept. 5 and attempted to take him into custody for three warrants when Cadmus attempted to run away, according to the complaint. Cadmus violated terms of a previous bond by having a pipe and methamphetamine in his possession when he was taken into custody.
Kyle C. Staples
Kyle C. Staples, 24, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 4 with possession of narcotic drugs and felony bail jumping. Staples violated terms of a previous bond Sept. 3 by staying at the home of a person he was ordered to have no contact with and had 0.3 grams of heroin, according to the complaint.
Neal R. Jensen Jr. and Christopher A. Trigueros
Neal R. Jensen Jr., 55, Arcadia, left, and Christopher A. Trigueros, 19, Ettrick, were each charged Sept. 5 with felony bail jumping after they were accused of meeting up in Onalaska Sept. 4 in violation of a no-contact condition of their bond. Jensen was also charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of obstructing an officer. Jensen’s vehicle had a scale with drug residue and Jensen had methamphetamine on his person, according to the complaint. Jensen and Trigueros also told officers they were there to see two different people, both of whom were currently in different county jails.
Neal R. Jensen Jr. and Christopher A. Trigueros
Neal R. Jensen Jr. (left), 55, Arcadia, and Christopher A. Trigueros, 19, Ettrick, were both charged Wednesday with retail theft as parties to a crime. Jensen, who was also charged as a repeat offender, and Trigueros are accused of taking about 15 pairs of shoes Sept. 3 from the loading zone of Rogan’s Shoes, according to the complaint.
Scott Windbiel
Scott C. Windbiel, 44, no permanent address, was charged Sept. 3 with possession of methamphetamine, misdemeanor theft and criminal damage to property. Windbiel stole a bike from the 1200 block of Badger Street, cutting the lock on Aug. 14, and a substance identified as methamphetamine in his sock Aug. 30 while at the La Crosse County Jail, according to the complaint.
Thomas Stein
Thomas E. Stein, 26, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 3 with being a fugitive. Stein is accused of violating his probation in Winona County, Minn., according to the complaint.
Debra White
Debra M. White, 58, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 3 with felony bail jumping. White got into a physical confrontation Aug. 30 with a man she was forbidden to have contact with in a previous bond, according to the complaint.
Marvin Iverson
Marvin L. Iverson, 58, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 3 with felony bail jumping. Iverson consumed alcohol in violation of a previous bond Aug. 30, according to the complaint.
Alia Valentine
Alia G. Valentine, 21, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 3 with uttering a forgery as a repeat offender. Valentine added a $100 tip and forged the signature of a customer Aug. 7 at the HuHot Mongolian Grill, where she worked as a server, according to the complaint.
Casey M. Hartung and Shannon M. Tabbert
Casey M. Hartung, 25, Melrose, Wis., and Shannon M. Tabbert, 35, La Crosse, were each charged Sept. 3 with burglary of a building, criminal damage to property and misdemeanor theft as parties to a crime. Hartung and Tabbert broke the lock and went into a storage unit on Schnick Road in Onalaska and took a blue tote filled with video games, a safe, two pairs of shoes and a car jack, according to the complaint.
Margo Prom
Margo E. Prom, 54, La Crosse, was charged Sept. 3 with being a fugitive. Prom is facing burglary and theft charges in Houston County, Minn., according to the complaint.
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