The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Department was vindicated in the issue pertaining to altering reports by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

According to  a report by WFRV, “The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook page an update regarding the controversy over the accusations that the department ‘regularly’ altered reports. The Wisconsin Court of Appeals reportedly made a decision on May 6 that it is not necessary to ‘further consider a request from Waupaca County to clarify a prior Order of Circuit Court Judge Raymond Huber in a pending criminal matter’.

“Judge Huber reportedly said on the record that he did not make any finding that the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office as a whole or the particular officer in question was untruthful. It was mentioned that it was not Huber’s intent to issue an ‘order’ to that effect.”

DA terms sheriff’s account “dishonest”

According to a news item posted May 19 by FOX 11 WLUK, “The Waupaca County district attorney is calling the sheriff’s office’s interpretation of a court’s decision ‘dishonest’.”

District Attorney Veronica Isherwood said far from it and doesn’t share that interpretation.

“The DA accused the Sheriff’s Office and one of its deputies of mishandling the case, by altering a report and omitting details potentially helpful to the defendant,” the story relates.

“Defense attorney Kate Drury said the Sheriff’s Office’s actions made the decision for her client to accept a plea a difficult one in this case.

“Had we received additional information linked to the post-arrest conduct of the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Department in this matter, we may have tried this case in front of a jury,” she said.

For more of the story, go here.

A press release, posted on it’s Facebook page, from Sheriff Timothy R. Wilz is included below.