Search Warrant, City of Reedsburg 1/16/2018

On Tuesday, January 16th 2018, Sauk County Sheriff’s Office Detectives, with the assistance of the City of Reedsburg Police Department, and the Sauk County Drug Task Force, executed a search warrant at 295 Modern Avenue in the City of Reedsburg.  The search was in relation to burglary investigations being conducted by the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office and Reedsburg Police Department.  As a result of the warrant, a significant amount of property was seized from the residence.  Much of the property is believed to have been stolen in various residential burglaries and thefts throughout the area. 

During the search, members of the Sauk County Drug Task Force also located methamphetamine waste products and drug paraphernalia.  In total, twenty-two methamphetamine waste bottles were removed from the residence.  Personnel from the Wisconsin Department of Justice – Division of Criminal Investigation responded to assist with the processing of the scene, clean up and decontamination of the methamphetamine waste.  Investigators learned that a six-year-old child had been residing at the home and the Sauk County Department of Human Services was contacted.

As a result, Larry Chad Smith, 33, of Reedsburg, was incarcerated in the Sauk County Jail on multiple charges of burglary and theft.  Smith is suspected of committing burglaries and thefts with the total value of stolen property exceeding $40,000.  Additional charges related to the methamphetamine waste and other drug violations, as well as additional burglary and theft charges, are expected to be filed in the coming weeks.  The investigation in ongoing with additional arrests expected.

"Drugs have a much more far reaching effect on society than most people realize. Heroin, Methamphetamine and other illegal drugs cost money. Most drug addicts do not have money from legitimate sources to purchase these drugs. Because of this, society is put at even greater risk from drug addicts committing Burglaries and potentially violent home invasions to obtain money illegally to feed their habit. These, at a minimum, violate our resident’s sense of safety and security in their homes, expose them to property loss and a very real potential for physical harm in the event the resident is home when these acts occur, not to mention the very real hazards and costs related to methamphetamine production and waste.”

Chip Meister

Sauk County Sheriff