Criminal Complaints filed by The Iowa County District Attorney’s Office

Dodgeville Police Activity By Chief Brandon E. Wilhelm

From February 1st, 2026 through February 28th , 2026, Dodgeville Police Department Officers responded to 229 calls for service. The following Criminal Complaints were also filed by the District Attorney’s Office.

Criminal Complaints filed by The Iowa County District Attorney’s Office

A criminal complaint is merely a formal method of charging a person and does not infer guilt. There is a presumption of innocence until proven guilty for all persons charged criminally or arrested by the Dodgeville Police Department.

JONATHAN B. GARCIA SALAZAR Dodgeville, WI

Count 1: CRIMINAL TRESPASS The above-named defendant on or about Friday, January 2, 2026, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, did intentionally enter the dwelling of VICTIM 1, without the consent of some person lawfully upon the premises, under circumstances tending to create a breach of the peace, a Class A Misdemeanor Count 2: CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY The above-named defendant on or about Friday, January 2, 2026, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, did intentionally cause damage to the physical property of another, glass bowls, a wine bottle, and a cabinet door, owned by VICTIM 1, without that person’s consent, a Class A Misdemeanor

JULIE K. MIDDLETON Montfort, WI

Count 1: BATTERY TO AN ELDER PERSON – RECKLESSLY CAUSE BODILY HARM The above-named defendant on or about Monday, December 8, 2025, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, did recklessly cause bodily harm to VICTIM 1, DOB 10/15/1929, an elder person who is 60 years of age or older, a Class I Felony

STEVEN D. WOERPEL Dodgeville, WI

Count 1: MISDEMEANOR RE- TAIL THEFT – INTENTIONALLY TAKE ( <= $500) The above-named defendant On, about, or between December 17, 2024 and August 8, 2025, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, did intentionally take and carry away merchandise held for resale by Wal-Mart Store #847 without the consent of the merchant, and with intent to deprive the merchant permanently of possession of the merchandise whose value does not exceed $500, a Class A Misdemeanor

JACQUELINE D. MURILLO Dodgeville, WI

Count 1: DISORDERLY CON- DUCT, DOMESTIC ABUSE The above-named defendant on or about Wednesday, January 20, 2016, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, while in a private place, did engage in violent, abusive, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud, or otherwise disorderly conduct, under circumstances in which such conduct tended to cause or provoke a disturbance, a Class B Misdemeanor

KARRIE E. LAFAVE Dodgeville, WI

Count 1: DISORDERLY CON- DUCT The above-named defendant on or about Wednesday, January 21, 2026, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, while in a private place, did engage in violent, abusive, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud, or otherwise disorderly conduct, under circumstances in which such conduct tended to cause or provoke a disturbance, a Class B Misdemeanor

RUSSELL J. PEDDER Dodgeville, WI

Count 1: DISORDERLY CON- DUCT The above-named defendant on or about Wednesday, January 21, 2026, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, while in a private place, did engage in violent, abusive, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud, or otherwise disorderly conduct, under circumstances in which such conduct tended to cause or provoke a disturbance, a Class B Misdemeanor

CINDY M. LADD Dodgeville, WI

Count 1: THREATEN TO CAUSE BODILY HARM TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED WITH A COURT OR LEGAL SYSTEM The above-named defendant on or about Thursday, January 8, 2026, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, did threaten to cause bodily harm to a law enforcement officer, without that person’s consent, knowing the person’s status as an individual involved with a court or legal system, because of or in response to any action taken by the person in an official capacity or in a legal proceeding, a Class H Felony Count 2: DISORDERLY CON- DUCT The above-named defendant on or about Thursday, January 8, 2026, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, while in a public place, did engage in violent, abusive, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud, or otherwise disorderly conduct, under circumstances in which such conduct tended to cause or provoke a disturbance, a Class B Misdemeanor Count 3: RESISTING AN OF- FICER The above-named defendant on or about Thursday, January 8, 2026, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, did knowingly resist an officer, while such officer was doing an act in an official capacity and with lawful authority, by physically resisting the commands of a law enforcement officer, a Class A Misdemeanor

HERMAN JACKSON JR. Dodgeville, WI

Count 1: OPERATING WITH RE- STRICTED CONTROLLED SUB- STANCE IN BLOOD – 1ST OFFENSE, WITH A MINOR CHILD IN VEHICLE The abovenamed defendant on or about Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, did operate a motor vehicle with a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in his blood, and committed this offense with a minor child under the age of 16 as a passenger in the vehicle, a Misdemeanor

EDWARD A. GLEICHAUF JR. Dodgeville, WI

Count 1: STRANGULATION AND SUFFOCATION, DOMES- TIC ABUSE, REPEATER, DO- MESTIC ABUSE REPEATER The above-named defendant on or about Saturday, January 17, 2026, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, did intentionally impede the normal breathing by blocking the nose or mouth of another person, VICTIM 1, a Class H Felony

Count 2: FALSE IMPRISON- MENT, DOMESTIC ABUSE, RE- PEATER, DOMESTIC ABUSE REPEATER The above-named defendant on or about Saturday, January 17, 2026, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, did intentionally restrain VIC- TIM 1, without that person’s consent, and with the knowledge that he had no lawful authority to do so, a Class H Felony

Count 3: MISDEMEANOR BAT- TERY, DOMESTIC ABUSE, RE- PEATER, DOMESTIC ABUSE REPEATER The above-named defendant on or about Saturday, January 17, 2026, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, did cause bodily harm to VIC- TIM 1, by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person, without that person’s consent, a Class A Misdemeanor

Count 4: FELONY BAIL JUMP- ING, REPEATER The above-named defendant on or about Saturday, January 17, 2026, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, having been charged with a felony and having been released from custody under Chapter 969 Wis. Stats., did intentionally fail to comply with the terms of his bond in Iowa County Case 25-CF-46 by committing another crime, contrary to sec. 946.49(1)(b), 939.50(3)(h), 939.62(1)(b) Wis. Stats., a Class H Felony

Count 5: MISDEMEANOR BAIL JUMPING, REPEATER The abovenamed defendant on or about Saturday, January 17, 2026, in the City of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, having been charged with a misdemeanor and having been released from custody under Chapter 969 Wis. Stats., did intentionally fail to comply with the terms of his bond in Sauk County Case 24-CM-592 by committing another crime, a Class A Misdemeanor