Crime & Safety
Kenosha Co. Sheriff's Department Assists With ATF Investigation
Deputies were called in to assist ATF agents with taking a suspect into custody as part of a planned operation, a department spokesman said.
KENOSHA, WI - The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department confirmed it assisted Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents with an investigation at a Sam’s Club parking lot on Wednesday, but indicated the move was planned to assist take a suspect into custody.
A department spokesman told Patch Wednesday afternoon that the investigation support was a planned meeting and that the parking lot was merely a pre-arranged meeting spot to assist with the arrest.
The spokesman said there was no activity at the store that necessitated the presence of local law enforcement officers, but instead was a planned event to assist agents from the ATF’s Chicago bureau.
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