A City of Delavan police lieutenant has been accused of beating and strangling a woman at his home Saturday.
Lt. Todd Wiese was arrested later that day, booked and subsequently released from the Waukesha County Jail, according to a news release issued jointly Wednesday by City of Delavan Police Department and the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department.
Officials are seeking charges of strangulation, battery and disorderly conduct. The case has been referred from the Walworth County District Attorney’s Office to the Waukesha County District Attorney’s Office, the news release said.
According to officials, Delavan police requested assistance from the Sheriff’s Office at about 2:46 a.m. Saturday for an investigation of an incident involving Wiese at this Delavan home. Wiese was off-duty at the time of the alleged incident.
Wiese was released from jail Monday after posting a signature bond.
For the full story on the arrest, see the Dec. 31 edition of the Delavan Enterprise.
