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Man checks car doors and cuts through yards in suspicious activityJanesville WI

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Craig Ave, Janesville, WI 53545

A man wearing a dark jacket and red hoodie was seen checking car door handles and cutting through yards near Craig Avenue and Milwaukee Street in Janesville. Police responded to investigate suspicious activity and tracked footprints in the snow to locate the individual.

Audio|Heard on: Rock County Public Safety
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02:32
Transcript:
00:00
Special Jamesville units, we're getting reports of a suspicious activity.
00:04
Craig and Fremont, Fremont and Craig.
00:06
Nails checking door handles on cars wearing a dark jacket and a red hoodie.
00:11
Mail cut through a yard heading eastbound on Milwaukee, possibly in mid to late 20.
00:20
So you can send my call and something suspicious.
00:26
206, the mail was last seen entering the backyard near Craig Avenue.
00:36
We want to the units to respond to that, but since we're going to be able to follow tracks in the snow, let's make sure we have a few units to kind of come from all angles and set up a perimeter on them so we can get them.
00:56
2.28, I'm a walk you heading west.
01:05
2.1, I'm going to send down the Craig and Fremont adgers to you.
01:09
204. Can you start that way as well?
01:12
10.4.
01:14
All I'm happy.
01:17
2O2.2.2. I'll be logging in.
01:19
How much further?
01:28
203, I'm in the area of the Welfare check.
01:39
10-16[1]-23.
01:48
1040.
01:50
228. I'm in the 1400 block of Milwaukee.
01:54
There's no tracks coming in between any of the houses out onto Milwaukee.
02:09
It actually looks like tracks came between 429, but then they doubled back towards Craig.
02:16
Never actually came out onto Milwaukee.
02:21
Three to forty feet is your supervisor and one may a lot of working.
02:25
Okay.
02:29
Two seconds, I'm going to be following the tracks behind near Craig Avenue.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-16: Domestic disturbance/problem

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Location mentioned:
Craig Ave, Janesville, WI 53545

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Incident Timeline

  1. Suspect Arrested for Prowling
  2. Contact Made and Evidence Found
  3. Tracks Lead to Multiple Addresses
  4. Suspect Last Seen Entering Backyard
  5. Perimeter Set and Search Initiated
  6. Initial Report of Suspicious Activity

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