After a 20-year-old man drove a boat that collided with a dam on the Wisconsin River, police say that he created a story to cover up his responsibility for damaging the internal components of the dam, which is used as a power plant for hydroelectricity. At around 4:10 am, police received a phone call from a man who reported that a group of people had capsized their boat by the dam. When investigators looked into the case, they soon realized the man had trespassed into the mill where he damaged some of the equipment inside the power plant. After this had happened, his boat capsized, he wound up in the river. Police took him to the Portage County Jail for giving a false report to police. The paper mill and power plant, Stevens Point mill, employs more than 240 workers and prints specialty papers. Zachary …show more content…
Four trains also had to be stopped. In the end, authorities learned that the man broke into the mill. Because of the damage to it, parts in the mill had lost power. Louis Molepske, the Portage County District Attorney, stated that levers had been pulled inside the turban house, and they had broken windows inside. In addition to lying to law enforcement, Linzmeier could be charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, reckless endangerment, criminal damage to property, burglary and underage drinking. When the report came in, Babl stated that he believe the report because it sounded serious. In addition, the information sounded accurate. However, when interviewing Babl, they found that some of the details did not sound right. Linzmeier clearly looked intoxicated, and when they started questioning him more, eventually he admitted that he made it up. Hoax 911 calls pull away from resources that could go towards more serious cases, such as accidents and other dire