The Brief Police say 44-year-old Joshua Micke stole multiple vehicles and cash across several counties before fleeing into Lincoln County. Police used spike strips and a P.I.T. maneuver in Merrill to stop the stolen vehicle, and apprehended Micke after a short foot chase. A deputy suffered a serious hand injury requiring surgery, and Micke was jailed on numerous felony and misdemeanor charges.



An Antigo man was arrested after authorities say he stole several vehicles and led police on a chase through several counties in northern Wisconsin, before crashing in Merrill.

Chase and search

Sequence of Events:

According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, on Thursday morning, Oct. 8, patrol deputies were advised of a stolen vehicle that had been involved in a high-speed pursuit in Shawano, Menominee, and Langlade counties earlier in the day.

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The suspect had reportedly abandoned a stolen vehicle before stealing another one. That stolen vehicle was reportedly last known to be heading toward Lincoln County on State Highway 64 from Antigo. The driver had been identified as a local to Antigo, and was known to have warrants for his arrest. Deputies monitored the area, including monitoring Flock Safety for any indication that the vehicle may have entered Lincoln County. There was no indication the vehicle went into Lincoln County, and it was not found at that time.

A short time later, that stolen vehicle was found abandoned in the northwest part of Langlade County. From there, the suspect stole another vehicle.

Later in the morning, Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputies were made aware that the suspect had at some point entered Minocqua, and he stole about $1,000 cash from yet another vehicle. The identifying information for the current stolen vehicle was entered into Flock Safety.

Just before 12:30 p.m. Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputies got a Flock Safety alert that the stolen vehicle had in fact entered Lincoln County southbound on US Highway 51 from US Highway 8. Deputies located the vehicle st
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