The Wright County Sheriff's Office has released the arrest report for the period ending May 19, 2025, detailing a sequence of unlawful offenses, each diverse but uniformly demanding the due process of law. A total of twenty individuals across various cities, including Forest Lake, Monticello, and Buffalo, faced the law on charges that varied from 4th Degree Assault to 1st Degree Criminal Damage to Property, showcasing an active week for law enforcement in Wright County.
High on the list, on May 12, encounters with the law landed Alisha Marie Ammerman, a 30-year-old from Forest Lake, in Buffalo for 4th Degree Assault, and Ashley Marie Marquardt, 31, of Minneapolis, for a 5th Degree Controlled Substance charge in Otsego. Involving properties, Amber Lea Watters, 43, from Monticello, was confronted by charges of 1st Degree Burglary and 5th Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct after being arrested in her hometown. Interestingly, Wright County reported an assorted range of arrests for drug-related offenses, substantiating the concerning undercurrent of substance abuse in the region.
In the realm of driving violations, infractions painted a reckless tapestry on May 13th, leading Trever Warren Kaiser, 25, of Dassel to face a 3rd Degree DWI in Howard Lake, while Jordan Andrew Meehl, 29, of Royalton, was snagged in Morrison County on a Wright County warrant for a previous 3rd Degree DWI. These incidents epitomize a continuing battle with impaired driving, not standing solely as singular transgressions but as harbingers of much larger societal issues that plague our roads.
Domestic disputes also carved an unsettling niche in the report. As recorded, May 16 laid down the law for several individuals like Riley Thomas Graham, 29, from Clearwater, on the charge of Domestic Assault in his hometown, and Cameron Bruce Rudenick, 31, of Buffalo, stopped in Corinna Township for a 3rd Degree DWI. Amidst these incidents, the county's legal machinery grinds on, having to balance scales tarnished by circumstances that range from substance misuse to wanton disregard for the sanctity of one's home.
The traffic landscape was punctuated by a wealth of vehicular mishaps and misadventures. With 30 Property Damage Accidents, 5 Personal Injury Accidents, 7 Hit and Run Accidents, and a trifling 8 Car Deer Accidents playing out across the county, the Sheriff’s Office was compelled to divide its attention between rectifying vehicular misfortune and curtailing illicit conduct. This week also saw a considerable uptick in DWIs, School Bus Stop Arm Violations tallying to 15, and a robust 137 tickets for miscellaneous traffic violations, putting a spotlight on the need for adherence to traffic laws and regulations.
