Two new felony cases have been filed against a former Waupaca man with a long criminal history.
Joe B. Haehnlein, 26, Iola, was charged with felony strangulation, misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct as acts of domestic abuse following a May 18 incident.
He was charged with felony possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia following his arrest on May 24.
On the morning of May 18, Waupaca County Sheriff’s Deputy Cameron Durrant responded to a 911 call from downtown Iola.
He spoke to a 21-year-old woman who had a swollen left cheek, red marks on her jaw, scratches on her arm and bruising on her back.
The woman said she and Haehnlein had been arguing and the argument escalated into a physical altercation. She accused Haehnlein of pushing her down, punching and choking her.
According to the criminal complaint, the girlfriend ran away after kicking Haehnlein. He allegedly got into his car and followed her.
Witnesses told police that Haehnlein was yelling obscenities at the woman from the car, then drove away.
On the evening of Saturday, May 24, Waupaca County Sheriff’s Deputy Bryan Strobusch was westbound on U.S. Highway 10 near State Highway 22 in Waupaca when he observed a tan Ford Thunderbird that belonged to Haehnlein’s girlfriend. He contacted dispatch and learned that the county still had an attempt-to-locate bulletin posted on Haehnlein.
Due to the tinted windows on the Thunderbird, Strobusch could not identify the driver. He followed the car to the Citgo station on Fulton Street, approached the vehicle on foot and identified the driver as Haehnlein.
At the time, Haehnlein’s driver’s license was suspended and there was a Department of Corrections warrant for his arrest, the complaint says.
Haehnlein’s court record
Haehnlein first appeared in adult court at age 16 when he was cited for obstructing an officer in April 2004. The same incident also resulted in traffic tickets for racing on the highway, reckless driving, operating left of the center line, failure to stop at a stop sign, speeding and operating while suspended.
On Nov. 3, 2005, Haehnlein was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. Two weeks later, he was charged with disorderly conduct and misdemeanor bail jumping. He was later convicted of disorderly conduct and bail jumping and placed on two years of probation.
That same year, he would also be cited for truancy, underage drinking, disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia.
On Jan. 26, 2006, Haehnlein was charged with disorderly conduct and bail jumping. He was later convicted of bail jumping and placed on two years of probation.
In August 2006, Haehnlein was charged with felony delivery of marijuana, misdemeanor possession of marijuana and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. He was later convicted of all but the felony charge, which under a deferred prosecution agreement was dismissed after he completed probation on the misdemeanor charges in May 2009.
In October 2006, Haehnlein’s probation on the 2005 misdemeanor charges was revoked and he was sentenced to 75 days in jail.
In 2007, Haehnlein was cited for underage drinking and possession of marijuana.
On April 1, 2009, he was convicted of disorderly conduct and sentenced to 90 days in jail with work release privileges.
On June 29, 2009, Haehnlein was charged with disorderly conduct as an act of domestic abuse and resisting an officer as a repeat offender. A year later, he entered a plea of no contest to the resisting charge and was placed on four years of probation.
On Sept. 11, 2009, he was charged with disorderly conduct and bail jumping. Haehnlein was later convicted of the bail jumping charge and placed on four years of probation to run concurrently with the other probation.
On Dec. 10, 2009, Haehnlein was charged with felony intimidation of a victim, criminal trespass to a dwelling, battery, disorderly conduct and misdemeanor bail jumping. He was later convicted of battery and disorderly conduct and the other charges were dismissed and read into the court record. He was placed on four years of probation and given 30 days in jail with work release privileges.
On Dec. 30, 2009, Haehnlein was charged with felony stalking and violation of a domestic abuse injunction, as well as bail jumping. He was later convicted of bail jumping and the other charges were dismissed and read into the record.
On Feb. 4, 2010, Haehnlein was charged with violating a domestic abuse order and bail jumping. He later entered a plea of no contest to misdemeanor bail jumping and was placed on four years of probation.
On Feb. 15, 2010, prosecutors filed a 15-count indictment against Haehnlen. The case included felony charges of child abuse and bail jumping and misdemeanor charges of illegal possession of prescription drugs, disorderly conduct, resisting an officer and bail jumping.
He was convicted on the charges of felony bail jumping, resisting, illegal possession of prescription drugs and disorderly conduct in August 2010. The other charges were dismissed and read into the record. He was placed on four years of probation and given 30 days in jail with release privileges.
On May 18, 2012, Haehnlein was charged with felony possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. All of the charges were later dismissed and read into the record as part of a plea deal.
On May 24, 2012, he was charged with resisting an officer and disorderly conduct. In November 2012, he was convicted of resisting and placed on two years of probation.
In November 2013, Haehnlein was convicted of disorderly conduct as an act of domestic abuse and assessed $479 in fines and court costs.
He was still on probation at the time of his arrest on May 24, 2014.