Fremont woman charged with battery
Angela S. Petrausch, 41, Fremont, was charged with battery to an officer, resisting an officer and disorderly conduct.
Shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, Weyauwega Police Officer Matthew Batte was dispatched to an apartment on Mill Pond Circle in response to a 911 call.
When Batte arrived, he spoke to a man outside the building who said Petrausch was in his friend's apartment, behaving violently. The man said he, his friend and Petrausch had been drinking a bottle of wine when Petrausch started screaming and yelling at them, throwing things around.
According to the criminal complaint, Batte entered the apartment and found that Petrausch had locked herself inside the bathroom. He could hear her screaming and throwing things. He asked her to come out, and Petrausch reportedly responded by kicking the door.
After the tenant persuaded Petrausch to open the door, Batte went in, placed her arm in a blanket hold and took her into the living room where he handcuffed her. When he told Petrausch she was under arrest, she began yelling at the officer, according to the criminal complaint.
Deputy Clint Thobaben arrived at the scene and the two officers escorted Petrausch out of the apartment and to Batte's squad car. As they were descending the stairs, Petrausch reportedly struggled and caused Batte to lose his balance and twist his knee.
After they placed her in the squad car, Petrausch allegedly kicked Thobaben in the leg.
Deputy Bill Zeamer arrived and the three officers were able to place Petrausch in leg restraints. She was then taken to jail.
Shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, Weyauwega Police Officer Matthew Batte was dispatched to an apartment on Mill Pond Circle in response to a 911 call.
When Batte arrived, he spoke to a man outside the building who said Petrausch was in his friend's apartment, behaving violently. The man said he, his friend and Petrausch had been drinking a bottle of wine when Petrausch started screaming and yelling at them, throwing things around.
According to the criminal complaint, Batte entered the apartment and found that Petrausch had locked herself inside the bathroom. He could hear her screaming and throwing things. He asked her to come out, and Petrausch reportedly responded by kicking the door.
After the tenant persuaded Petrausch to open the door, Batte went in, placed her arm in a blanket hold and took her into the living room where he handcuffed her. When he told Petrausch she was under arrest, she began yelling at the officer, according to the criminal complaint.
Deputy Clint Thobaben arrived at the scene and the two officers escorted Petrausch out of the apartment and to Batte's squad car. As they were descending the stairs, Petrausch reportedly struggled and caused Batte to lose his balance and twist his knee.
After they placed her in the squad car, Petrausch allegedly kicked Thobaben in the leg.
Deputy Bill Zeamer arrived and the three officers were able to place Petrausch in leg restraints. She was then taken to jail.
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18 Comments for "Fremont woman charged with battery
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molly3164 May 14, 2012 8:19 PM
lastpercentile May 15, 2012 12:58 AM
Not sure what planet you are from, maybe laws are different there but here you are not allowed to fight with police because you didn't get to tell your side of the story. I would hope that any police response would dictate that they neutralize any immediate threat first. Violent people are seldom rational and often are incapable of following simple instructions. Of course victims are OFTEN arrested as is clearly evident from her CCAP record of numerous arrests...........
chesteroowi May 15, 2012 12:01 PM
It might be interesting to know how many of these "fight with the police" charges occur when the perp is handcuffed. I count 4-5 in the past year.
Frankly, if a perp committed a felony while wearing my handcuffs, I'd be too embarrassed to charge them.
lastpercentile May 15, 2012 4:03 PM
It might be interesting to know how many of these "fight with the police" charges occur when the perp is handcuffed. I count 4-5 in the past year.
Frankly, if a perp committed a felony while wearing my handcuffs, I'd be too embarrassed to charge them.[/quote]
Mmmm......once again you make perfect sense. Obviously a person in handcuffs could never bite or spit in your face. If they did, how embarrassing for the officer! And everyone knows that when you "immobilize" the hands, the rest of the body becomes completely absent of any ability to kick at the officers knee, groin or face.
I certainly wouldn't try to "imply" your overall point but it would appear that if someone is arrested and placed into cuffs, of course they will become irate and become physical with the arresting officer because it is human nature.
Of those 4 or 5 incidents in which the arrested person "fights" with police in the past year, how many didn't? If that is truly your decision making process on whether to charge someone or not, society is probably better served by the men and women that have sworn to "serve and protect".
chesteroowi May 15, 2012 5:26 PM
If the person is being handled properly, no, they should not be able to bite you. Spitting should never have been a felony, and today should never be charged as a felony.
If it was human nature to attack the police, it wouldn't be a crime.
So, if 4-5 mishandled arrests are automatically tolerable in this society, let me know how many are "too many" - and I won't bother you until then.
lastpercentile May 15, 2012 7:26 PM
So you can't get sick from spitting on someone. What a joke, I sure would not want to be a cop when people think this type of behavior is OK.
FLIP FLOP May 18, 2012 4:01 AM
While I would never expect you to admit it when you are wrong, have you ever been to a Citizens Academy and Defense class? I'm going to have to say i doubt it if you can't picture in your mind how this would have happened, especially on a stairwell. I would challenge you to restrain someone with cuffs and have them go nuts on you and see how it easy it is to keep control, again, especially on a stairwell. You're hatred of law enforcement has rendered you the inabilty to be objectional.
independenthinker May 18, 2012 12:19 PM
No, you can't get sick if you spit on somebody.
But, to address the point you were trying to make: with the remote possibility of the common cold, you can't transmit a sickness through spit. Of course, a cold can be transmitted simply during the handcuffing procedure. And when I say transmitted, I mean from the cop to the perp.
The felony charge originated from a period of time when reactionary legislators thought HIV could be transmitted through saliva. Medical science has since proven that this is NOT possible. The felony of "spitting on an officer" should be rescinded, but law order types like to have it on the books, so it stays. And each time a DA prosecutes the charge, they are only revealing their own ignorance.
[quote]You're hatred of law enforcement has rendered you the inabilty to be objectional.[/quote]
You have no evidence of my hatred of law enforcement. You may have developed an understanding that I have a problem with incompetence in law enforcement.
Your inattention in school has "rendered you the inability" to speak English coherently, and that is [i]objectionable[/i].
lastpercentile May 18, 2012 3:27 PM
I'm not saying cops are pefect. They make mistakes in their jobs like any one of us do in our jobs. In this case however, it sounds to me like a case of compliant, then quickly turning not compliant. But you read into it how you want.
independenthinker May 18, 2012 8:27 PM
When they make mistakes:
1) Criminals go free
2) Innocent people get locked up
3) Both can get shot
4) Misdemeanor arrests turn into felony prison sentences
5) Tax dollars get wasted, and with lawsuits, millions of them at time
6) etc
Criminal Justice is an oxymoron.
lastpercentile May 18, 2012 10:55 PM
independenthinker May 21, 2012 8:19 AM
So it probably wasn't a felony at all, but it was referred as a felony, so there was at least some hope of a misdemeanor conviction.
If 90% of my felony referrals were plead down to throwaway misdemeanors, I'd find a new job.
lastpercentile May 21, 2012 10:45 AM
independenthinker May 23, 2012 8:24 AM
Actually, there is no law that covers plea deals - never has been. It's a complete fabrication by the attorneys involved - including the judges. Like a complicated drug deal, they all conspire to short-sheet the legal system.
It's not the law. They all agree not to do their job. What do you call that?
[quote]she was charged appropriately based on what the article is reporting[/quote]
I didn't say she was charged inappropriately. I said that the entire assault could have been avoided, which means the charges would have been avoided.
lastpercentile May 23, 2012 1:45 PM