8-15 Waupun officer to enter pleas in crime spree

A Waupun police lieutenant is scheduled to enter pleas September 18th to two of the nine criminal charges against him in a recent crime spree. 43-year-old Bradley Young of Brandon waived a preliminary hearing in Barron County. He’s been ordered to stand trial on felony counts of vehicle theft and fleeing officers. Meanwhile, Young awaits his first court appearance on seven charges there – vehicle theft, criminal damage, obstructing police, possessing burglary tools, and three counts of burglary. Authorities say Young broke into a restaurant and stole a pick-up truck last Monday in Green Lake, and then headed to northwest Wisconsin. There, he allegedly crashed the stolen truck during a police chase, ran off, and stole a vehicle near Rice Lake last Tuesday. Young – a 22-year Waupun police veteran – was captured late last Tuesday at a cabin he reportedly entered west of Spooner in Polk County. He also reportedly told officers he broke into a pair of grocery stores in Berlin in June, and Markesan in July.