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Holmen man accused of drug possession and car theft

Published

4 years ago

September 15, 2020

Police believe that a Holmen man stole gambling proceeds from one La Crosse County tavern this month, and later showed up at a different tavern in a stolen car.

Investigators say 23-year-old Nemo Yang took two bank bags containing near $6,000 from Smokey’s Tavern in Holmen in early September.

The bags reportedly contained money from pull tab sales and a poker machine.

Yang also was stopped this week outside Castaways Bar on French Island for driving a car stolen from Trempealeau County.

Police found meth and other drugs in the car.

Yang said the car was borrowed from a friend, and didn’t know it was stolen.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.