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41-year-old woman arrested at her home by Vernon County Sheriff’s deputy, after someone called saying they had not communicated with her lately
A welfare check around 11 a.m. Monday at the home of a 41-year-old woman led to her arrest by the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department.
Stacie Lynn Welter was arrested Monday, after reportedly coming to the door with an aluminum baseball bat and later a metal rod, when sheriff’s deputies arrived to check on her wellbeing.
The sheriff’s department reported a person who is in regular contact with Welter, had not “been able to communicate with her,” for around a week, and that there was snow in her driveway and her dogs were outside “at large.”
The sheriff’s department said a deputy went to the 41-year-old’s home Monday and noticed the front door had a broken window.
As they approached, Welter reportedly said police were at her house and came to the front door, while holding the baseball bat.
The deputy was able to get Welter to put down the bat, describing it in the report as de-escalating the situation. The sheriff’s office then said the deputy transitioned from having out their gun to something like a taser while engaging with Welter.
After putting the bat down, as the deputy transitioned from their gun, talks “deteriorated” and Welter allegedly picked up a metal rod and “raised it while advancing toward the deputy,” the report said. That’s when they essentially tased Welter and took her into custody.
It’s unclear from the report if this happened from inside or outside Welter’s residence.
During a brief court hearing on Christmas Eve, a judge found probable cause to bring charges against Welter.
The sheriff’s department said Welter refused medical treatment, then was booked for “first degree recklessly endangering safety, resisting or obstructing an officer, felony bail jumping, and prisoner throwing or expelling bodily fluids.”
The sheriff’s department also said “Based on training, experience, and observations, drug use is suspected.”
Welter has a bond hearing scheduled Thursday in Vernon County court.
Ducky
December 26, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Don’t open the door to anyone who doesn’t have a warrant. And not even always then. How dare police keep showing up to people’s houses and arresting or killing them.
Rassalas
December 27, 2024 at 8:32 am
The original call was probably by a former lover, now turned stalker. No wonder the dogs were on the prowl and she carried a bat to the door.
Charlotte Lyden
December 26, 2024 at 5:00 pm
She’ll probably get booted back to jail!! Good job sabotaging your freedom lady!!
Stan
December 26, 2024 at 7:10 pm
Does the Sheriff’s Office not recognize mental health issue when someone is acting strange. This does not appear to be a criminal justice matter. It shouldn’t be that complicated.
Deadpool
December 27, 2024 at 5:34 am
She was high on drugs there sparkly pants, nothing as mild as the pot you need for your glaucoma to help you read clearly.
Joseph Donald Darby
December 27, 2024 at 9:08 am
Guarantee the cop opened her door went into her house illegally
Bear
December 27, 2024 at 11:33 am
Daily reminder you live in a “free” country
Jason Frentzel
December 29, 2024 at 9:06 am
This story sickens me.you want to talk about overstepping boundaries,we’ll Holy s☆▪︎t,there we go. Absolutly zero reason for her to be arrested.let alone tazed.welfare check my butt,try instagtive fishing.upon “deescalating” the situation that their presence precipitated,they should have left.not hung around poking an obviously troubled woman,and returned with a qualified person.what happened to reasonable force? Guns should’ve never been in this situation,AT ALL. FRIEND WHO CALLED THIS IN.glad your not mine,next time get off your couch and go look for your own nosey self
Duckskipper
January 3, 2025 at 1:07 pm
Ok we have a 110 pound woman with a bat and these cops were scared enough to brandish their weapons, these girly men should probably seek another avenue of employment because the stress from this job is going to get someone killed.