OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) – Oshkosh police are investigating several written threats against law enforcement officers showing up in public bathrooms.
Police say they found the latest message in a men’s bathroom at Mercy Medical Center on Tuesday. It reads:
PUBLIC NOTICE:
SHERIFFS DEPT. ON JACKSON ST. MURDERED MY FRIEND BY NOT GIVING HIM HIS MEDICATION THERE ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED. THEY WILL PAY FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE!!!
Similar threats have appeared in men’s bathrooms at Originals Mall of Antiques on S. Washburn Street and the Kwik Trip on Jackson Street. Those threats include derogatory slurs against cops, with direct threats to shoot Winnebago County sheriff’s deputies.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Oshkosh Police Dept. at (920) 236-5700. Anonymous tips can also be left with Winnebago County Wide Crime Stoppers by phone at (920) 231-8477, by text message with the keyword IGOTYA to 274637 or online.
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