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Authorities ID body found at Adams County home and report a second body also was discovered there
STRONGS PRAIRIE − A body found at a home in the Adams County town of Strongs Prairie Thursday has been identified as Sharon K. Miller, also known to friends as Sharon Miller-Robinson, according to a Sunday afternoon news release from the Adams County Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff's Office also reported Sunday morning that a second body, identified as Miller's son, Jami L. Lumby, was discovered at the residence. ...
Driver critically injured in shootout with police
A man who exchanged gunfire with police after a chase in Adams County was critically wounded in the town of Big Flats, officials said Sunday. The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation is spearheading the investigation. The incident unfolded at about 3 p.m. Saturday when Adams County Sheriff’s...
Driver shot by Adams Co. deputies after pursuit
TOWN OF BIG FLATS, Wis. (WMTV) - The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer involved shooting in the Town of Big Flats that happened Saturday afternoon. Adams Co. Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call around 3:01 p.m. for a driver who was...
Driver critically injured in officer-involved shooting Saturday in Adams County
BIG FLATS – The Wisconsin Department of Justice-Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened Saturday afternoon in the Adams County town of Big Flats. At about 3 p.m. Saturday, Adams County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call that a driver was under the influence of narcotics and armed with firearms, according to a news release from the Wisconsin DOJ. Officers searched for and located the reported vehicle about an hour later and initiated...
JUST IN: Body found buried on Adams County property, search is on for 38-year-old man
Police are searching for a 38-year-old Adams County man after finding a body buried on a property in Strongs Prairie. An investigation launched after a report that 62-year-old Sharon Miller, of Friendship, had been out of contact for several days and was not at her home. Her son, 38-year-old Jami Lumby, was also not at the home, officials said.
Adams County officials investigate suspicious death
FRIENDSHIP – On Thursday, June 27, at 8:19 a.m. the Adams County Sheriff’s Office received a call from an individual advising they had not been able to contact Sharon K. Miller, age 62, of Friendship for three days. The person advised she went to Sharon’s home located in the Adams County Town of Strongs Prairie, and that Sharon and Sharon’s son, Jami L. Lumby, age 37, were not there. Deputies arrived and checked the property and did not locate either person. Deputies identified recent ground disturbance consistent with digging or the burying of something on the property. A search warrant to further search the property was obtained.
Authorities investigating body found buried in Adams County as search underway for missing 37-year-old man
STRONGS PRAIRIE − The Adams County Sheriff's Office is working on verifying the identity and cause of death of a body found in an unmarked grave on the property of a missing woman. At 8:19 a.m. Thursday, a caller reported not being able to contact Sharon K. Miller, 62,...
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