November 8, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
A man wanted in Wisconsin has been picked up in DeKalb County.
21 year old Brandon Joe Evans-Ortiz of Temperance Hall Road, Liberty is charged with being a fugitive from justice. His bond is $100,000.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on November 4 a deputy arrested Ortiz for being a fugitive from justice due to him having outstanding warrants against him in Wisconsin.
31 year old Michael Joseph Lee of Estes Street, Smithville is charged with two counts of failure to appear and evading arrest. His bond is $10,000 on the evading charge but he is being held without bond for the failure to appear offenses. Lee will make court appearances on the charges December 2 & 7.
Sheriff Ray said that on November 2 as a deputy was attempting to serve him with two capias bench warrants, Lee escaped through a rear window of the residence and failed to heed to the officer’s verbal commands to stop. After a short foot pursuit Lee surrendered and was taken into custody.
62 year old Charles Eugene Adcock of Obie Adcock Road, Smithville is charged with domestic assault. His bond is $3,500 and he will make a court appearance December 2.
Sheriff Ray said that on November 3 a deputy spoke with a woman who said that on the night before, November 2 she and her husband, Adcock got in an argument at their home and that he struck her in the face several times with a television remote resulting in visible marks on her face and hands.