In Chippewa Falls this morning, a 68-year-old woman from Thorp was arrested for ripping up a recall sign. From the Chippewa Herald:

According to the Chippewa Falls Police, Mary Jean Dezurik, 68, parked her white minivan by a group of recall volunteers shortly before 10 a.m. at the intersection of N. Bridge and W. River streets in Chippewa Falls. After stopping, witnesses said she grabbed one of the signs, tore it up, threw it on the ground and drove away.

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Chippewa Falls Officer Brian Zwiefelhofer apprehended Dezurik at W. Central and Bay streets, and arrested her for disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property Read more: http://chippewa.com/...

It's about time. I hope we see arrests soon in two cases of petition destruction in Madison. Those incidents happened over two weeks ago but the Dane County District Attorney and local police have so far filed no charges nor made any arrests despite having already identified the likely suspects and having multiple witnesses.

UPDATE: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has picked up the West Bend story.

UPDATE 2: This might explain the recent arrests. Last week, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB) and the state Department of Justice held a training session for local district attorneys on recall-related criminal activity. I'm guessing we won't see many arrests for signature fraud, but lots of arrests for destroying petitions: