VIROQUA, Wis. – For the Vernon County sheriff’s dispatcher it was dejavu, dejavu the other morning.
> 5:45 a.m.: A black Ford F-250 pickup was reported missing along rural Will Kumlin Road near DeSoto.
> 6 a.m.: A black 2015 Chevrolet Equinox was missing from another Kumin Road address.
> 7:15 a.m. A silver 2013 Chevrolet Silverado K3500 was missing from Peterson Avenue near Viroqua.
Investigators connected the thefts to Colton Frazier, 26, of DeSoto. He was booked on three counts of taking motor vehicles without the owner’s consent, as well as three counts of felony bail-jumping on similar charges in adjoining Crawford County in October. The vehicles in the latest stolenbatch were recovered, all abandoned, one in a ditch with minor damage. Frazier was released Friday on $5,000 bail.
Frazier. Vehicles recovered near DeSoto, Gays Mills and Viroqua.