CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - A Chippewa County Board Supervisor is taking issue with Sheriff Travis Hakes’ claim that political motivation is behind the investigation against him.
Rob Teuteberg represents Lake Hallie on the County Board and is a former Chippewa Falls Police Officer.
In a Facebook post, Teuteberg says “Sheriff Hakes has chosen to cloud the issue of his malfeasance with false claims of political motivation nothing could be further from the truth.”
Teuteberg has previously called for hakes to resign, and did so again with this post.
The statement from Teuteberg is below:
“I make this statement solely as the duly elected Chippewa County Supervisor for District 14. This statement does not represent the opinion(s) of the Chippewa County Board of Supervisors, the Chippewa County administration, nor any employees of Chippewa County.
While I would much rather prefer not to litigate this matter in the court of public opinion, Travis C Hakes’ personal and salacious attacks against the Chippewa County Board of Supervisors, the administration, and me personally must be addressed so that the people of Chippewa County have a clear understanding of the facts of this matter.
This was not a criminal investigation. At no point has the Chippewa County Board of Supervisors accused Sheriff Hakes of a crime. Just as we all do, Sheriff Hakes benefits from the presumption of innocence and the information developed over the course of this investigation was referred the to...
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