Beloit man who led Marathon County officers on 2-day search gets four years in prison
WAUSAU − A 36-year-old Beloit man who led Marathon County officers on a search for two days and used a gun to scare a man into giving him gas was sentenced Monday to four years in prison.
Bartholomew D. Baumann pleaded guilty Monday to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, fleeing an officer and criminal damage to property. As part of a plea agreement, Marathon County Circuit Judge Gregory Strasser dismissed charges of second-degree recklessly endangering safety, criminal trespass to a dwelling and resisting an officer.
Strasser sentenced Baumann to four years in prison followed by three years of extended supervision. Strasser ordered Baumann to maintain absolute sobriety, not to go into any taverns, liquor stores or beer tents and to have no contact with his victims. Strasser also ordered Baumann to pay $1,447 restitution.
According to the criminal complaint, at 11:32 a.m. July 6, a caller reported a man waving a gun around at a garage in the Marathon County town of Eau Pleine.
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The victim said at about 11 a.m. July 6, he was working on his car when he saw a red Ford Fusion pull into the driveway and a man get out. The man, who later was identified as Baumann, asked the victim if he had any gas. The victim at first said no, but then he saw Baumann was fidgeting with something in his front waistband, which he was able to see was a gun. The victim said he would look to see if he had any gas.
The victim said he went into his workshop and Baumann followed him inside. Baumann kept taking the gun out and playing with it, according to the complaint. The victim said Baumann would move the gun around, examine it and continuously had it pointed at the victim. At one point, the victim asked Baumann if the gun was loaded, and Baumann said it was.
The victim found a gas can and siphoned about a gallon of gas out of a motorcycle and gave it to Baumann. Baumann kept displaying the gun, and the victim asked him to stop because the victim's daughter and mother were in the house. Baumann then asked the victim what if Baumann wanted to kidnap the victim, according to the complaint. The victim said Baumann might as well shoot him then. Baumann then laughed and shook the victim's hand and put the gas in his red Ford Fusion.
The victim said Baumann's car had multiple bullet holes in it, including a large one on the driver's side door, near the handle. Baumann remarked that he was surprised it didn't hit him. The victim said he was very nervous during the interaction and tried to befriend Baumann, because he didn't want the situation to escalate.
Baumann eventually left and officers were able to identify him from the description of his car and a photo shown to the victim, according to the complaint. The Marshfield Police Department had received an attempt to locate request for Baumann the day before the incident that advised there was an active felony warrant for his arrest, the complaint said. It included a description of Baumann and his vehicle.
At 2:45 p.m. July 6, a deputy responded to a report of Baumann asking someone for a ride in Eau Pleine. A deputy found Baumann inside a cabin in a woods near Kingswood Lane. Deputies called the Small Weapons and Tactical Team, but Baumann was able to get away by taking his car down a trail behind the cabin.
Deputies followed Baumann down a road to a place where he got his car stuck. They found his gun, license and cellphone in the car, but they didn't find Baumann.
There were several other reported sightings of Baumann in the same area in the early morning hours of July 8.
At about 8 a.m. July 8, deputies responded to a home on Kingswood Lane after the homeowner reported seeing Baumann on his surveillance camera earlier that morning. The camera showed Baumann getting a drink from the home's hose, then filling a watering can and taking it with him, according to the complaint.
Shortly after, deputies saw Baumann walking on a nearby logging road and he started to run away from them, according to the complaint. The deputies began a foot pursuit that lasted about a half mile before they found Baumann lying in the woods and arrested him.
Contact Karen Madden at kmadden@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @KMadden715, Instagram @kmadden715 or Facebook at www.facebook.com/karen.madden.33
This article originally appeared on Wausau Daily Herald: Beloit man who led Marathon County officers on 2-day search gets 4 years
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