Lincoln County Sheriff’s Report: Nov. 9, 2026
As reported by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Monday, Nov. 9:. On 11-3-2026 deputies were sent to an address in the Town of Harding for a report of child abuse. When deputies arrived on scene, they spoke with the child and witnesses that reported the suspect, a Merrill man, 37, had picked the child up by his head and neck and placed his hand over the child’s nose and mouth. These actions caused the child pain. As a result, the man was placed under arrest and transported to the Lincoln county Jail where he was booked in for child abuse-recklessly causing harm and strangulation/suffocation. The child was left in the custody of a family member.
