Man who attempted to cash forged check at Peoples State Bank in Boyceville reaches plea deal
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By LeAnn R. Ralph
MENOMONIE — A 36 year-old-man charged in connection with allegedly attempting to cash a forged check for $3,500 at Peoples State Bank in Boyceville has reached a plea deal.
Dylan J. Corrigan appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court July 1 with his attorney, Daniel James Chapman, before Judge Christina Mayer, for a plea and sentencing hearing.
Corrigan was charged with one felony count of forgery, and one felony count each of fraud against a financial institution and of attempted fraud against a financial institution, along with two misdemeanor counts of bail jumping and possessing drug paraphernalia.
The attempted bank fraud in Boyceville in February of this year was followed by additional attempted fraud the next day at the Menomonie Peoples State Bank location, which then was followed by fleeing from a police officer during a traffic stop and a high-speed chase that eventually concluded in St. Croix County.
As part of the plea deal, Corrigan pleaded guilty to the two misdemeanor counts of bail jumping and possessing drug paraphernalia, according to on-line court records.
Judge Mayer accepted Corrigan’s plea, found him guilty, and dismissed but read into the record for sentencing the other felony counts of forgery, fraud against a financial institution and attempted fraud against a financial institution along with two other misdemeanors in a separate case of possessing an illegally obtained prescription and possessing methamphetamine, LSD or psilocybin.
Judge Mayer sentenced Corrigan to 131 days in jail, concurrent with the current jail sentence, and court costs of $463.
Eau Claire County
In Eau Claire County Circuit Court in April of 2022, Corrigan pleaded no contest and was found guilty of one felony count of delivery of Schedule I or II narcotics while another felony count of second degree recklessly endangering safety was dismissed but read into the record for sentencing.
An Eau Claire County Circuit Court judge sentenced Corrigan to three years in state prison along with five years of extended supervision.
A little more than a year later in June of 2023, Corrigan’s Department of Corrections agent recommended early discharge from the prison sentence, and the Eau Claire County judge ordered the change in the sentence from prison confinement to extended supervision.
A year after the prison confinement was changed to extended supervision, on June 17, 2024, Corrigan’s extended supervision was revoked. He was sentenced to six years in prison concurrent with another Eau Claire County case in which he was charged with one felony count of forgery and for which his probation was revoked in July of 2021, and he was then sentenced to 18 months in prison and two years of extended supervision.
The revocation of extended supervision and returning to prison in those two cases also was concurrent with another Eau Claire County case in which he was found guilty of misdemeanor obstruction of an officer with a modifier of habitual criminality and felony possession of methamphetamine.
In other cases in Eau Claire County, Corrigan has been found guilty of felony possession of narcotic drugs, felony bail jumping, felony escape, felony throwing or discharging of bodily fluids at a public safety worker, and misdemeanor counts of possessing THC and criminal damage to property as well as many other charges that were dismissed but read into the record for sentencing.
Peoples State Bank
According to the criminal complaint, Boyceville Police Chief Greg Lamkin learned about possible fraud being committed at Peoples State Bank on state Highway 79 in Boyceville on February 21, 2024.
Police Chief Lamkin met with a teller at the bank who said a man described as white and wearing a gray sweatshirt, blue jeans and a hat that said “Retired Drug Dealer” with hair in twin braids came into Peoples State Bank and asked to open an account.
The teller met with the man, whose Wisconsin driver’s license identified him as Dylan Corrigan.
Corrigan presented a check to the teller for $3,500 that he wished to use to open an account at the bank, the complaint states.
The check appeared to be issued from Designers Mirror and Glass, Inc., out of Warren, Michigan, payable to Dylan Corrigan and drawn upon a Comerica Bank account, according to the criminal complaint.
The bank teller told Police Chief Lamkin that Corrigan had commented he was staying with his girlfriend at a Donald Street address in Boyceville. He had left the bank on foot after being told that processing the check and opening the bank account would take a while.
The teller said Corrigan had called the bank later because he could not get access to the on-line banking services. Staff at the bank told Corrigan there was a technical delay, the complaint states.
The teller had talked with the owner of Designers Mirror and Glass and told Police Chief Lamkin that the business owner had told her the business’s bank account had been compromised and there were other recent fraudulent charges, according to the criminal complaint.
Menomonie
The next day, on February 22, a Menomonie Police Department officer overheard radio traffic from Police Chief Lamkin stating that Corrigan was at the Peoples State Bank branch on North Broadway in Menomonie, according to the criminal complaint.
The Menomonie police officer was aware that Police Chief Lamkin had been dealing with a possible fraud case the previous day involving Corrigan and that the police chief had probable cause to arrest Corrigan on active arrest warrants.
The Menomonie officer saw the suspect’s vehicle driving northbound on North Broadway. The vehicle was a black Jeep with registration from Massachusetts. The officer got behind the vehicle and activated his emergency lights, and then the vehicle pulled off on Cedar Avenue East.
As soon as the police officer got out of the vehicle, the driver, a blond woman wearing sun glasses, started driving away. The officer reported that the vehicle was fleeing, that it had gone through the Speedway parking lot onto Oak Avenue and then had turned north on North Broadway and got onto I-94 traveling west, according to the criminal complaint.
Multiple squad vehicles from the Wisconsin State Patrol and the St. Croix County’s Sheriff’s Department attempted to stop the vehicle with tire deflation devices. The Jeep either maneuvered around them, or law enforcement officers were not able to use them because there were other vehicles close by. Eventually, a St. Croix County deputy was able to deploy a tire deflation device, the criminal complaint states.
Waldera
Alex David Waldera, who is listed in court records as having a Minnesota address, also had been a passenger in the vehicle and had admitted to deputies that a methamphetamine pipe had been passed around to the vehicle occupants while traveling from Boyceville to Peoples State Bank in Menomonie, the criminal complaint states.
Waldera was charged in Dunn County with one felony count of bail jumping and one misdemeanor count of possessing drug paraphernalia.
In a previous case in Dunn County, Waldera was charged with two felony counts of possession with intent to deliver amphetamine in an amount of 10 to 50 grams and in an amount of three to 10 grams, along with one misdemeanor count of possessing drug paraphernalia and two misdemeanor counts of bail jumping.
Judge James Peterson accepted a deferred prosecution agreement for Waldera in October of 2021.
At a court hearing July 2, Judge Mayer dismissed the counts of felony bail jumping and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia for Waldera that were associated with Corrigan’s charges.
Judge Mayer then revoked the deferred prosecution agreement that Judge Peterson had accepted in October of 2021 and placed Waldera on three years of probation, concurrent to any other probation.
The judge also ordered Waldera to maintain absolute sobriety, to complete an AODA assessment and follow through on recommendations, to follow the recommendations of the probation agent, to pay court costs of $538, to submit fingerprints, to submit a DNA sample and granted seven days of credit for jail time if Waldera’s probation is revoked.
Willmarth
Annalese Willmarth, listed in court records with an Eau Claire address, was charged with two felony counts of a vehicle operator fleeing an officer and possession of an electric weapon as well as two misdemeanor counts of bail jumping and possessing drug paraphernalia.
Willmarth reached a plea deal with the Dunn County district attorney’s office and pleaded no contest to one felony count of fleeing an officer and was found guilty by Judge Mayer on March 12.
Judge Mayer withheld sentencing and placed Willmarth on three years of probation, concurrent to any other sentence, and ordered Willmarth to serve 180 days in jail as a condition of probation.
The remaining counts, including two traffic cases, were dismissed but read into the record for sentencing.
