Headline story this morning in the Tribune “Felony cases spiked in 2017” lead by drugs and bail jumping. The La Crosse County DA’s office filed 1,184 felony cases last year up 21% from the year before. Most of the cases were non-violent bail jumping and extradition cases, add to that a growing number of felony drug possession cases, even the smallest amount of meth and heroin is a felony. Then mix in the people who are released and while released are committing more crimes and we have more felonies for the year. The numbers also show that last year the number of burglary charges jumped by 90 % last year to 110 as well as the growing number of forgery cases. According to the La Crosse Police, the drug issue within our community are one of the primary driver of our property crimes. What should be done?
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