On October 13th, 2025at 11:00 a.m. the Colfax Police Department assisted by the Sheriff’s Office was requested to check an address in the Village of Colfax for a vehicle stolen from Bloomer that was showing a GPS location in the village. The vehicle was located unoccupied. A search of the area located no suspects.
On October 14th, 20025 at approximately 10:27 a.m. a vehicle was reported as stolen from a business in Colfax to the Colfax Police Department. Shortly thereafter a Dunn County Deputy reviewed his in-car camera records and observed the vehicle on CTH M at 10:07 a.m., before it had been reported stolen. A picture of the vehicle was shared with other deputies. At 11:04 a.m. a Dunn County Deputy observed the stolen vehicle on 670th Street just off STH 170 in the Township of Tainter.
The deputy followed the vehicle until additional deputies could respond. At 11:13 a.m. a traffic stop was conducted, and the operator of the vehicle was taken into custody without incident. The operator, identified as Christopher P. Barr, 31 of Colorado, was linked to the stolen vehicle from Bloomer. It was also discovered that he had broken into the Synergy Gas Station and a camper in Colfax the previous evening.
Chriostopher Barr has been charged in Dunn County with:
• WI SS 943.23(2) Take and drive vehicle without consent
• WI SS 943.10(1m)(a) Burglary
