On Friday, October 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM, Fairchild Police was notified of a disorderly conduct incident at the Fairchild Cenex C-Store on US Hwy 12 where a male was reported to have threatened people and displayed a knife. A description of the suspect was broadcast and Augusta Police stopped a suspect vehicle soon after.
After viewing video of the suspect, identified as Troy Lee Perkins of Humbird WI, where the suspect pulled a knife from his waist in an icepick grip and displayed it in front of the store clerk, police spoke with Perkins about the incident. Perkins asserted numerous what he said were constitutional and federal rights during the course, and that he was traveling and police had no authority to stop and investigate him for something other than a traffic offense, and there were no credible witnesses. When an arrest of Perkins based on probable cause was initiated, Perkins physically resisted the arrest and immediate efforts plus an application of pepper spray as a level of force were needed to prevent him from driving away. No other escalations of force were needed. He was successfully taken into custody without danger to the public as a result of those immediate efforts.
EMS was contacted at Perkin’s request, which is a common and routine precaution when various applications of force are required to make the arrest. He was transported for medical clearance and booked into the Eau Claire County Jail with a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and a felony charge of failure to comply because of the efforts to resist arrest while he was armed with a weapon. All persons arrested are presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law, a fundamental right under our system of law, even when one feels that lawful police responses are illegitimate. Perkins requested to see a judge immediately during his custody, and he will see one as per his rights of due process when court will be in session and he is properly scheduled.
The Fairchild Police Department would like to thank the Augusta Police Department and Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office, and Mayo Ambulance and Augusta First Responders for their responses in assisting.
