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Ex-Sawyer County Jail Head Who Sent Lewd Texts to Female Employees Is Now Working at Nearby Police Department

Jeffrey Johnson resigned after misconduct involving explicit messages but was later hired as a patrol officer in Minong following unanimous approval despite his past, officials said.

Reading Time: 3 minutes (Photo from the Minong Police Department’s Facebook page) A jail lieutenant for a northern Wisconsin sheriff’s office resigned in 2022 after an internal investigation found he sent sexually explicit messages and photos to female subordinates. He now works as a police officer in a neighboring county. Jeffrey Johnson worked at the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office for 10 years, rising to administrator of the county jail, befor…

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The Badger Project broke the news in on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
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