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Published - Thursday, May 22, 2008

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Man hit by deputy ID’d


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SPARTA, Wis. — Authorities have released the name of the Fort Atkinson, Wis., man hit Monday night by a Monroe County Sheriff’s deputy while walking on Hwy. 27.

Mark A. Chapin, 31, was walking with his back to traffic in the southbound lane of Hwy. 27 just south of Hwy. X about 9:25 p.m. when he was struck by a car driven by 41-year-old Deputy Fritz Degner of Sparta, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.
The deputy attempted to avoid the man but hit him with the side mirror. Chapin was treated at Franciscan Skemp Medical Center and released, according to the hospital.

The incident is under investigation.
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longarmer wrote on May 22, 2008 1:45 PM:

" Gone are the days when someone walking along the road needs help. It was a good thing the law had found him and not someone else, especially me.

Thank you for getting this man, before he broke into our place or someone elses. "

Willie wrote on May 22, 2008 10:25 AM:

" There is a bar very near where this happened. Several years ago I saw a guy laying one the pavement, passed out on the white line one night near there. I almost hit him. The car behind me stopped and made sure he got help. I saw him earlier in the bar and he had a fishing knife on his belt. He had been kicked out when he started showing it to people and warning them that if he wasn't afraid to use it. In hindsight, it was too bad he didn't get hit. "

conscience? wrote on May 22, 2008 9:23 AM:

" How do you get yourself arrested that many times? He'll probably sue the sheriff's dept and some jury will give him $$$$ for being a menace to society. "

evenkeel wrote on May 22, 2008 9:20 AM:

" ps IC; I looked up CCAP too, wow, wake up Jefferson County and State of Wisconsin!!!!!!! This guy is a career "stranger breaking into your house - thief stealing from your business" wandering around our streets???? "

evenkeel wrote on May 22, 2008 9:16 AM:

" Nice follow up Trib re; the details of this incident. Radio said this am that he was in the middle of the HWY, this says "in the southbound lane." Regardless, this story takes on a different slant than if he was on the shoulder for a stroll!? "

Informed Citizen wrote on May 22, 2008 8:52 AM:

" If the Deputy had been doing his job he would have done society a favor and swerved the opposite direction. Seriously, take a look at this guy record, hes a parasite who has been arrested 33 times in the last nine years. Oh well maybe hell get him next time. "


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