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Man making threats with machete arrested in Trempealeau County
An Arcadia man who allegedly threatened his neighbors with a machete could be charged with reckless endangerment and meth possession.
Police arrested 33-year-old Brandon Ottum on Tuesday, after bringing a K-9 officer to Ottum’s apartment.
Officers from Arcadia, Independence, Trempealeau County and the DNR were called to the scene.
The threat led to a lockdown at a nearby Catholic school.
Ottum has a few felony cases on his record…most recently, for being a party to a meth delivery in 2015.