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West Salem woman, already facing charges for imprisonment, arrested again

Published

4 years ago

March 2, 2021

“You can run, but you can’t hide.”

That’s one of the alleged threats traced to a La Crosse County woman, being accused of intimidating a witness to a crime.

Lori Anne Holton of West Salem was arrested this week for intimidation and bail-jumping.

Holton has been in court recently to face multiple charges for allegedly keeping one man prisoner in a house for several weeks in 2020, and threatening to torture or kill him if he tried to leave.

A new complaint says Holton left threatening phone messages for a second man who is currently confined to a wheelchair. That victim is a witness in a previous case involving Holton.

The man who received the calls told police he’s afraid that Holton might try to throw a brick through his window, or set his house on fire.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.