KIEL (WITI) -- Kiel police say an arrest was made during the burial service for Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper Trevor Casper Monday, March 30th.
Police say around 10:15 a.m., during the private burial service, officers providing security at the burial service noticed a 56-year-old man from Kiel walk past the cemetery borders carrying a bag with an unknown object protruding from the bag.
Officers approached the man and questioned him. They then attempted to escort him from the cemetery to avoid disrupting Trooper Casper's burial service, and that's when police say the man became verbally abusive and resisted officers. Officers had to use physical force to take him into custody and remove him from the scene.
Kiel EMS transported the man to a hospital in Manitowoc. He was quickly cleared by the medical staff at the hospital. Then, deputies with the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office transported him to the Manitowoc County Jail where he is being held on these charges:
Police say there were no issues as Trooper Casper's body was transported to the cemetery during a procession prior to his burial service.
Police estimate that between 5,500 and 6,000 citizens and law enforcement officials filled Kiel Sunday for Trooper Casper's funeral, held at Kiel High School.
21-year-old Casper was killed last Tuesday, March 24th in a shootout with a bank robbery suspect (Steven Timothy Snyder of Michigan) in Fond du Lac. It was Trooper Casper's first solo day on the job.
Kiel police said this about the arrest in a statement to FOX6 News: