Using trail cam pic, cops catch man who ran over vet’s sign

Saukville resident said he intentionally flattened Veterans for Biden placard

TED POULL with his damaged political signs.. Press file photo
By 
KRISTYN HALBIG ZIEHM
Ozaukee Press staff

The Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office used an image captured by a trail camera to track down the man who damaged political signs outside Ted Poull’s Town of Saukville house last week.

Daniel Seyfert, 51, of the Town of Saukville, was issued citations for criminal damage to property, hit and run causing property damage and failure to report an accident, Lt. Justin Kaas said.

The fines associated with the tickets total $916.50, he said, and the department has also requested restitution for the damage.

Poull said Tuesday he was shocked when a deputy stopped at his Shady Lane house to tell him they caught the vandal.

“I really expected nothing,” he said. 

Poull credited Deputy Stefan Van Pamel for his work on the case.

“I’m really grateful to him,” he said. 

Poull said the six signs in his yard have been damaged six times this year, and he set up a trail camera to monitor them. 

When the vandal drove over his lawn and the signs last week, he said, the camera caught an image of the vehicle but “you couldn’t make anything out of it.”

But the Sheriff’s Office worked with the image, he said, and put out a social media call for information about the vehicle.

Ultimately, deputies tracked down the black Ford Crown Victoria and identified Seyfert, Kaas said. They checked out registered vehicles in the area that were similar and ultimately found Seyfert.

Kaas said Seyfert told deputies he intentionally ran over the signs because “he was tired of seeing them.”

Poull hasn’t let the vandalism stop him from expressing his support for presidential candidate Joe Biden and others. A large wooden “Veterans for Biden” sign was broken in half, and he screwed it back together. The last time it was damaged, he added a topper to it declaring “I won’t back down,” and this time, he said, he added a “Build back better” sign to the mix.

Poull said he’s still cataloging the damage for restitution purposes, but plans to donate any restitution funds to the deputies association in honor of the work they did on the case.

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