POLICE WRONGLY ARREST 2 PEOPLE

Members of a drug task force burst into a Dodgeville apartment Monday
night and arrested two people before officers realized that they were
in the wrong apartment.

Richland-Iowa-Grant Drug Task Force members entered the apartment
about 10:15 p.m. and arrested its two occupants in what police
considered a "high-risk" drug bust, according to the Dodgeville Police
Department. Minutes later, they realized that they were in the wrong
place and released the occupants.

The officers then headed to the right apartment, where they arrested
four people after discovering marijuana and drug paraphernalia, police
said.

Task Force Director Lt. Scott Marquardt said the task force was
reviewing what led to the accidental arrests. He said the task force
was sorry for what happened to the innocent neighbors.

"We're very disappointed," Marquardt said. "We regret the stress and
the inconvenience that we caused. That's not how we do business."

Marquardt said police wouldn't release the names of the people who
were wrongly arrested.

The people arrested in the correct apartment were taken to the Iowa
County Jail. Marquardt refused to release their names.