Former Manitowoc County detective Dave Remiker charged with misconduct

David Remiker was also among a handful of sheriff’s office detectives examined by Steven Avery’s defense attorneys.

MANITOWOC – A former Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant He is under investigation on suspicion of mishandling ministry funds.

The Brown County Prosecutor’s Office has filed a criminal complaint against retired lieutenant David Remiker of the Manitowoc County Metro Drug Unit, charging him with misconduct in office, according to a statement from the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office. Remiker retired from his position on January 31, 2024.

The charge stems from an internal audit conducted in February that found several thousand dollars in asset loss funds were not deposited into designated accounts, the news release said.

Following the audit, the sheriff’s office immediately requested that the Wisconsin Department of Justice investigate.

Manitowoc County Sheriff Dan Hartwig expressed gratitude to the Department of Justice and the Brown County Prosecutor’s Office for their assistance in the investigation. He noted that the accusation reflects the actions of only one person and not the other 113 members of the sheriff’s office.

The criminal case remains active and no further information was immediately released by the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office.

Remiker played a role in the investigation and arrest of Steven Avery in the murder of Teresa Halbach nearly 20 years ago.

Halbach, a 25-year-old photographer from Calumet County, was last seen on October 31, 2005. He had come to Avery’s Auto Salvage in rural Mishicot to take photos of a car that Avery was trying to sell through Auto Trader magazine. His vehicle was found partially concealed in the field a few days later.

A few hours after Halbach’s car was found, Remiker and Calumet County deputies searched Avery’s trailer and garage. He was one of a handful of sheriff’s detectives in Manitowoc County. their actions were heavily scrutinized Avery’s defense attorneys, Dean Strang and Jerome Buting, had based their defense on the assumption that Avery was innocent in Halbach’s murder and that investigators with the sheriff’s office had planted blood and other clues against him.

Remiker was also reprimanded at the 2007 trial of Avery’s nephew, Brendan Dassey, for not allowing visitors into the sequestered jury room. She told her superiors that Manitowoc County sheriff’s deputy Melia Prange had no prior knowledge that her husband had entered the jury’s secure area, but a report found that she “was aware of her husband’s presence at certain times.”

Both Avery and Dassey are serving life sentences in state prison for their roles in Halbach’s death.

Contact reporter Patti Zarling: [email protected] or call 920-606-2575. Follow him on X @PGPattiZarling and Instagram @PGPatti.

David Remiker was also among a handful of sheriff’s office detectives examined by Steven Avery’s defense attorneys.

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