A man who police have been trying to remove from a Janesville park for several months is arrested and is no longer there.
Janesville Police say 34-year-old Jeremiah K. Kemper was arrested just before 1:30 (Wednesday) on charges of impersonating a police officer, threat to a judge, resisting and disorderly conduct.
A couple and a young girl were fishing near Wilson Elementary School in the park Wednesday when they saw Kemper pulling on the door handle of their vehicle.
The man approached Kemper, who raised a knife over his head and said several times that he was an “undercover cop.”
When police arrived, Kemper walked away from them when he was told he was under arrest.
On his way to jail, Kemper remarked that he would “have Judge Wood’s head on a platter.”
Kemper started camping on a sidewalk on Monterey Bridge in April before police persuaded him to move off the sidewalk. He continued to camp in the adjoining park.
Kemper refused to leave despite being ticketed numerous times for violating a city ordinance that bans camping in parks. He also declined numerous offers of help from police and from county social workers and local charities.
