Carlton County Attorney reviewing Moose Lake hockey incident, By JOE KRAUSE, Sports Editor

The Moose Lake Police Department has completed its investigation into an on-ice incident at a girls’ hockey game in January and has submitted a report to Carlton County Attorney Thomas Pertler.
The investigation stems from an altercation that happened at the end of a game between the Falls High Broncos and the Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels on Jan. 26 in Moose Lake. The incident resulted in a Moose Lake player suffering a concussion.
Pertler is continuing the pending investigation into the incident.
“We are still waiting for some additional interviews and I am hoping that the police can get them to me,” Pertler said. “There were some additional people that I had hoped had been interviewed and I haven’t seen them yet.”
According to International Falls Police Chief Chris Raboin, the Falls department has finished its investigation and is currently waiting to hear from the Moose Lake Police Department on what to do with the interviews that were completed.
“Their request for assistance came after I read about it in the paper which struck me as a bit odd,” Raboin said. “According to a published report in a newspaper, they have wrapped up their investigation and have sent it to the attorney for charges. In the same article their chief was quoted as saying ‘they were investigating to find fault’, which is definitely not what police agencies do. We investigate to find fact.”
According to Pertler, no video or photos of the incident are known to exist and the department is relying on eye-witness testimony to make a decision on whether to press charges.
“As soon as I get the interviews I will make a decision,” Pertler said. “I want to make sure that I have as a thorough of a packet as possible. I can assure that any decisions that I make are based entirely on the evidence that I see and what I think I can and can not prove.”