Belleville Woman Charged After Incident At Bar on Saturday

A Belleville woman is facing charges after authorities say she broke into The Dam Bar while armed Saturday, leading to an hours long crisis response and road closures in the area. A report says Jovanna Kirtz was charged in Dane County Circuit Court Tuesday with failure to comply with an officer’s attempt to take a person into custody, second-degree recklessly endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon and criminal damage to property. A criminal complaint alleges Kirtz broke into the bar after getting into an argument with her husband. People who live in apartments above the bar had to evacuate because Kirtz was armed and already fired a round by the time authorities arrived around 2 a.m. The complaint alleges Kirtz fired the gun “approximately” eight times throughout the course of negotiations, which ended around 10:15 a.m. when Kirtz was taken into custody.