Halloween Prank Gone Wrong

EAGLE RIVER – Police say a man wearing a “Jason” mask is causing problems in Eagle River Thursday, forcing a school lockdown at Northland Pines and scaring people around town.

Hospital workers called the Vilas County Sheriff’s Department shortly after 11:30 a.m. to report a man wearing torn blue jeans and a torn shirt, with a “Jason” mask on, who was walking in and out of offices handing out candy.

Staff says when they asked the man who he was, he told them not to worry, he only killed on Fridays.

He walked to a wooded area and police started searching for him.

Deputies caught up with the man at about noon.

Police say Darren Slizewski of Conover admitted to wearing the costume at the hospital, but denies any comments about killing people.

Police say Slizewski went into several Eagle River businesses creating a disturbance.

They arrested him, but he is already out of jail.