Crime & Safety

2 Drunken Drivers Nabbed by Bayside Police

Police also receive a report of profane words sprayed painted onto property at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center.

Bayside police nabbed two drunken drivers, and another for underage drinking, last week. 

A 19-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for operating while intoxicated Friday after police say they observed him swerving on a Bayside road. At 4:08 a.m., an officer was driving behind a car that drifted into the bicycle lane several times. Upon making contact near West Brown Deer Road and North Rexleigh Drive, police say the man had his pants belt undone, his pants and unbuttoned and unzipped. There were two other passengers in the car. When an officer asked the driver if he had been drinking, he said not much. The man failed field sobriety tests, and officers tried to get the driver to blow during a Breathalyzer three times, to no avail, and later refused to submit to a Toximeter at the police station. One of the passengers, a 19-year-old Milwaukee man, later submitted to a Breathalzyer, registering a 0.08 blood alcohol content. He was cited for underage drinking.

On Sunday, a 42-year-old West Allis man was taken into custody after police say he ran a red light and was found to be driving at nearly three times the legal limit. According to the report, an officer was on patrol when he observed an SUV run a red light near North Port Washington Road and West Brown Deer Road. The car pulled into the Open Pantry Gas Station, 501 Brown Deer Rd., the officer approached the driver and could smell alcohol, and later noticed the driver slurred his words as he spoke. The driver failed field sobriety tests and registered a 0.23 blood alcohol content during a Breathalyzer. He was also received a ticket for running the red light.

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In other police news:

  • A manager at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, 1111 E. Brown Deer Rd., phoned police April 4 to report vandalism to the center’s property. Police say profane words were sprayed painted on a deer trap on the southwestern portion the nature center’s property. 

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