60-Year-Old Getting High When Busted for OWI

A 60-year-old Bayside man was arrested for Operating While Under the Influence after he was busted for smoking marijuana while driving. 

At 10:24 p.m. on Sunday, Bayside police were watching traffic near Brown Deer and Port Washington Roads when they noticed a car with a burned out headlight. Police pulled over the car and when they spoke with the driver, they noticed a strong smell of marijuana coming from inside his car. He admitted he had been smoking. He volunteered a small, orange medicine bottle filled with a green leafy substance that later tested positive for marijuana, as well as a pipe. He said he had just began smoking only a couple of minutes before he was pulled over.

Officers asked him to step out of the car and perform field sobriety tests. After performing poorly on the field tests, he was arrested for OWI. He was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital for a blood draw and cited for OWI and possession of a controlled substance. 

But this isn't the first pot bust in Bayside this week. 

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