Fox Point Teen Arrested for OWI and Posession After Crashing into Snow Bank

A 16-year-old from Fox Point was arrested March 2 for OWI after he got stuck in a snow bank when he misjudged the opening in the boulevard along Santa Monica Boulevard.

According to the report:

It was 10 p.m. and a was returning to the station at the end of his shift when he noticed a car stuck in the snow covered, grass median in the 7300 block of North Santa Monica Boulevard. As the officer approached the car, a man got out of the still-running car. When asked what happened, he said he was backing out of the driveway and misjudged the opening in the boulevard, backed into the snow covered grass median and got stuck. According to the report, he seemed dazed so the officer asked how old he was and if he’d been drinking. He said he was 16 and had not been drinking, just upset he got the car stuck.

He called his father, as requested by police, and while talking with him, the officer noticed the smell of alcohol on the teen’s breath. During a field sobriety test, he denied drinking twice, even though he failed the horizontal gaze nystagmus test. The third time he was asked, he began to deny drinking again, but then stopped and said, “I had one shot of vodka, with my parents.”

He also admitted he’d smoked marijuana from a bong within the last two hours.

They conducted the field sobriety tests at the station due to the snowy-covered roads. According to the report, the teen had a pronounced body shake during the tests. He asked if he could sit down when reciting the alphabet. The officer asked if he felt like he was going to pass out, but he said, “No, I am just shaking.”

Officers patted down the teen down and noticed a small, round container. When asked if he had marijuana, he nodded his head yes, looking down. The green leafy substance in the container tested positive for THC and weighed approximately 0.5 grams. He also had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.10.

He was cited for operating while intoxicated, prohibited alcohol content, unsafe backing and possession of marijuana. He was then released to his father.