Parking Near Police Department Proves Bad Idea for Drunken Driver

Parking between the and wasn't exactly a great idea for a 41-year-old Milwaukee woman early Sunday morning.

A Fox Point police officer noticed a vehicle parked between the department and Village Hall on Santa Monica Boulevard around 3:15 a.m. Sunday. When approached by an officer and asked why she was there, the woman said she had run out of gas.

The officer noticed her eyes were red and glassy and speech was slurred. He asked if she’d been drinking, and she explained that she had two vodka drinks a few hours prior to dropping her friend off at their home on Green Tree Road and Teutonia Avenue. The driver also admitted that her license was suspended.

Due to the wind and cold weather, the officer walked the woman to the booking room of the police department for the field sobriety tests.

She completed the Intoximeter test at the station and had a blood alcohol content of 0.145. She was arrested for driving while intoxicated and operating after suspension.