Friday, May 24, 2013
The latest Fox Point police reports also include a drunk driving arrest and criminal damage to property.
Three people are facing state charges after stealing vodka from CVS Pharmacy in Fox Point. A 56-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of concealing three bottles of Absolute vodka, while his accomplice – a 39-year-old Milwaukee woman – distracted the clerk at about 1:30 p.m. on May 10. The store clerk later told police that she recognized the man from a previous shoplifting incident at the store. A third person – a 56-year-old Milwaukee man – drove the getaway vehicle. The car was soon pulled over by Fox Point police, who found the three stolen bottles of vodka in the car. While searching the man, an officer poked himself on a hypodermic needle in the man's front pocket. The three suspects received state charges for retail theft, due to the …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Bayside police nab a man accused of his fourth operating while intoxicated offense, after he was observed driving erratically, and later found to be driving with a blood alcohol content at more than twice the legal limit.
A 47-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of his fourth drunken driving offense in five years, after Bayside police pulled him over on April 27, driving with a blood alcohol content at more than twice the legal limit. Monroe Walton II was charged April 29 with one felony count of operating while intoxicated (fourth offense in five years), one felony count of operating with prohibited alcohol concentration (fourth offense in five years) and one count of misdemeanor operating while revoked. If convicted, he faces up to 13 years imprisonment, or 22,500 in fines, or both. Because he is accused of four OWIs over five years, Walton would face a minimum of no more than 6 months imprisonment, or a $600 fine, or both, if convicted. According to the…
Friday, May 3, 2013
Wisconsin's drunk driving-related incidents are the highest in the United States and state Legislators have crafted six bills to confront the issue, but they carries a hefty price tag.
Some state Republican Legislators want to toughen the laws for habitual drunk drivers and first-time drunk drivers if they cause an injury or killed someone, but the price tag for those laws could cost taxpayers up to $236 million, according to a story in the Wisconsin State Journal. Rep. Jim Ott (R-Mequon) and Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) have introduced six bills to the Senate and House. The bills would: Because of the jail time provisions, the state expects to have to build 17 facilities that would each house 300 people. "A fiscal estimate from the state Department of Corrections put the cost of the bill regarding third and subsequent offenses at between $169 million and $204 million annually. Other agencies also weighed in, …
Sunday, April 28, 2013
After crashing into a street sign on Lake Drive, the 28-year-old Milwaukee woman threatened officers and dug her fingernails into a cop's skin.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
The Sheboygan man's blood alcohol levels were three times the legal limit when he was arrested Sunday morning on Brown Deer Road.
A 31-year-old Sheboygan man's blood alcohol content was three times the legal limit when he was arrested by Bayside Police early Sunday morning. Police dispatchers received a report of a drunk driver leaving Open Pantry on Port Washington Road at 1:40 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle drove through a red turn arrow and drove over a raised median at Port Washington Road and Brown Deer Road. When police approached the vehicle, the man had difficulty removing his driver's license from his wallet. Police found two empty 750 ml bottles of vodka, and a third bottle that was two-thirds empty. They also found a smaller bottle of vodka that was empty. At first, the man told police that he had not been drinking and that he had received an injection for …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
After crashing into a street sign on Lake Drive, the 28-year-old Milwaukee woman threatened officers and dug her fingernails into a cop's skin.
A drunk driver who crashed her car into a Bayside street sign is facing several criminal charges after digging her fingernails into a cop's hand and threatening to kick him in the groin. A local resident told police that he witnessed the driver, a 28-year-old Milwaukee woman, crash into a street sign in the 9300 block of Lake Drive at 10:44 a.m. on April 7. The witness then watched her fall into the ditch as she walked around the vehicle to look at her shattered windshield and front-end damage. She tried to drive away from the scene, but a Fox Point police officer stopped her vehicle. She told police she was lost and looking for the interstate. The officer gathered the names of the three females in the car, but realized the 19-year-old …
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Rep. Jim Ott plans to introduce six bills that would increase penalties for drunk driving across the board, from making first offenses criminal charges to introducing minimum sentence requirements for other offenses.
It may get tougher for repeat drunk driving offenders, if Rep. Jim Ott has his way. The state legislator—a Republican from Mequon who also represents parts of the North Shore—plans to introduce six bills in the Assembly aimed at levying stiffer penalties against people who drink and drive. According to his website, the bills will make it so: A person convicted of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle would have to serve at least 10 years in prison. A person convicted of a third or higher drunken driving offense may have their vehicle seized. https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/related/proposals/sb61 First-offense drunk driving convictions would be misdemeanors that come with at least five days in jail. A second-offense drunk driving…
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The driver had a BAC of 0.12 when she was pulled over outside River Point Shopping Center two weeks ago.
A woman was arrested for drunk driving with two children in the car outside River Point Shopping Center two weeks ago. A Fox Point police officer started following the woman's vehicle because it was traveling 44 mph in a 35 mph zone in the 7400 block of Port Washington Road at 3:43 a.m. on Feb. 23. The officer also noticed the vehicle had suspended registration for unpaid parking tickets. The officer pulled the vehicle over at the entrance to River Point Shopping Center in front of Fresh Market. The woman told police she had consumed 2 1/2 mixed drinks of Ciroc vodka and cranberry juice. Her blood alcohol content measured 0.12. The driver was cited for first offense OWI, OWI with a passenger under 16, prohibited alcohol content with a …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
A Fox Point woman's guess about her BAC was surprisingly close to the mark when she was arrested last week.
A Fox Point woman accurately predicted that her blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit when she was pulled over on Port Washington Road early Friday morning. A Fox Point police report indicates the woman's vehicle was swerving into the opposite lane while driving northbound on Port Washington Road at 2:31 a.m. Friday. The officer pulled her vehicle over in the 7600 block of Port Washington Road. The driver told the officer she had five drinks earlier in the evening at the Wisconsin Club, but hadn't had a drink since 12:30 a.m. The woman was unable to locate her driver's license and cried several times during her interaction with officers. She also was not wearing a seatbelt. She told police officer that she knew …
Friday, February 8, 2013
The woman cited for drunk driving on Port Washington Road last week nearly fell over when asked to step out of her minivan.
An employee at Centennial Bar and Grill had too much to drink before driving home last week. Fox Point police noticed the woman was possibly impaired when her minivan swerved and braked to avoid hitting a concrete traffic island on Port Washington Road near Calumet Road. She was pulled over at 1:16 a.m. Jan. 27 in the 7200 block of Port Washington Road. The woman told police she had three scotch drinks before heading home from her workplace, Centennial Bar and Grill in Mequon. When police asked her for proof of insurance, she tried to give the officer a bill from Midas. When asked to perform field sobriety tests, she stumbled out of the vehicle and nearly fell over speaking the officer, according to the police report. Her blood alcohol …
Greg
10:07 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
"Walton would face a minimum of no more than 6 months imprisonment" Huh? more ›