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…
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 …
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
With 31 drivers stopped, the Fox Point and Bayside officers deployed as part of a task force to catch—and deter—drunken drivers on St. Patrick's Day weekend were busy.
The Fox Point Police Department made one arrest for suspicion of drunken driving during a major deployment of force over St. Patrick's Day weekend, according to information released Monday. Two Fox Point officers, participating with many metro area municipal police departments plus the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department and the State Patrol, made 13 traffic stops and handed out four citations and 10 warnings for all types of violations Saturday and Sunday. Two Bayside officers also participated. Officers there stopped 18 drivers, and issued nine citations, seven warnings and picked up one person on an arrest warrant. They made no drunken driving arrests. Metro-wide, there were 49 OWI arrests among 574 stops, with 423 citations doled out…
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Sunday's St. Patrick's Day is among the biggest binge drinking events of the year in Wisconsin. Is it the biggest?
Almost any national ranking of alcohol consumption finds Wisconsin near the top. Forbes Magazine named Milwaukee “America’s Drunkest City” in 2006. A story from 24/7 Wall St. ranked the state No. 6 among beer-drinking states in 2011, citing statistics that say Wisconsin has more binge drinkers and heavy drinkers than any other. And at least one study suggests Wisconsin has the most drunk drivers in the nation. In a state that loves to find an excuse to lift a glass, which special event inspires the most drinking to excess? Vote in our poll and discuss the issue in our Comment stream.
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 …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
After a hit-and-run accident and drunk driving arrest, a Mequon man got feisty with police and hospital security guards during a blood draw last week.
Even after a hit-and-run accident and a drunk driving arrest, a 78-year-old Mequon man still had enough fight left in him to swing and kick at police officers and security guards during a blood draw at St. Mary's Hospital last week. Glendale and Fox Point police were dispatched to the area of Green Tree Road and Port Washington for a hit-and-run accident at 5:25 p.m. Jan. 14. The driver of the struck vehicle told police they may have a minor injury. Soon after hearing the dispatch report, Bayside police spotted a vehicle matching the same description on Port Washington Road near Sendik's. The Bayside officer witnessed the red Cadillac veer into the bike lane and cross the double yellow lines. When he was pulled over, the driver told police…
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
A 35-year-old Milwaukee man's blood alcohol content was twice the legal limit when police arrested him in the Open Pantry parking lot early Sunday morning.
A vehicle driving down Brown Deer Road with no headlights caught the attention of police officers and eventually ended in a drunk driving arrest at the Open Pantry early Sunday morning. Fox Point police first noticed the vehicle driving down Brown Deer Road toward Port Washington Road with no headlights at 2:48 a.m. Sunday. A Bayside police officer witnessed the driver, a 35-year-old Milwaukee man, pull into the Open Pantry lot and attempt to ask the attendant for travel directions by yelling at him through the building's window. When police approached the man about his headlights, he said they got knocked out when he hit a fence near Good Hope Road and 43rd Street in Brown Deer. The man told police he had three drinks at Nostalgia night …
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Police found an empty can of Milwaukee's Best under the passenger seat when searching the car.
A Fox Point man told police he just wanted to walk home after they caught him allegedly drunk driving and sporting a fake registration sticker on his car. However, police determined that wasn't the best option after finding an empty can of Milwaukee's Best under the seat. Bayside police were patrolling near the Brown Deer and Port Washington Roads intersection just before 3 p.m. on Dec. 30 when a DOT check on a nearby vehicle showed expired registration, despite having a 2013 sticker. Police pulled the 46-year-old Fox Point man over and the man said he didn’t have his license on him. Police could smell alcohol on the driver’s breath, according to the report, and his eyes were glassy and bloodshot. He denied drinking and was able to recite…
Greg
10:07 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
"Walton would face a minimum of no more than 6 months imprisonment" Huh? more ›