STURGEON BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Officers Arrest 2 For OWI Saturday Night


The first OWI during Saturday night occurred at 12:24 AM, when an Officer working downtown observed a vehicle blow its horn continuously even as it passed the Officers squad car. Officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and detected that the driver had been consuming alcohol. Officers conducted field sobriety tests, which the driver failed. Officers arrested the 20 year old New Berlin man for Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) and issued Underage Drinking Citations to the 3 passengers inside the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was transported to the Door County Jail where he was incarcerated.

The second OWI of the night occurred at 2:27 AM, Officers were dispatched to a suspicious vehicle near Utah Street and 18th Avenue. Upon arrival Officers found a vehicle running with a male slumped over the steering wheel. As the Officer approached the vehicle he observed vomit on the ground outside of it and the vehicle was still in drive. The Officer put the vehicle in park and awoke the driver who stated he had fallen asleep after just getting off of work. Officers detected a strong odor of alcohol coming from the driver and conducted field sobriety tests, which the driver failed. Officers arrested the 41 year old Sturgeon Bay man for Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) and transported him to the Door County Jail.