STURGEON BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT

Friday, October 28, 2016

OWI Arrests are Repeat Offenders

On October 23 around 11:00am, police received a complaint of an intoxicated driver on the west side of the city.  Police located and stopped the vehicle for a brake light out.  The driver was a 36 year old male from Sturgeon Bay, who smelled of alcohol and slurred his speech.  Field sobriety tests indicated the driver was impaired, and with an alcohol level over twice the legal limit of .08. The driver was arrested for his 4th offense OWI and booked into jail.

On October 15 at 11:23pm, officers were dispatched to Taco Bell for a disorderly complaint involving people arguing in the drive thru lane.  Upon investigating, police spoke to one of the driver's involved, a 64 year old male from Sturgeon Bay.  The driver had a strong odor of alcohol, with slurred speech.  The driver would not cooperate and complete the field sobriety tests and was arrested for 3rd offense OWI.  Upon searching the driver, marijuana was located on him, and there were open intoxicants in the vehicle.  In addition to the OWI charge, the driver was cited for possession of marijuana and open intoxicants.

On October 9, just after midnight, police were dispatched to a disturbance on N 5th Ave.  One of the parties involved had left prior to police arrival, but police located him in his vehicle downtown.  The driver, a 25 yr old male from Green Bay, smelled of alcohol and refused to complete any field sobriety testing.  The driver was arrested for 3rd offense OWI and operating with a revoked license.