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, …
Friday, February 22, 2013
A driver explains to police why he was going 51 mph in a 35 mph zone, then circled a funeral home with an officer behind him.
A Waukesha man had a perfectly good explanation for why he was driving 51 mph in a 35-mph zone in Brookfield earlier this month. It was icy, and he told police was concerned about applying the brakes, according to a report that noted he was arrested for drunken driving, second offense. At 1:02 a.m. Feb. 9, after an officer parked and running radar clocked him at 51 mph, according to a police report. When the officer tried to pull the driver over, he just kept going and then turned into the parking lot at Beck-Ritter Funeral Home, 14075 W. North Ave. As the officer continued pursuing, the man kept on without slowing down, and drove once all the way around the building, finally stopping back at the entrance. The man's driver's license was …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Some 59 officers from area agencies also wrote 210 tickets and issued 105 warnings during the evening.
One OWI arrest in Brookfield was among 23 made on New Year's Eve in the Milwaukee area, according to preliminary results from the Southeast Wisconsin Drunk Driving Task Force Officers from the city and town of Brookfield joined those from 11 other suburban communities, Milwaukee Police and Milwaukee County Sheriff's Deputies, and Wisconsin State Patrol in the effort. A total of 59 officers participated in the task force. Officers from Cudahy made four arrests, the Milwaukee County Sheriff made two arrests and the Milwaukee Police Department made 12 arrests. An alleged drunk driver was pick up for a fifth offense by the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department arrested a drunk driver for their third …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
A 25-year-old man was taken into custody at 2:15 a.m. Friday for allegedly drunk driving
in the 14800 block of West Capitol Drive.
A 25-year-old man was taken into custody at 2:15 a.m. Friday for allegedly drunk driving in the 14800 block of West Capitol Drive. The driver, who was pulled over after allegedly speeding, had a strong odor of intoxicants, Brookfield Police said. The man, according to the police report, faces his second drunk driving charge. He was taken to the police station and released to a sober driver. He had a BAC of .09, police said.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
An Oak Creek man arrested for drunk driving last week has six prior convictions, but only one since 1996. How much should that time span factor into what punishment he faces now, if at all?
Should the time between drunk driving arrests have an impact on how those people are handled in the courts? An Oak Creek man was arrested for operating while intoxicated last week near Mitchell International Airport. The 51-year-old man has six prior convictions, but only one in the last 16 years. If a person’s second OWI comes at least 10 years after the first, then it is generally treated like a “first offense” in Wisconsin. But if it happens a third time — no matter when any of them occurred — then the person is considered to have two first-offense convictions and a third-offense conviction. In the case of the Oak Creek man, he was given a two-year prison sentence for his sixth offense, in 2002, but it was “stayed,” essentially turning …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Daniel R. Laack of Brookfield crashed his motorcycle at approximately 2 a.m. Thursday. The twice-convicted drunk driver was allegedly operating while intoxicated.
A Brookfield man is in the hospital after his motorcycle crashed on the Loomis Road on-ramp shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday. According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, a deputy responded to a 911 call a motorcycle down on westbound I-43 at the Loomis on-ramp. The motorcycle operator, Daniel R. Laack, 40, of Brookfield, was transported to the hospital to be treated for facial lacerations, broken ribs, a spleen laceration and back pain. He reportedly went off the ramp and traveled about 20 yards through the grass before overturning and coming to a stop. He stated he remembered nothing of the crash, the sheriff's department said. Laack was arrested for allegedly operating while intoxicated and for an alleged prohibitive alcohol …
Friday, August 17, 2012
As a part of their “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" initiative, Brookfield cops are keeping an even closer eye on your driving over the Labor Day weekend.
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Despite the fact that every driver should know it is illegal to drive a motor vehicle or motorcycle while impaired, thousands of people get behind the wheel each year with a blood alcohol concentrations of .08 or higher—the legal limit in all 50 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. In fact, more than 10,000 people died in crashes in 2010 that involved a driver or motorcycle rider who had a BAC of .08 or higher. That’s one person every 51 minutes who died needlessly in a crash that likely could have been prevented if alcohol hadn't been involved. The Town of Brookfield Police Department is joining nearly 10,000 law enforcement agencies and other highway safety partners nationwide to support the intensive crackdown over the…
Friday, April 13, 2012
Suspect keeps driving away from police with a damaged front end and two popped tires.
A 35-year-old Brookfield woman is facing charges after she was caught driving drunk in the parking lot of St. Dominic Catholic School Tuesday evening. Carre L. Czemierys was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Wednesday with one count of fourth offense operating while intoxicated and one count of bail jumping. If convicted, she faces up to 21 months in prison and $12,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: Brookfield police were called to St. Dominic at 6:53 p.m. Tuesday after people spotted Czemierys driving into things in the parking lot. When police arrived, they saw her driving to the east end of the parking lot and onto eastbound Capitol Drive with extensive damage to her car and two flat tires on the passenger side. …
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Given a chance to call for a ride home instead of being given a handcuffed ride to the police station, driver waits two minutes and then puts the key back in the ignition.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Wauwatosa police made a rare, generous offer early Saturday to an obviously intoxicated driver who was poised to leave a parking lot behind the wheel of his car: Stop right here, officers said, and call for a ride or a taxi and you won't be arrested. The man's son, who was with him, did call his mother to give them a ride home, but long before she could get there, his dad, a 58-year-old Brookfield man, threw all caution to the wind. According to the police report, two Wauwatosa police officers were conducting a walk-through at Mo’s Irish Pub, 10842 Blue Mound Rd., a little before 2 a.m., and the manager told them he had just ejected two men who were highly intoxicated and should not be driving. He said the two had gotten upset when they …
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Brookfield woman told the officer she was on her way home from her daughter's home in Whitewater where she drank "two vodka's" before driving. It's her fourth OWI in within five years.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
A 47-year-old Brookfield woman is facing felony charges after she was caught driving drunk through Menomonee Falls. Theresa M. Poulos was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of fourth offense operating while intoxicated within five years and one count of operating a motor vehicle after revocation of her license. If convicted, she faces up to seven years in prison and $12,500 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: At 7:38 p.m. Monday, a Menomonee Falls police officer spotted Poulos speeding near Lisbon Road and One Mile Road and pulled her over. Poulos had glassy eyes and stammered as she spoke, and the officer noticed her reaching under the seat to try and grab a bottle of Crystal Palace vodka. Poulos …
Lika Phipps
11:12 pm on Saturday, May 18, 2013
Drinking is a privilege. So is driving. If you can't be responsible, they get taken away, because obviously some people aren't responsible enough, so they have to be treated like children. If you want to get trunk off of your tuches, do it at home and stay there. No one wants to deal with obnoxious people who think they're Benny Parsons and end up doing too much damage than what it's worth. more ›