Crime & Safety
2nd OWI for Milwaukee Man Arrested in Bayside
Following receiving a call about a possibly intoxicated man stumbling into a convenience store, police arrested a man for drunken driving.
A 39-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for drunken driving Friday after police received a call about a possibly intoxicated man stumbling out of his car at a convenience store.
According to the police report, Bayside police responded to Open Pantry Food Mart, near Port Washtingon Rd. and Brown Deer Rd., at 10:47 p.m. following a call about an intoxicated driver. Officers eventually located the car traveling northbound on White Oak Lane, and started following it until it just stopped in the middle of the road, without officers prompting the driver to pull over.
An officer said during the traffic stop the driver could barely speak, smelled of alcohol and couldn’t produce a driver’s license.
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Following identifying the driver, police found out he had one prior drunken driving conviction and his driver’s license was revoked.
He failed limited field sobriety tests and registered 0.21 blood alcohol content during a Breathalyzer.
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