Drunk Driver Tried Fleeing Whitefish Bay Police: Report

WHITEFISH BAY, WI — Authorities in Whitefish Bay say a Milwaukee woman was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after she tried driving away from the officer who tried pulling her over.

According to Whitefish Bay Police call logs, an officer on patrol in the 6100 block of N. Lake Drive saw the driver of a silver Toyota driving erratically at just before 8 a.m. on Jan. 13.

Police call logs stated that the officer tried pulling over the driver, a 41-year-old Milwaukee woman, however she drove away from the officer south on N. Lake Drive.

Police said the woman crashed her car, which got hung up on the curb at N. Lake Drive and E. Beaumont.

Police said the woman was arrested on suspicion of her first drunken driving offense in addition to fleeing an officer.