Man Charged After Driving Through Greendale Drunk

A 41-year-old Franklin man is facing his third drunk driving charge after he was caught by Greendale police driving more than twice the legal limit.

Todd E. Schultz was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of third offense operating while intoxicated and one count of operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration. If convicted, he faces up to one year in county jail and $2,000 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint:

On Jan. 22, a Greendale police officer on patrol spotted Schultz driving southbound on West Loomis Road near West College Avenue and noticed the registration on his car was suspended for unpaid parking tickets.

The officer pulled him over on the off ramp to South 76th Street and immediately noticed a strong smell of alcohol coming from Schultz. He told the officer he had been drinking and then failed a field sobriety test.

Schultz had a blood alcohol level of 0.204 at the time of the incident, which is more than twice the legal limit to drive in Wisconsin.

He was previously convicted of OWI in 1999 and 2009. He will make his initial appearance in court March 5.