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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Greenfield Man Caught Driving Drunk in Greendale, Police Say

Suspect is accused of his second OWI charge after a Greendale police officers finds him driving drunk in a pickup truck with a suspended registration.

A 27-year-old Greenfield man is accused of driving drunk through Greendale in November. Matthew H. Adkins was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of second offense operating while intoxicated. If convicted, he faces up to six months in jail and $1,100 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: At 12:48 a.m. Nov. 17, a Greendale police officer pulled Adkins over near South 76th Street and West Grange Avenue after he spotted him driving a pickup truck with a suspended registration. The officer noticed Adkin’s breath smelled of alcohol and he had slurred speech. Adkins then failed field sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol level of 0.12. Adkins was previously convicted of OWI in 2007. He will make his …

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Franklin Man Charged With 3rd OWI

Suspect is pulled over for a defective brake light when a Greendale police officer notices his eyes are glassy.

  A Franklin man is facing his third drunk driving charges after he was pulled over in Greendale with a defective brake light. Jeffrey A. Baudry, 51, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Wednesday with one count of third offense operating while intoxicated. If convicted, he faces up to one year in county jail and $2,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Sept. 13, a Greendale police officer pulled Baudry over in the 5200 block of West Grange Avenue after he noticed a defective brake light on the car. Baudry had glassy eyes and said he drank two to four drinks before driving. He was asked to get out of the car and the officer then smelled alcohol coming from Baudry. He then failed field sobriety tests and was taken …

Jimi Sellars

10:30 am on Tuesday, October 23, 2012

I hope he gets help before he ends up in jail for three years like the person who killed my wife.   more ›

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Speeding Man Charged With 3rd OWI

Franklin man becomes argumentative towards a Greendale police officer after he fails field sobriety tests.

A 52-year-old Franklin man is facing his third drunken driving charge after he was caught allegedly speeding through Greendale in August. Darren D. Host was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of third offense operating while intoxicated. If convicted, he faces up to one years in county jail and $2,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Aug. 22, a Greendale police officer spotted Host in the 5900 block of West Loomis Road doing 59 miles per hour in a 45 miles per hour speed zone. The officer pulled him over and could smell alcohol coming from inside the car. Host failed several field sobriety tests, then became argumentative and uncooperative with the officer, so he was placed under arrest. He …

Monday, August 20, 2012

Greendale Man Charged With 5th OWI

Suspect is driving through Greenfield when he allegedly runs two red lights in front of a police officer.

A 38-year-old Greendale man is facing felony drunk driving charges after he was spotted running red lights in Greenfield last week. Jeffrey J. Tatera was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Saturday with one count of fifth offense operating while intoxicated. If convicted, he faces up to six years in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Thursday, a Greenfield police officer was on patrol when he spotted Tatera drive through a red light at the intersection of West Forest Home Avenue and West Morgan Avenue. The officer then saw Tatera run through another red light at Forest Home and South 60th Street, where Tatera turned onto that road and continued to drive erratically. The officer pulled Tatera over …

Monday, August 13, 2012

Man Charged With 4th OWI

Hales Corners man is caught driving nearly three times more than the legal limit in Greendale and veering towards the center of Grange Avenue.

A 52-year-old Hales Corners man is facing his fourth drunk driving charge after he was allegedly caught driving recklessly through Greendale. Duane A. Gordon was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Monday with one count of fourth offense operating while intoxicated. If convicted, he faces up to one year in jail and $2,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: A man contacted Greendale police officers after he saw Gordon driving a pickup truck eastbound on Grange Avenue and veer sharply towards the middle lane. An officer spotted the truck in the 6800 block of West Grange and pulled Gordon over. The officer immediately noticed the smell of intoxicants and arrested him on suspicion of drunk driving. Gordon was taken to St. …

Mike B

1:12 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Because the penalties in WI are so ridiculously lenient, we always hear of people getting their 7th and 8th conviction for drunk driving. Harsher penalties (for the driver and whatever bar he might have come from) would probably help the cause.   more ›

Monday, July 30, 2012

Greendale Man Charged With Driving Drunk With Daughter in the Car

Suspect has a young girl in his car while driving down Loomis with his trunk open.

A 41-year-old Greendale man is facing felony drunk driving charges after he was spotted by a Greendale police officer driving down West Loomis Road with his trunk open while his 5-year-old daughter was in the car with him. Carl David Belter Jr. was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Saturday with one count of fourth offense operating while intoxicated within five years with a minor in the vehicle and one count of operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration. If convicted, he faces up to 14 years in prison and $24,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On June 4, a Greendale police officer on patrol spotted Belters driving northbound on Loomis near West College Avenue with his trunk open an a large …

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Greendale Man Charged in Drunken I-94 Crash

Suspect rolls his van near 35th Street, then leaves his friends inside and walks back to Greendale before police arrive.

  A 54-year-old Greendale man is facing charges after he allegedly flipped his van while getting onto I-94 and driving drunk, then left his injured friends inside so he could walk home before police arrived. Nathan L. Kaddatz was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of fourth offense operating while intoxicated within five years, one count of causing great bodily harm by intoxicated use of a vehicle and one count of second offense operating while intoxicated and causing injury. If convicted, he faces up to 24 ½ years in prison and $45,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: At 1:50 a.m. July 19, Kaddatz was driving his van and getting onto westbound I-94 at the North 35th Street onramp, when he hit …

b. smith

12:57 pm on Tuesday, July 31, 2012

It's not that they think they can keep drinking and driving, it's that they think they can keep drinking. These people have a drinking problem. They think they can control alcohol, but it is controlling them. Wisconsin doesn't have a drunk driving problem, Wisconsin has a problem with alcoholism. The second offense needs to be a felony.   more ›

Monday, July 9, 2012

Greendale Man Caught Allegedly Driving Drunk With a Loaded Gun

Man, 68, smells of alcohol and appears to have urinated himself before a deputy pulls him over in Milwaukee.

A 68-year-old Greendale man is facing charges after he was caught allegedly driving drunk through Milwaukee Friday with a loaded gun in his car. John P. Guckel was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Sunday with one count of fourth offense operating while intoxicated and one count of endangering safety with use of a dangerous weapon. If convicted, he faces up to 21 months in prison and $12,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: A Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputy on patrol Friday spotted Guckel driving a Ford Taurus westbound in the 800 block of East Layton Avenue and noticed his car was partially in two lanes of traffic. The deputy followed Guckel’s car for three block and noticed it weaved between the two lanes without …

Friday, June 8, 2012

Drunk Man Tries Driving Erratically to Avoid Greendale Cop

Suspect is charged with felony drunk driving after he's caught in the village driving at twice the legal blood alcohol limit.

A 39-year-old Franklin man is facing felony drunk driving charges after he was caught driving in Greendale with a suspended license. Randy J. Romanowski was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Thursday with one count of fourth offense operating while intoxicated in a five year period, one count of operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration and one count of operating a motor vehicle after revocation of his driver’s license. If convicted, he faces up to 6 ½ years in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: A Greendale police officer was on patrol Monday near Eastway and Orchard Lane when he noticed Romanowski driving with a suspended driver’s license and pulled him over. Romanowski …

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