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milestogo

(17,833 posts)
Sat Feb 19, 2022, 09:35 AM Feb 2022

Madison man arrested for 7th OWI, sheriff's office says

MADISON, Wis. — Dane County deputies arrested a Madison man Friday afternoon on charges of eluding police and seventh-offense operating while intoxicated, the sheriff’s office said.

In a news release, Dane County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Elise Schaffer said deputies initially responded to the Magnuson Grand Hotel in the town of Blooming Grove for a disconnected 911 call. Schaffer said the man called 911 to thank them for their service before hanging up. When a dispatcher called back, he reportedly got angry and left before deputies arrived at the scene.

A short time later, a dispatcher got a 911 call about a possibly intoxicated driver at a gas station on U.S. Highway 51 in Stoughton. A deputy then saw the man driving erratically and almost hitting an oncoming vehicle on Highway 51 near County Highway AB, the release said.

Eventually, the man pulled over on Highway AB at Stony Crest Road and was taken into custody, Schaffer said. News 3 Now is not naming the man at this time as part of a policy not to name suspects until they have been formally charged in court. He is currently being held in the Dane County Jail.

https://www.channel3000.com/madison-man-arrested-for-7th-owi-sheriffs-office-says/

This is why I am increasingly wary about driving. If this person has been arrested 7 times for driving drunk imagine how many more times he has actually done it.

Add to that all the drivers carrying guns, so they can kill anyone who annoys them.

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Madison man arrested for 7th OWI, sheriff's office says (Original Post) milestogo Feb 2022 OP
Wisconsin seems proud of their drinking. LakeArenal Feb 2022 #1
Wi doesn't really want to stop people from DUI. old guy Feb 2022 #2
If anything would force me to leave Wis Jimbo S Feb 2022 #3

LakeArenal

(29,808 posts)
1. Wisconsin seems proud of their drinking.
Sat Feb 19, 2022, 09:45 AM
Feb 2022

In Costa Rica they take your plates. Not your license. If you drive someone else’s car they take their plates. You can’t always geT then back either.

old guy

(3,292 posts)
2. Wi doesn't really want to stop people from DUI.
Sat Feb 19, 2022, 11:19 AM
Feb 2022

There is a whole industry built around it. Plus the Tavern League is a very powerful lobbying organization and their job is to help mitigate any strict control that will affect the bar owners.

Jimbo S

(3,016 posts)
3. If anything would force me to leave Wis
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 10:05 AM
Feb 2022

Been here 56 years. But the Culture of Alcohol is slowly taking its toll on me.

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