Until 5:05 p.m. Wednesday night, state Rep. Gary Hebl thought there would be an amendment to a bill requiring the installation of devices that prevent someone convicted more than once of drunken driving from starting a car after having a drink.
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Former Democratic Party spokesman convicted of OWI
A former Wisconsin Democratic Party spokesman has been convicted of first-offense drunken driving, even though it was his third conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Read More »Conviction in Lafayette Co. drunken driving death
A jury in Lafayette County has convicted a man in the drunken driving death of a passenger in his car.
Read More »Wis. committee to vote on drunken driving bills
A Wisconsin Assembly committee is scheduled to vote this week on a package of bills that would impose stiffer sanctions on drunken drivers.
Read More »Man acquitted after cop cites lapsed memory
A Mequon man has been acquitted of drunken driving because the officer who arrested him more than eight years ago acknowledged he no longer remembers key details of the case.
Read More »Dems push for data on drunken driving bills
Democrats challenged a pair of Republican lawmakers Thursday to prove measures for tougher drunken driving penalties would actually make a difference, demanding to see statistics and data that would justify the bills' costs.
Read More »Hearing set for drunken driving bills
The public will get a chance to sound off this week on a new set of bills that would create tougher penalties for drunken drivers.
Read More »View from around the state: Tougher drunken driving proposal has merit
The time has come to admit we are too lax on drunken driving in Wisconsin. That admission alone, however, will do little to alleviate the problem. Action is required.
Read More »Drunken driver gets 90 days for fatality (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin state senator has renewed her call for a 10-year minimum sentence in fatal drunken driving cases after one motorist received only 90 days in jail.
Read More »Legislators want to send drunken driving message (UPDATE)
Two Republican legislators started moving a package of proposals through the state Assembly on Thursday to toughen Wisconsin's drunken driving penalties.
Read More »Man sentenced for crash that killed brother
A Sparta man has been sentenced to five years in prison for driving drunk in a car crash that killed his brother.
Read More »Kenosha lawyer pleads guilty to 5th OWI
A Wisconsin lawyer has pleaded guilty to his fifth drunken driving offense.
Read More »Weston man in court for 8th OWI
A man is facing his 8th drunken driving charge in Wisconsin.
Read More »Panel approves drunken driving bill
A legislative committee has approved a bill that would ensure repeat drunken drivers spend time behind bars.
Read More »Panel to vote on drunken driving penalties
A legislative committee is scheduled to vote this week on a bill that would ensure repeat drunken drivers spend time behind bars.
Read More »Committee considers drunken driving sentences (UPDATE)
A Republican bill that would ensure repeat drunken drivers spend time behind bars generated surprisingly little opposition at public hearing Thursday.
Read More »Former mayor pleads not guilty to OWI
Former Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving.
Read More »Wis. lawmakers try again on drunken driving laws
Two Republican legislators are gearing up for another try at toughening the notoriously weak drunken driving laws in Wisconsin, where pounding booze is hard-wired into the culture - and drunken driving kills scores every year.
Read More »Man gets 17 years in pedestrians’ deaths
A judge has sentenced a 41-year-old man to 17 years in prison for a drunken driving crash in Milwaukee that killed two pedestrians.
Read More »Jury acquits former state senator of OWI (UPDATE)
A jury has acquitted former state Sen. Randy Hopper of first-offense drunken driving.
Read More »Court OKs lake drunken driving case
A state appeals court says Wisconsin's drunken driving laws apply on frozen lakes.
Read More »Teen in fatal festival crash reaches plea deal
A Sheboygan teenager accused in a fatal hit-and-run drunken driving crash has reached a plea agreement.
Read More »Man found not guilty in crash that killed 2
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of killing his wife and daughter in a drunken driving crash in central Wisconsin has been found not guilty. Jurors in Marathon County deliberated for seven hours before clearing Travis Ploman on four counts of homicide by drunken driving and other charges Wednesday night. Ploman wept as the verdicts were read and hugged ...
Read More »UWM point guard Williams arrested on drunk driving charge
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee point guard Kaylon Williams has been arrested in his hometown of Cedar Rapids on suspicion of drunken driving. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reported that Williams was arrested early Wednesday after police say he drove away from a traffic stop and then ran away from officers. Sgt. Cristy Hamblin said Williams was eventually ...
Read More »Marinette officials hire attorneys for mayor case
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — Marinette city officials have hired two attorneys to possibly help remove the mayor after his drunken driving arrest earlier this month. Mayor Bob Harbick was arrested after his sports utility vehicle struck a light pole. WFRV-TV reports that a committee voted Thursday to hire one attorney to prosecute the case against the mayor and one to ...
Read More »Accused drunken driver in fatal crash in custody
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The man who disappeared from the hospital after he was accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed two people has been found in Janesville. Police say they got a tip on the whereabouts of 21-year-old Omar Tavizon-Ramos and arrested him at an apartment Wednesday afternoon. Tavizon-Ramos disappeared from University Hospital in Madison on ...
Read More »Court considers exclusionary rule
By Kimberly Atkins Lawyers USA The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tussled Monday with the limits of the exclusionary rule when the police conduct a search in a way that is lawful at the time, but later deemed unconstitutional by the Court. Willie Gene Davis, the petitioner in Davis v. U.S., was a passenger during a traffic stop. After ...
Read More »Manitowoc man sentenced for 12th OWI
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A Manitowoc man has been sentenced to 12 years for his 12th drunken driving offense. According to the Herald Times Reporter, 49-year-old Daniel Frisch was sentenced last month to seven years of initial confinement, followed by five years of extended supervision. Conditions of Frisch’s extended supervision include paying $1,272 in fines and costs plus supervision fees, ...
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