Crime & Safety
5 Arrested For Drunk Driving Over Weekend
Two of the arrested were repeat offenders and the other three were first time offenders.
From The City of Milwaukee: Sheriff Richard R. Schmidt ordered an aggressive Operating While Intoxicated (OWI- drugs and/or alcohol) initiative to rid the Milwaukee County freeway system of intoxicated drivers. This past weekend’s Operation Drive Sober initiative from Friday at 4:00 p.m. through 6:00 a.m. Monday, resulted in the arrest of five drunken drivers. The average PBT test results were .16.
Two repeat offenders were arrested: Patrick Stearns, age 49, of Milwaukee, for OWI-3rd, and Lori Vartabedian, age 29, of Kenosha, for OWI-2nd.
Three first-time offenders were taken into custody: Dominic Russo, age 25, of Brookfield; Tamira Smart, age 28, of Milwaukee; and Sha Keya Whitelow, age 25, of Waukesha.
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