Muskego Man Charged with Smoking Marijuana, Speeding Through Mukwonago

A Muskego man is facing charges after he was allegedly speeding through Mukwonago with a gun case on his passenger seat after spending the day hunting and smoking pot.

James K. Wiza, 26, was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Thursday with one count of second offense operating a vehicle with a controlled substance in his blood stream. If convicted, he faces up to six months in prison and $1,100 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint:

On Dec. 10, 2010,  a town of Mukwonago police officer spotted Wiza driving eastbound on Highway LO and doing 52 miles per hour in a 35 miles per hour speed zone. As the officer approached Wiza’s vehicle he could smell burnt marijuana and noticed a gun case sitting on the passenger seat.

Wiza told the officer he had been hunting all day and had smoked marijuana before driving at a friend’s house. He initially denied having the drug in his vehicle, but eventually admitted to having marijuana in the center console.

Wiza was previously convicted of the same charge in 2007.