Oak Creek Man Arrested on Suspicion of 7th OWI Charge

OAK CREEK -- A 55-year-old Oak Creek man faces prison time after police picked up the man on suspicion of his seventh OWI offense.

Kelly Kamakian is being held in the Milwaukee County Jail on a $15,000 cash bond. His charge,
OWI (7th, 8th or 9th) carries a maximum of five years behind bars and up to 10 years incarceration.

On September 11, a 911 caller reported that a subject, later identified as Kamakian, was passed out on the 100 block of E Drexel Ave. in a 1995 white Chevrolet G30 van, police said.

When police made contact with Kamakian, he was reportedly staring straight ahead and would not answer officers' questions. The officer opened the driver's door and observed Kamakian swaying heavily back and forth. His speech was extremely slurred and he could not answer questions that officers were asking, according to the complaint.

Kamakian admitted to officers that he drank "a lot", but would not answer other questions. Police spoke with a witness who observed Kamakian driving earlier in the evening, and assisted in removing the keys from the ignition of the vehicle.