Oak Creek, Milwaukee Drivers Arrested For OWI With Children In Car

MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WI — Memorial Day weekend is a long weekend for most, but for two Milwaukee-area drivers, it was much longer after they were arrested for drunk driving while traveling on area interstate highways with children in their vehicles.

On Sunday, May 28, at 1:00 a.m., a deputy stopped a van he saw deviating from its lane of traffic on I-43 northbound at Walnut Street.
Vieta L. Caldwell, age 34, of Milwaukee, tested .13 on a preliminary breath test and was arrested for DUI-2nd offense. There were four passengers in the van, all children, ages 3 months, five, eleven, and thirteen years old. Caldwell will also be charged with OWI-2ndW/child passenger under 16 years old. A relative of the children picked the children up at the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office Patrol Sub-station at 2:30 a.m. Caldwell faces up to one year and 90 days in jail, if convicted.

On Sunday, May 28, at about 6:00 p.m., witnesses reported a driver who appeared to be falling asleep behind the wheel on I-94 westbound at 68th Street. The car veered and crashed into the guardrail. Danielle Flores, age 27, of Oak Creek, was taken into custody for DUI-1st/Drugs. According to the Sheriff's office, Flores was combative with deputies at the scene. A seven-year-old child in the car was turned over to a relative per Child Protective Services.

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