New Year’s OWI Arrests

January 05, 2009
Contact: Elise Schaffer, PIO Phone: (608) 284-6142 Email: schaffer@co.dane.wi.us
Sheriff's Office

Friday, January 2nd marked the first night of the Dane County Traffic Teams overtime OWI enforcement. Just shortly after 10:00 pm, a deputy stopped Hilario A. Estrada, age 29 of Madison. Estrada was traveling at 102 mph on the westbound beltline near Rimrock Road. He was cited for OWI, speeding, no driver’s license, and open intoxicants. Dane County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested four drivers on New Year’s Eve night for Operating While Intoxicated. For all four motorists it was their 1st Offense. Two of the arrests were preceded by crashes, one on Mineral Point Road and Camel Hill Road in the town of Cross Plains, and the other on STH 78 in the town of Vermont. No serious injuries resulted from either crash. In addition to OWI citations on New Year’s Eve, Sheriff’s deputies shut down two juvenile alcohol parties. At an address on CTH N in the town of Sun Prairie, thirteen underage alcohol citations were issued. At a second address on Town Hall Road in the town of Springfield, deputies were able to interrupt the party just as it was getting started, so no citations were issued. ###