Man Facing Felony OWI After Getting Lost in Oak Creek
Greenfield man arrested after pulling into an empty parking lot to pull up a map on his cell phone.
A Greenfield man who told police he pulled over in Oak Creek because he got lost is now facing felony drunken driving charges. Eric M. Stanford, 31, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of fourth-offense operating while intoxicated within a five-year period and one count of operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration. If convicted, he faces up to six years in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: At 3:19 a.m. Saturday, an Oak Creek police officer was on patrol in the 7800 block of S. Howell Ave. when he noticed a car with a person inside parked in the parking lot of the Oak Creek Plaza shopping center, at the corner of Drexel and Howell. The officer …
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