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Monday, September 17, 2012

Police Pursuit, Crash Leads to Man's Fifth OWI Arrest

A 44-year-old Franksville resident was seen speeding on I-94 in Oak Creek and eventually crashed his car following a high-speed chase.

A driver speeding on Interstate 94 in Oak Creek crashed his vehicle after a police pursuit Sunday night and was arrested for his fifth drunken-driving offense. According to a Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office news release: A Milwaukee County sheriff's deputy saw a vehicle pass him at a high rate of speed on I-94 near W. Rawson Avenue just before 11 p.m. The deputy activated his lights and siren, but the driver, later identified as 44-year-old Brent Fruth, failed to stop. Oak Creek police and the Racine County Sheriff's Department were advised of the pursuit. Fruth exited at Highway G traveling about 90 mph. Due to safety concerns, the deputy stopped his pursuit. However, Caledonia police soon found the vehicle after it crashed into a …

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11:00 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012

When will he be put into p-r-i-s-o-n? This individual is obviously a public danger.   more ›

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Federal Grant Plays Role in Big Jump in Speeding Tickets Over Holiday Weekend

Sheriff's crackdown on speeders results in nearly three times as many tickets as last year.

Labor Day means picnics with the family and a day off for most, but it also means a busy weekend for the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office. Overall traffic citations written by sheriff's deputies over the Labor Day weekend jumped by 80 percent over the same period last year. Speeding citations went up the most — leaping 170 percent, from 175 citations to 472. Fran McLaughlin, public information officer for agency, said the increase is a result of having more squads on patrol over the weekend, thanks in part to a federal grant. "The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office had speed grant money this year that we did not have last year," McLaughlin said. "Based on last year's numbers, we budgeted more grant money for this weekend and were able to …

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