Caught Urinating On Side of Road, Man Arrested for 4th OWI: Police

A 33-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of his fourth drunken driving offense in five years after police say they caught him urinating on the side of the road.

Demetrius Batchelor was charged Wednesday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with operating while intoxicated fourth offense. If convicted, he could face up to six years imprisonment, $10,000 in fines, or both.

According to the criminal complaint:

On June 23 at approximately 3:24 a.m., Bayside police drove past a car pulled over on the side of the road in the 900 block of East Brown Deer Road, and a man they say was Batchelor urinating near the rear of the car, the court documents say.

Police made contact and said Batchelor smelled of alcohol and had to brace himself on the car to walk, the criminal complaint said.

Batchelor told police he was coming from a friend’s house and had been drinking, according to the criminal complaint. Police say Batchelor had a large case of beer on the passenger seat.

Based upon on-scene sobriety tests, police determined Batchelor was intoxicated.  Police did not perform a Breathalyzer on-scene, according to the court documents.

Batchelor has been convicted of drunken driving three times in the past including in 2003, 2004 and 2009.

Batchelor is due in court July 5 for a preliminary hearing, according to online court documents.