Juveniles Caught With Marijuana, Vodka on I-43

Four juveniles were caught with marijuana and vodka on their way from Milwaukee to Grafton early Wednesday morning.

Bayside police were monitoring traffic on Interstate 43 at 3 a.m. Wednesday when an officer saw the vehicle speed past at 73 mph in the 55 mph zone. When the male driver saw the squad, he quickly reduced his speed to 60 mph, but by that point it was too late.

The juveniles said they had just left a friend's house in Milwaukee and were on their way back home to Grafton. Despite their initial claims that they had not drank anything, both the driver and the three passengers were under the influence of alcohol.

Police also discovered an open bottle of vodka, two lemonade bottles containing alcohol, a glass marijuana pipe and 3.1 grams of marijuana.

The driver, whose blood alcohol content was 0.17, was cited for drunken driving. One of the girls in the car was cited for underage drinking, possession of marijuana and paraphernalia. The other two passengers – a male and a female – were also cited for underage drinking.