Drug-Fueled Trip Around Ho-Chunk Lot Ends in Arrest: Police

ST. CROIX COUNTY, WI — A 50-year-old Black River Falls woman has been arrested and charged after authorities say she collided with several cars during a drug-fueled trip around the Ho-Chunk Casino parking lot on Sunday.

On Sunday, Nov. 11, at approximately 7:45 p.m., a State Patrol Trooper, along with Jackson County Deputies, responded to a call of a vehicle in the parking lot of the Ho-Chunk Casino in Black River Falls that was ’smashing’ into other cars.

Upon arrival, the Trooper made contact with Tari Lynn Pettibone, the driver who was the suspect in running into three other cars in the parking lot.

Pettibone, 50, of Black River Falls, has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 6th offense, with one child in the vehicle under the age of 16.

According to the State Patrol, a subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety testing, showed that Pettibone was operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a drug. There was also a 3-year-old child in the vehicle.

Pettibone was arrested and transported to a local hospital for an evidentiary test of her blood and then to the Jackson County Jail. She is being charged with operating under the influence of an illegal narcotic sixth offense with a child under 16-years-old in the vehicle.

There were no injuries sustained in the crashes.

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