Woman Arrested for 5th OWI

BLACK RIVER FALLS, WI — A 47-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of her fifth OWI offense after authorities spotted her parked at two flashing yellow lights for too long.

Dawn M Sprinkle, 47 years of age, from Black River Falls has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 5th offense.

At 02:45 hours, a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle that had been parked at two flashing yellow lights for a significant amount of time. The vehicle pulled into a parking lot on Hwy 54, west of I-94, in Black River Falls.

Field sobriety tests were conducted and at 3:00 a.m. the trooper advised the driver was under arrest for OWI.

The driver, Dawn M. Sprinkle age 47 of Black River Falls, was charged with OWI 5th offense.

Ms. Sprinkle refused a blood draw, a warrant was obtained and she was transported without incident, to Black River Memorial Hospital for a legal blood draw.

Ms. Sprinkle was transported to the Jackson County jail, where she remains incarcerated.

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