Traffic & Transit

Operation Drive Sober Results In 14 Arrests

There have been 1,923 repeat offenders since January 2010.

MILWAUKEE, WI - From Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office: Sheriff Richard R. Schmidt ordered an aggressive Operating While Intoxicated (OWI- drugs and/or alcohol) initiative to rid the Milwaukee County freeway system of intoxicated drivers. This past weekend’s Operation Drive Sober initiative from Friday at 4:00 p.m. through 6:00 a.m. Monday, resulted in the arrest of 14 drunken drivers. The average PBT test results were .16.

Repeat offenders, both with OWI-2nd, were Kevin Tice, age 36, of Milwaukee, and Oscar Benitez, age 26, of Sheboygan.

First-time offenders taken into custody were: Ruben Miranda-Madrigal, age 28, of Watertown; Fernando Cruz, age 29, of Racine; and Milwaukee residents: Julianne Holzer, age 52; Dwight Breaux, age 38; Andrae Harris, age 27; Khateja Currie, age 22; Kenneth Beasley, age 32; Juan Serrano-Lopez, age 52; Dashal Young, age 52; Amber Braaten, age 25; Mackenzie Quackenbush, age 21; and Kang Vang, age 29.

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