Husband calls wife to pick him up from police station; both end up arrested for OWIs
Posted: Aug 17, 2015 2:05 PM CDT | Updated: Aug 17, 2015 3:39 PM CDT
A husband and wife were arrested the same night on different OWI arrests by Washington County Sheriff's Office on August 15.
Police received a call about an erratic driver on I41 northbound at South167 / Holy Hill Rd.
A a 29 year-old West Bend man was arrested for OWI second offense. The man then called his 26 year-old wife to respond to the Sheriff's Office to pick him up.
When the deputy went out to the lobby to release the driver she was also found to have driven a vehicle to the Sheriff's Office and was intoxicated.
She was arrested for her first OWI. The husband was then escorted back to the Jail by deputies and held on a 12-hour hold since there was not a responsible party to take him. The wife was later turned over to a sober responsible party.