MAN PICKS UP 6TH OWI

MAN PICKS UP 6TH OWI

A man picked up another OWI this weekend after being spotted by a WI State Patrol Trooper on Sunday morning just after 6:30.

A Trooper stopped to check on an occupied vehicle by the roadside. Upon approach the driver was identified as 57 year old Eugene Vilz and showed signs of impairment.

A subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety testing, showed that Vilz was operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with this being his 6th offense. Vilz was arrested and transported to a local hospital for an evidentiary test of his blood and then to the Chippewa County Jail.

He is being charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated 6th offense.

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