Michael O Swonger, 47 years of age, from Spooner, WI has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 5th offense.
On 10/8 at 4:11am a Trooper from the Wisconsin State Patrol, Spooner Post came upon a driver slumped over the steering wheel of a running car that was partially over the curb into a yard on Hwy 70 at Summit Street in Spooner, WI. The Trooper observed open intoxicants in the vehicle and a heavy odor of intoxicants emitting from the driver. Mr. Swonger refused to perform two of the standard field sobriety tests and also refused to submit to a preliminary breath test. Mr. Swonger was arrested for OWI 5th offense and transported to a local hospital for an evidentiary test of his blood and then to the Washburn County Jail.
