On July 26, 2022, at approximately 11:25pm, a Lake Hallie Police Officer was on patrol on Highway 53 and Highway 29 in the Village of Lake Hallie when he observed a white colored SUV traveling northbound on Highway 53 with expired registration.
Based on this information, the vehicle was stopped westbound Highway 29 at mile marker 75. The officer spoke with the driver, identified as Jamie Lehto (age 48) of Elk Mound and detected the odor of intoxicants coming from the driver’s breath and observed open beer cans inside the vehicle. It was revealed that Lehto had an alcohol restriction of no greater that 0.02. Lehto voluntarily submitted to field sobriety testing and submitted to a preliminary breath test which yielded a result of .10. As a result, Lehto was arrested for Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated -5th Offense, possession of open intoxicants, and non-registration of a vehicle.
Lehto was transported to the hospital for a legal blood draw.
