Crime & Safety

Sleeping Drunken Driver Awakens Spittin' Mad, Police Say

A Germantown man allegedly wasn't going to jail for his fifth OWI without a fight Saturday.

A 39-year-old Germantown man made a bad situation even worse after he attempted to use an officer as his personal spittoon.

Menomonee Falls police officers responded to a single car accident at 11:44 p.m. Saturday near Menomonee Avenue and Pilgrim Road. When officers arrived, they Seth Hofstad asleep behind the wheel of his vehicle that was still running. Officers smelled a strong odor of intoxicants, and the man had bloodshot eyes slurred speech, according to the report.

Hofstad wasn’t going to go to jail without a fight, however. He allegedly attempted to spit on an officer, which resulted in having a spit hood placed on his head. Hofstad also resisted officers and refused to take a field sobriety test, according to the report. A legal blood draw was forcibly taken later at Community Memorial Hospital. The police report doesn’t indicate what his blood-alcohol level was at the time.

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The man was then booked and transported to jail, and his car was towed. He is currently facing charges for resisiting an officer, refusing to take a sobriety test, and his fifth-offense OWI.


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