Monday, February 21, 2005

Student Charged with Three Offenses in Single Stop

UW Oshkosh Student Andrew Scheidegger was arrested and charged with three different offenses when a University Police officer pulled him over for driving with expired tags.

Officer Brian Murphy pulled Scheidegger over when he spotted the expired tags. When the student opened the door Officer Murphy noticed a strong smell of intoxicants. Scheidegger failed all field sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol level of 0.131, well above the legal limit in Wisconsin.

Scheidegger was arrested and taken to the Winnebago County Jail and then was released to a responsible adult. Scheidegger received three citations: driving while intoxicated, having a blood alcohol limit over 0.08, the legal limit in Wisconsin and driving with expired tags..

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