Russ' UP incident

Russ Plummer
UP Incident Report
Oct. 16, 2006

A UW-Oshkosh officer stopped a car being driven the wrong way down McKinley Street on Sept. 19, 2006, a police report said.

Officer Stanley Zitek said he identified the female driver and noted her bloodshot eyes and an odor of alcohol on her breath. Zitek reported the female’s blood alcohol content was 0.08 percent.

The front-seat passenger also had bloodshot eyes and an odor of alcohol on her breath, the police report said. Zitek reported measuring her blood alcohol content at 0.04 percent.

Student Caroline Hennessy, 19, was cited for underage drinking (first offense). Student Ashley Copeland, 19, was cited for underage drinking (first offense).

Copeland was contacted after the incident and confirmed that a majority of the police report was correct. However, Copeland is a Fox Valley Technical College student and the report stated they were both UW-Oshkosh students.

Copeland said she did not know why her friend was not cited for operating while intoxicated.