Police Beat Final Draft

Danielle Buechel
Police Beat Draft

UW-Oshkosh sophomore Kristina Congleton, 20, was cited for underage drinking Feb. 12 after a patrol officer discovered her crying on the rear staircase of Donner Hall.

According to an UW-Oshkosh Incident Report, Officer Trent Morgan of the University Police approached Congleton and another student in the stairwell around 11:50 p.m. He identified Congleton by a Wisconsin driver’s license and found that she was intoxicated and had vomited on the staircase. Congleton was assisted by a UW-O student identified as Donald Rideout, 21.

Upon questioning Congleton, a Donner Hall resident, admitted to drinking vodka at a house party and surrendered several cans of beer from her fourth floor dorm room. According to Congleton the police officer requested that she be tested to determine her blood alcohol level, which registered 0.002 percent.

"The whole night was a bad decision," Congleton said. "I was upset and had too much to drink, it was all a stupid mistake."

According to Congleton, she was allowed to choose between attending 12 classes in an alcohol assessment program or having the incident registered in her permanent record.

"The officer was really nice, he offered me a chance to take the class and to not have an underage put on my record," Congleton said.

Congleton was cited for underage drinking, given an alcohol assessment pamphlet and was released.