Fairchild Man Arrested for 6th OWI
Saturday, March 10th, 2018 -- 6:34 AM
-A Fairchild man was arrested for OWI during a traffic stop Friday evening.According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, at approximately 8:30pm a Wisconsin State Patrol trooper attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation on Highway 10 in Jackson County near Hill Road. The vehicle continued to drive at slow speed until it pulled into the driver’s residence. The driver exited his vehicle and attempted to go into his house. The trooper took the male driver, 52-year-old Daniel Richards, into custody after a brief struggle.
Richards was taken to the Jackson County Jail where he refused a blood test. A warrant for the blood draw was issued and he was taken to Black River Memorial Hospital. A blood draw was taken without incident and Richards was transported back to the Jackson County Jail where he is being held on felony OWI charges, his 6th offense.
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