Deputies say a woman drove the wrong way on I-41/US-45 at Good Hope Road on Oct. 17 with an open bottle of Don Julio in her glove box. Tequila Williams, 30, of Milwaukee, now faces second-offense OWI and a felony second-degree recklessly endangering safety count, according to FOX6 Milwaukee’s report on the criminal complaint. Both are allegations; Williams has not been convicted of anything.
Per FOX6’s account of the complaint, deputies were sent to a report of a driver heading south in the northbound lanes. The first deputy on scene saw the car in the center median breakdown lane, not completely out of traffic, and had to steer around it. Williams told deputies she merged on the wrong side and was trying to find the lane to get out. Asked whether she had been drinking, she said “a little bit” and put her last drink an hour earlier. The report says she showed signs of impairment on the walk-and-turn and one-leg-stand tests.
The felony carries twenty times the OWI ceiling
Wisconsin sets the second-offense OWI tier by counting prior convictions, suspensions and revocations, and Wis. Stat. 346.65 puts that tier at a fine of $350 to $1,100 and 5 days to 6 months in jail. The City of Madison’s municipal court lists a 12- to 18-month license revocation and an ignition interlock requirement for a second offense…