Crime & Safety
Unpaid Parking Tickets, Candy Bar Lead to 4th OWI Charge
Waukesha man told a police officer he consumed 10 beers and was at a gas station to buy his wife a candy bar, according to a criminal complaint.
A Waukesha man faces up to three years in prison after he was arrested on his fourth drunken driving offense.
Scott R. Gehner, 53, of Waukesha, was charged Wednesday with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated-fourth offense. In addition to possible prison time, he faces up to $10,00 in fines and having his driver’s license revoked for up to three years if convicted.
According to the complaint:
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A Waukesha police officer made contact with Gehner at 12:38 a.m. Wednesday near North East Avenue after noticing Gehner’s registration was suspended for unpaid parking tickets. The officer stopped Gehner, who parked his car at a closed gas station.
Gehner told the officer he pulled into the gas station to buy his wife a candy bar. However, the officer smelled an odor of intoxicants coming from Gehner.
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“I’m not going to lie to you,” Gehner told the officer, admitting he was intoxicated. “I had 10 beers.”
Gehner failed his field sobriety tests and had a preliminary blood alcohol concentration of .13 percent.
Gehner previously was convicted of drunken driving in 2002, 2008 and 2009.
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