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Mistresses behaving badly: Valerie Cass edition

On October 19, 2011 By

Apparently Valerie Cass was none too happy when her still-married boyfriend Randy Hopper was arrested for driving drunk….
The complainants who filed the report against Hopper told Venne that Cass approached their vehicle after Hopper was taken away and yelled at them. Cass had to be physically restrained by a woman who came [...]

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The Randy Hopper OWI arrest dash cam video

On October 18, 2011 By

Enjoy!

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Randy Hopper, OWI offender

On October 18, 2011 By

To say I’m a big fan of former Republican State Senator Randy Hopper (pictured, right) would be an understatement, but I’m not a fan of his politics – I’m a fan of his foibles and follies. You’ll remember Randy Hopper from such hits as “Randy Hopper, family man,” “I’m going to ruin you [...]

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Cudahy man arrested for 8th OWI

On November 29, 2010 By

This speaks volumes about the need for a comprehensive approach to dealing with drunk driving:
A 63-year-old Cudahy man is facing is eighth drunken driving offense after police found him asleep in his parked vehicle early Friday, according to a criminal complaint released Sunday.

Richard Dix was asleep in the driver’s seat of [...]

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Wood arrested again, not a soul surprised

On October 24, 2009 By

State Rep. Jeff Wood was arrested for drunk driving yet again. I don’t think there’s a single soul in Wisconsin who’s shocked that Wood was arrested again, but I think it’s clear he needs to resign his seat in the State Assembly immediately so he can focus on addressing what’s clearly a HUGE problem [...]

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Senator Sullivan for the win!

On October 21, 2009 By

The Sconz said it was his quote of the day, but this has to be my quote of the year:
“It is hard to tell which is the greater obstacle to accomplishing real drunk driving reform: the bumper-sticker politics Republicans who want to pretend that governance and enforcement doesn’t cost anything, or weak-kneed Democrats [...]

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7th offense OWI merits slap on the wrist?

On September 28, 2009 By

Here’s yet more proof of why Wisconsin’s long overdue for tougher drunk driving laws:

A Manitowoc man who pleaded guilty to a charge of seventh-offense driving while intoxicated has been sentenced to three years in prison.

As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors dismissed three other charges against 41-year-old Keith D. Delsman. He was [...]

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Jeff Wood arrested for possible DUI

On September 25, 2009 By

State Rep. Jeff Wood, who was arrested in December 2008 and charged with drunk driving and possession of drug paraphernalia, has been arrested again on suspicion of driving while under the influence. Wood, 40 was stopped Wednesday in Marathon County on Highway 51 after law enforcement officials received a report of an erratic driver, [...]

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Law Enforcement and Arrests in Wisconsin

On September 15, 2009 By

A snapshot of 2008 arrests in WI along with a trend review of the same between 2007 and 2008. Also included is law enforcement statistics.

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At least he’s got the drunk driver vote locked up!

On September 12, 2009 By

State Representative Jim Soletski, a Democrat from Green Bay, thinks putting two traffic roundabouts near Lambeau Field is a bad idea, because some fans might be too inebriated to safely navigate the roundabouts:

“While we would hope no one will be driving impaired, the reality is that with thousands of people leaving a football [...]

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