GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A bench warrant has been issued for a Green Bay man in connection with a drunk driving incident from August 2015.
27-year-old Demarcus S. Hicks is facing charges of 2nd offense OWI, 2nd offense operating with prohibited alcohol concentration, misdemeanor bail jumping, operating while revoked and obstructing an officer.
According to the criminal complaint, Hicks was driving southbound on S. Broadway in De Pere back on August 16, 2015, just after midnight. A Brown County Sheriff’s deputy was behind Hicks, while approaching a red light in the right hand lane, Hicks drifted to the left into the other lane.
The deputy began recording Hicks’ driving with his dash camera and clocked him going at varying speeds between 18 to 25 miles per hour. Hicks’ drifting continued as he slowly made his way over the Main Avenue Bridge.
As the following ensued, the deputy indexed the vehicle and its registered owner was identified as Demarcus Hicks, who’s driver’s license status was revoked. A traffic stop was initiated by the sheriff’s deputy.
The deputy asked Hicks and a passenger to put their hands outside the window and asked if there were any weapons in the vehicle. The passenger replied, “We just don’t want to get @#$%#$ up.”
The occupants were told of the reason for the stop, specifically the revoked license status, and Hicks replied with “disbelief.” Spotted inside the car was an open can, “which appeared to be a 16 or 24 ounce can of Corona Light in the cup holder in the center.” The passenger admitted it was his, and when the deputy told him it wasn’t allowed in the vehicle, he replied, “For real?”
The driver then said he didn’t own the car, but his brother Demarcus did. He denied any alcohol or drug use and verbally identified himself as “Sentrell F. Hicks” from South Carolina. The deputy said his speech was, “slurred, delayed at times and repetitive with some garbled responses. The operator’s eyes were glossy and his pupils appeared to be slightly constricted.”
When the officer indexed that name, nothing came back. However, he did notice that Demarcus’ driver’s license record indicated he moved from South Carolina. He also noted that Hicks, “continuously made his race and past national news police events in other locations of the United States an issue during this incident.”
Hicks went on to flunk some field sobriety tests, with a later blood alcohol test coming back at 0.164.
Demarcus Hicks was jailed in Brown County on April 6, 2016. According to online records, Hicks posted $1,750 bond on April 8. However, on April 14 a bench warrant for Hicks was issued and it remains open.
