GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A man from Green Bay is due in court next month for drunk driving without a license.
52-year-old Anthony D. Oliver is charged with 2nd offense OWI, 2nd offense operating with prohibited alcohol concentration and operation while revoked.
According to the criminal complaint, Green Bay police officers conducted a traffic stop in the early morning hours of February 7 in the area of Crooks Street and S. Baird Street.
One officer saw a dark colored SUV driving westbound on E. Mason Street with no headlights or tail lights on. The vehicle was swerving back and forth in its lane. As the driver made his turn to finally pull over, he appeared to hit a bunch of snow with his right front tire close to the curb.
The cop identified the driver as Anthony D. Oliver. As the officer approached the driver side door, he saw Oliver had just lit up a cigarette. Through training and experience, the officer knew it was a technique used by people to conceal the odor of alcohol from their breath.
The officer explained the reason for the stop, and Oliver responded by saying that he, “Had been having trouble with his electrical wiring lately and sometimes when he hit a bump his lights would not work.”
Oliver admitted to having one alcoholic beverage earlier that evening, and that he had just left a restaurant to drive a friend home to the west side.
An OWI patrol officer was called to the traffic stop scene. He also asked Oliver how much he had to drink before driving and he replied, “One beer.” Oliver also had a piece of hard candy in his mouth, which is believed to be another way to mask the odor of booze.
The cop asked Oliver to perform some field sobriety tests, which he failed. A preliminary breath test on Oliver read a .099. Due to his prior record, Oliver had a .02 restriction on his driver’s record along with an order to have an ignition interlock device installed in his car. Officers found he did not have an ignition interlock device in his vehicle.
Oliver was arrested at that time. He was previously convicted of OWI on November 6, 2015.
Anthony D. Oliver is due back in Brown County Circuit Court on June 9 for a final pre-trial hearing. If convicted on all counts, Oliver faces up to 3 years behind bars.
