GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A mother who was allegedly three times over the legal limit when she crashed her SUV while transporting three kids, has entered a not guilty plea in Brown County Court.
32-year-old Monica Mencheski is facing 12 counts, which include three counts of second-degree recklessly endangering safety and three counts of operating a motor vehicle with a minor inside after police say she had children ages 5, 3 and 3 months old in the car when she left the road and struck a tree and a pole in May.
Officers responded to a home on Cormier Road May 10 for a vehicle which was stuck on a large rock in the middle of a landscaping area. Police discovered the vehicle left the roadway, drove between two houses, struck a tree, continued through a yard, and struck a utility pole before becoming wedged on the rock.
When asked to perform the field sobriety tests, she responded with, “I am too fat and wobbly to do this”, “I am too drunk”, and “not gonna lie I’m drunk,” the complaint states.
A preliminary breath test, which isn’t admissible in court, showed a blood alcohol level of .240 – three times the legal limit. The results of a blood test were not cited in the complaint.
Mencheski has two previous drunk driving convictions.
