Circuit Court Report 10-19

The following persons either stipulated to the indicated charge or had their cases heard in Sheboygan County Circuit Court. All information is taken from case documents.

Regina Darlene Cross, 44, 19718 Reichardt Rd., Kiel. $817.50 for operating a vehicle while intoxicated – first offense.

Carlos Aguirre, 35, 207 S. River Boulevard 1, Plymouth, $299 and five days local jail, with work release, for operating while revoked – second offense, April 16, 2009.

Ronald J. Mueller, 53, 805 First St., Random Lake. $1,247.40, 30 days local jail, with work release, and 24-month driver’s license revocation for operating a vehicle while intoxicated – third offense, Sept. 3, 2008.

Roderick M. Backey, 72, 4918 S. 14th St., Sheboygan. $1,067.50 for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and with a prohibited alcohol concentration, Sept. 1, 2009.

Sheryl L. Short, 36, 3130 S. Mabbett Ave., Milwaukee. $1,635 for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and with a prohibited alcohol concentration – first offense, Sept. 7, 2009.

Mario O. White, 22, 1116 18th St., Manitowoc. $6,173.76, one year state prison, two years extended supervision, and six-month driver’s license revocation for vehicle operator flee/elude officer – felony, and seven counts of felony recklessly endangering safety – second degree. On Aug. 2, 2008 at about 9:25 a.m., the first call came in regarding a motorist driving erratically and out of control. The caller observed a 1994 Mercury Marquis enter Interstate 43 southbound from State 51 at the Manitowoc interchange. The caller then watched the vehicle as it approached two other vehicles, causing one of them to veer onto the median as it passed between them. A Sheboygan County sheriff’s deputy took position behind White, the driver of the Mercury. When White approached the Interstate 43/State 23 interchange, he used all four entrances and exits of the interchange by getting off and back on again until he took the State 23 east exit. The deputy activated his lights and sirens, but White did not stop and was driving at an estimated speed of 80 m.p.h. The pursuit was joined by a Kohler Police Department squad car and another Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department squad. As the pursuit continued east, the deputy realized he was heading directly to the Brat Days parade route and suspended the chase. As the deputy and other vehicles slowed, they observed the Mercury smashing through the barricades that were closing off Erie Avenue. The estimated speed of the Mercury was now 60 m.p.h. A Sheboygan Police Officer, who was on duty at the parade, heard the police radio warning that a vehicle was traveling at a high speed toward the parade route, and noted that two girls were in the process of crossing 14th Street with banners and were entering the eastbound lane of Erie Avenue. The officer immediately ran to the girls, forcing them back across the road. At the same time the officer yelled for parade participants and spectators to get off the road and away from the sidewalks. The officer and the two 11-year-old girls, were approximately five feet from the vehicle as it raced past at an estimated speed of 70 m.p.h. A Sheboygan Police captain who also heard the car approaching and the squeal of brakes tried to get out of the way but was struck by the vehicle and knocked to the ground. When he got up, he saw the vehicle had stopped where 50-to- 75 parade watchers had been sitting. A massive EMS and police response was called in and the captain removed the driver from the vehicle at gunpoint. At the captain’s request, parade spectators lifted the vehicle and moved it to make sure no bodies were trapped underneath. No bodies were under the car. Several people were injured, including the captain, and four were taken to a Sheboygan hospital and later released. Deputies noticed the odor of intoxicants on White and performed a field sobriety test. He was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and operating after revocation. White admitted he saw the squad cars chasing him and admitted to drinking beer the previous evening. He also stated that he was on his way out of state as he was to begin a drunk-driving sentence in Manitowoc and didn’t want to go to jail.