Caledonia man charged with 15th DWI

the lawmakers are so intent on lowering the limit to a rediculus point to where you cant have hardly anything to drink, but yet the offenders are allowed to repeat over and over, once you have had 2 DWI"s you should never get your license back,

oxboro wrote:

the lawmakers are so intent on lowering the limit to a rediculus point to where you cant have hardly anything to drink, but yet the offenders are allowed to repeat over and over, once you have had 2 DWI"s you should never get your license back,

It is all about more revenue for the "guvment" and the attorneys, judges, and all the other court horror, parasites. And this is besides all of the taxes collected on the sale of alcoholic beverages!!!

Something has to be done.... this is totally wrong, he should of gotten his licence taken away a long time ago!

15 DWI charges and all he gets MAX is a year in prison? And what is the consequence for this guy? I think it's safe to say if this guy has plenty of time and expierence to drink, get drunk, and drive (atleast 15 times,whose to say he has got caught every time) he doesn't hold a job. What more perfect for this guy to get free meals, hot showers, and a warm bed every night.
This is ridiculous! He should never be able to drive again!!!

amy wrote:

Something has to be done.... this is totally wrong, he should of gotten his licence taken away a long time ago!

He more than likly didn't have one for many of his offenses. It doesn't what the limit if you have been drinking it's YOUR responsibility to find a ride home, or here's a new concept don't drink!

I blame the police department for not stopping this guy for good 1st time.Habitual drunks who drive need a Big awakening before they kill someone! The laws are not harsh enough people like this need to learn there lesson!

This is why plates should be licensed to people and not to vehicles. You sell your vehicle, you take your plates. This way multiple offenders can have their plates taken away. (easier to spot a car with no plates) If some idiot is dumb enough to let an offender use your car and they get caught, you lose your plates too.

I say don't drink and drive
You might spill your drink
Before you get behind the wheel, just stop & think
You can take your chances
But there's so much to lose
Another bumpy road,
There's so much wasted booze

I'm not so worried
About how many I kill
I'm much more concerned
With how much beer I spill
35% of accidents
Are cause by pixilated
The other 65% are not
Alcohol related
What does this tell us
About the drunk drivers
They seem to have a
Better record than
the sober team

I'm not so worried
About how many I kill
I'm much more concerned
With how much beer I spill
With how much beer I spill
With how much beer I spill

Man, won't these WI people ever learn?! Oh wait...

Before you start on Wisconsin again......

"And Richmond is by no means alone in having double-digit drunken driving offenses, she said. Records indicate 66,176 Minnesota drivers have more than 10 DWIs and 19,255 have 10 offenses. Another 81,964 have at least five DWIs."

"The only good thing to come out of this is no one was injured by his behavior," Kopcinski said.

This time. And there will be a next time. Count on it.

amy wrote:

Something has to be done.... this is totally wrong, he should of gotten his licence taken away a long time ago!

His license was revoked in 1977. He continued to drive and rack up more DWI's. His license was reinstated in 2008 after completing some sort of sobriety class.

Myth #1 - revoking someones license prevents someone from driving and driving drunk.

Myth #2 - People can be rehabilitated.

I do think that people make mistakes and I believe most people don't realize how little alcohol it takes to get a DWI these days. If you don't learn from your first offense, what on earth makes you think they will learn after 10?

All - lowering the legal limit has done is increase the number of convicted criminals in this state. I would like to see data that shows that alcohol related accidents and deaths have been reduced by this legislation. I am certain they have not.

WiLdFaN wrote:

15 DWI charges and all he gets MAX is a year in prison? And what is the consequence for this guy? I think it's safe to say if this guy has plenty of time and expierence to drink, get drunk, and drive (atleast 15 times,whose to say he has got caught every time) he doesn't hold a job. What more perfect for this guy to get free meals, hot showers, and a warm bed every night.
This is ridiculous! He should never be able to drive again!!!

I'm all ears... How do you prevent someone from driving? Pass another law?

mbalsimo45 wrote:

I blame the police department for not stopping this guy for good 1st time.Habitual drunks who drive need a Big awakening before they kill someone! The laws are not harsh enough people like this need to learn there lesson!

The police don't make up the sentence. Blame the judges. Every liberal one of them.

those are some scary numbers. This guy ain't a quitter,just say no,wonder what his auto insurance costs,if he can get any.

Part of the problem is the whole definition of the law. BAC is a very misleading thing...BUT if you're getting 5, 10 or however many DWIs I don't think it's the system and something needs to be done to keep these people off the streets.

This waste of human parts can't be rehabilitated.
I deal with drunks everyday at my work and none of them are ever remorseful until they kill someone while drunk driving, even them some of those idiots act like they've done nothing wrong. We need to more to keep them off the streets. Take their license for life on a 2nd offense. Even that would be more lienient than Europe where it's 1 and done.

Capt Jack Sparrow wrote:

those are some scary numbers. This guy ain't a quitter,just say no,wonder what his auto insurance costs,if he can get any.

If you drive without a license, why on earth would you consider purchasing insurance?

Of course there is no punishment in this state for driving without insurance either.

@ "What The-"

You are mistaken. The judges do not make the sentences, they merely impose the sentence. I can see that your logic is clouded by politics, specifically right wing rhetoric, because you called them "liberal" judges so I don't expect you to understand the truth. But, if you come to your senses and still want to be angry at someone you have 11 people to blame. They are the 11 who sit on the MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission. Only 3 of which are judges. The other 8 members include: a public defender, a county attorney (aka prosecutor), the commissioner of corrections, a peace officer, a parole/probation officer, and THREE members of the general public-one of which is a victim of a felony level crime. So you really need to be blaming your fellow citizens as much as you would blame a judge as they are equal on the committee that makes the sentencing guidelines. Of course, I'm sure you'll say that all those citizens are liberal too. You could also think about talking to the commissioner of public safety for setting more stringent guidelines on the license revocation/suspensions because, once again, judges do not do that.

I think those numbers show that something is not working very well. I also think it's funny that Wisconsin is always the midwest state that gets the rap when drinking is talked about.

What were the judges thinking when he came in for his 11th, 12th, 13th DWI??? Honestly, how many second chances can a person recieve? All he recieves is a Gross Mis.?? He obviously doesnt care about the lives of ALL the other drivers on the road, so to me this guy is garbage. I think the judicial system needs to take a look at what it is they stand for. Are they really protecting us (the public) when they've reinstated his license on multiple occasions, saying this guy is a safe and responsible driver?