Wisconsin legislator pleads no contest in drunken driving case

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Past time to expel him I say.


http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_14913908?nclick_check=1


Wisconsin legislator pleads no contest in drunken driving case
Associated Press
Updated: 04/19/2010 11:34:16 AM CDT

An embattled Wisconsin lawmaker has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for driving drunk.

Rep. Jeff Wood, a Chippewa Falls independent, pleaded no contest in Columbia County Circuit Court to third offense operating under the influence and possession of drug paraphernalia, both misdemeanors. Prosecutors in exchange dismissed a count of third offense operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration and marijuana possession.

Judge Daniel S. George also revoked Wood's license for 27 months and ordered him to use an ignition interlock device for two years.

A state trooper arrested Wood in Columbia County in December 2008. Prosecutors say he crashed his car into a highway sign and urinated on the side of the road. A breath test showed Wood's blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit.

Wood faces charges in impaired driving cases in Marathon and Monroe counties as well. Republicans in the state Assembly are pushing to expel him from the body.