Crime & Safety
Fifth-Time OWI Offender Gets 6 Months Jail, 3 Years Probation
The woman was seen driving the wrong way on West Burleigh Street while she was intoxicated. She'll serve six months in jail as part of her sentence.
A 50-year-old Dousman woman was sentenced last week for a fifth OWI offense from last year to five years in prison, but the sentence was stayed for three years of probation.
Kari L. Campbell was sentenced in Milwaukee County Circuit Court for one count of fifth-offense operating while intoxicated and one count of operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration.
Campbell was was spotted by police driving the wrong way on West Burleigh Street in Wauwatosa.
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The court stayed her five-year sentence on a number conditions that include she serves six months in the House of Corrections, get AODA treatment, maintain absolute sobriety with random urine screens, perform 30 hours of community service and pay a $1,200 fine.
The court also ordered her driving privileges revoked for 24 months and an ignition interlock device placed in any car she owns.
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Campbell was previously convicted of OWI once in 1993, twice in 1995 and once in 1996.
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