Crime & Safety
Tosa Man Gets Prison for Felony Drunken Driving
Dennis J. Haase, 63, was pulled over after driving slow and nearly hitting a Brookfield police officer.
A Wauwatosa man who was arrested in Brookfield in 2011 for his fifth drunken driving offense will spend 14 months in prison.
Dennis J. Haase, 63, was pulled over by the Brookfield Police Department on Oct. 19, 2011, after he was driving too slow and nearly hit a police officer while changing lanes. He had a .149 percent blood alcohol concentration at the time of his arrest.
Waukesha County Judge Patrick Haughney also sentenced Haase on Friday to three years of extended supervision following his prison sentence. Haase’s driver’s license was revoked for three years.
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After being pulled over and asked how much he had to drink, Haase told the officer “not much” but was unable to pass field sobriety tests.
He was also convicted of OWI in 1991, 2000, 2005 and 2009.
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