ELK MOUND, Wis. (WEAU/Gray News) – A man was charged with driving while drunk for the fifth time earlier this month.
According to authorities, Mark Prieve, 56, was driving the wrong way on a highway in Elk Mound, Wisconsin. He failed to respond to police lights and sirens and continued driving in the wrong lane before pulling into a parking lot.
Prieve refused to take a field sobriety test but took a breathalyzer test with a result of .329, which is four times the legal limit.
Prieve was arrested and charged with his fifth offense of operating while intoxicated. He was also charged with fleeing an officer and driving the wrong way.
He was already on probation for a previous felony operating while intoxicated offense.
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