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Article: Tosa firefighter in crash to resign; His blood-alcohol level was more than 3 times legal limit, police say
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 25, 2006
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Wauwatosa The Wauwatosa firefighter who flipped his car on his
way to work this month was driving with a blood-alcohol level of
0.278, more than three times the legal limit, police said Tuesday.
Lt. David C. Sperry, a 25-year veteran of the department, will
resign effective April 19, and in return will receive no disciplinary
action, Fire Chief Dean Redman said. With accrued time off, Sperry
will be on leave until his resignation.
Sperry, 49, of Brookfield, faces two municipal counts of driving
while intoxicated and driving with a blood-alcohol level above the
legal limit of .08 after flipping his car on the Menomonee River
Parkway about 8 a.m. Jan. 10.
He told police he had consumed ...