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Mother cited with 2nd OWI after police say she drove through backyards with three young kids in car

Mother cited with 2nd OWI after police say she drove through backyards with three young kids in car
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ASHWAUBENON, Wis. — A mother has been cited with her second OWI after police say she drove through backyards with her three young children in the SUV.

According to Ashwaubenon Public Safety, 32-year-old Monica Mencheski drove her SUV off the road in the 1700 block of Cormier Road at around 10 p.m. Friday. Police say she barely hit a house and then drove into the backyard and hit a tree. Police say she kept going, driving through the backyards across some landscaping, and hitting and breaking a utility pole. Police say the SUV finally stopped when it got stuck on top of a large landscaping rock.

Police say Mencheski's three children were in the SUV at the time: a 3-month-old, a 2 year old, and a 5 year old. According to a criminal complaint, an officer responding to the scene of the crash says Mencheski was yelling about following her children's father in her car.

The criminal complaint says Mencheski blew a 0.240% in a preliminary breath test. The legal limit is 0.08%.

Mencheski was arrested for 2nd Offense OWI with minor children in the vehicle, 3 counts of first degree recklessly endangering safety, possession of drug paraphernalia and Operating while revoked. Police say Mencheski is in the Brown County Jail awaiting formal charges.