Wrong-way driver in Oak Creek, officers surround vehicle: video
Police surround wrong-way driver
A woman is accused of driving the wrong way on I-94 in Oak Creek. New video shows officers surround her vehicle.
OAK CREEK, Wis. - The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office released new video that shows officers surrounding a wrong-way driver in January.
The backstory:
Milwaukee County prosecutors charged 37-year-old Changlan Thunder of Athens, Wisconsin with second-degree recklessly endangering safety and misdemeanor resisting an officer/failure to stop.
SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News
Court records show Thunder pleaded not guilty and was bound over for trial on Feb. 3.
It all happened on Jan. 18. According to a criminal complaint, a Milwaukee County sheriff's deputy was called about a wrong-way driver on I-94 between Rawson Avenue and Drexel Avenue.
Wrong-way driver on I-94 in Oak Creek; woman accused had child in SUV
A 37-year-old woman from Athens, Wisconsin is accused of driving the wrong way on I-94 in Oak Creek on Saturday, Jan. 18 – and officials say she had a child in her SUV.
The deputy found the SUV, which was at that point driving "off-road in the grass" near a church. Prosecutors said the deputy had his lights and sirens on and ordered the driver to pull over, but the driver instead drove down Drexel Avenue where officers surrounded her vehicle.
When the deputy approached the vehicle, court filings said he determined Thunder was the driver – and there was a 10-year-old child in the vehicle with her. The deputy noted the defendant "was generally not cooperative but was not intoxicated," according to the complaint.
The Source: Information in this report is from the Oak Creek Police Department, Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office and Wisconsin Circuit Court.