Bayfield Co. Man Charged with OWI - 3 Minor Children in Vehicle

• Location: USH 2 AND LEA STREET County: BAYFIELD
• Date and Time: April 16, 2017 at 5:33 PM

Jonathon Lee Groeneveld, 28 years of age, from Ashland, Wisconsin has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with three children in the vehicle under the age of 16.

At approximately 5:33pm on Sunday night, a WI State Trooper stopped a vehicle for speeding in a 55 mph zone, on USH 2. The driver was identified as Jonathon Lee Groeneveld.

A subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety testing, showed that Mr. Groeneveld was operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a drug. There was also three children in the vehicle, ages 4, 6, and 7.

Mr. Groeneveld was arrested and transported to a local hospital for an evidentiary test of his blood and then to the Bayfield County Jail. He is being charged with operating under the influence of an illegal narcotic with a child under 16 years of age in the vehicle.

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"Pursuant to the direction of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as found in Supreme Court Rule 20:3.6, Trial Publicly, you are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty."