Trevor Thiex, deputy with Burnett County Sheriff's Department, had his Initial Court Appearance in Shawano County, WI Circuit Court yesterday, March 6, 2017, on his charges of Operating While Intoxicated, 1st Offense, with a Child under the age of 16 in the Vehicle as well Operating with a Prohibited Blood Alcohol Concentration.
Public record indicates that Thiex entered a Not Guilty Plea with the Court and the Court scheduled a Pre-Trial Conference for Thiex's case on June 6, 2017. The Court also ordered that Thiex is to maintain absolute sobriety per his bail bond conditions.
Burnett County Sheriff's Department has confirmed to DrydenWire.com that Thiex is still on administrative leave at this time.
DrydenWire.com> reminds our readers that individuals charged with a crime are presumed innocent until convicted by judge or jury.
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Off-Duty Burnett County Sheriff's Deputy Charged with OWI
Thursday, February 23, 2017 | by Ben Dryden
Trevor Thiex, a deputy with the Burnett County Sheriff's Office, has been charged in Shawano County, Wisconsin with Operating While Intoxicated, 1st Offense, with a Child under the age of 16 in the Vehicle. Because there was a minor child in the vehicle, this is a criminal misdemeanor level offense.
According to the Shawano County criminal complaint received by DrydenWire.com via public records request, the incident occurred on December 24, 2016. Shawano County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a call of a vehicle driving erratically. The caller reported that a blue van was “all over the roadway”, crossing the center line, then heading towards the ditch, and even nearly colliding with the caller's vehicle as well as almost striking other vehicles. Although the caller attempted to get ahead of the blue van, the van tried to pass on the right, even though the caller's vehicle was still in the right lane of traffic, according to a written statement which was later provided to the Shawano County Sheriff's Office by the complainant.
A deputy located the blue van in question and saw that the van was still being driven erratically and crossing the white fog line while weaving within it's own lane of traffic. The deputy then conducted a traffic stop. The criminal complaint states that the driver gave the deputy a Wisconsin Driver's license and identified himself as Trevor Thiex and told the deputy that he was “all over the road” due to being tired. Thiex further told deputies that he was returning home from a Packers game and that he had consumed 5 to 6 Coors Light beers starting around 10:30 A.M and stopping around 3 P.M. (approximately 2 hours prior to the traffic stop).
Thiex told deputies that the juvenile in the vehicle was his 10 year old son. Deputies assisted with coordinating for someone to come pick up Thiex's son.
Thiex cooperated with the field sobriety testing conducted by the deputies on scene and also agreed to submit to a blood draw, according to the criminal complaint. A second charge is included in the criminal complaint, charging Thiex with operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol concentration of more than 0.08 but less than 0.15, with a child under the age of 16 in the vehicle, also a criminal misdemeanor offense.
Public record indicates that Thiex signed a $500 cash bail bond on December 27, 2016 and is scheduled to appear in Shawano County Circuit Court on March 6, 2017.
Thiex is on administrative suspension with pay from Burnett County Sheriff's Office pending the outcome of the charges. Thiex also is employed by the Siren, Wisconsin Police Department.
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Last Update: Mar 07, 2017 11:47 am CST
