Wis. woman arrested for 13th drunk-driving offense

BARRON, Wis. (AP) — A St. Croix Falls woman who has been arrested 13 times for drunken driving has been sentenced to 4½ years in prison.

Fifty-one-year-old Lisa K. White was arrested in June for her 11th drunken-driving offense in Wisconsin. Barron County prosecutors say she had two similar offenses in Minnesota before 1989.

When she was arrested, her extended supervision in two previous drunken-driving cases was revoked. She was sentenced this week to three years in prison for one case. That follows a 1½-year sentence for the other.

She still faces two felony counts of drunken driving from the June incident. Those charges carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.

A message left with her defense attorney Saturday afternoon was not immediately returned.

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Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com

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