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Driver arrested for OWI with a minor

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Steven R. Hoover, 52 years of age, from Sun Prairie has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Wausau Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with one child in the vehicle under the age of 16. 

On Sunday, July 26, a trooper with the Wisconsin State Patrol, Wausau Post, responded to a single vehicle crash on State Highway 73 near 22nd Road, in the Town of Neshkoro, Marquette County. The trooper arrived on scene and located a 2016 Jeep Cherokee on the shoulder with crash damage. During the course of the crash investigation, the driver displayed indicators of impairment and a subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety testing, indicated the driver was impaired. An eight-year-old passenger was also in the vehicle at the time of the crash. The 52-year-old driver was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while impaired, first offense, with a passenger under 16 years of age. The driver was also charged with possession of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and possession of drug paraphernalia. The juvenile passenger was released to a responsible adult. 

The Wisconsin State Patrol is conducting the crash investigation, and no injuries were reported in the crash. 

"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."

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