Police arrests include two without pants, two on third OWIs

La Crosse police busy on warm weekend

Here are some of the weekend police reports, which involved two cases of someone removing their pants and two cases in which someone was charged with their third OWI.

MAN GETS THIRD OWI AFTER RUCKUS AT
CENTRAL HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNEY

The next girls basketball tournament Ryan Gilbertson goes to, he’ll probably leave the booze at home. 

The Wauzeka, Wis., man was cited for his third OWI Saturday afternoon, after complaints of his actions in the Central High School parking lot during the tournament. 

Gilbertson left the parking lot and, around 3 p.m. Saturday, was pulled over at a gas station down the road. 

The 38-year-old told La Crosse police he got done “cracking” a beer not too long ago.

MAN REMOVES PANTS, CRASHES ON COUCH AT WRONG APT.

Bailey Olson finally has some answers to the strange text messages he’d been receiving. Someone kept texting the 20-year-old that he needed to fix the door he kicked in. 

La Crosse Police, on Friday, informed him those texts were from his neighbor, who lives exactly one floor down in an apartment on Third Street. 

Turns out, Olson kicked in that neighbor’s door. Took off his pants. And made himself at home for the night on the couch, thinking it was his place. 

The resident whose house was broken into wasn’t sure who was sleeping on his couch. He text his roommate to see if there was maybe a friend sleeping over. The roommate, however, didn’t reply until around 5 a.m. with some type of “no” for an answer. 

The man also found Olson’s cell phone on the floor and used it to text himself so he would have his number. 

When he got confirmation from his roommate that a friend was not sleeping over, the resident went to, well, probably kick Olson out of his apartment, but he was already gone.

He waited a week to call police, while he tried to get Olson to reply to his texts, as he didn’t feel the need to charge the guy in a criminal matter, figuring it was just a college kid who had too much to drink.

Turns out, Olson lived exactly one floor up. He was cited for damage to property. 

GUY FOUND PANTLESS, ASLEEP ON WHEEL, GIVEN THIRD OWI

A good way to get an OWI is to fall asleep, not at the wheel, but on the wheel. 

That’s how Chris Rude napped in his car Saturday around 2 a.m. in La Crosse.

Neighbors on 32nd Street complained someone’s horn had been going off for 30 minutes. 

La Crosse police found Rude comfy in his car, pants and shoes removed. The Greenfield, Wis., native was cited for his third OWI.