Courts
Passed-out driver charged with 5th OWI
A driver from La Crosse is up to his 5th OWI charge, after being found asleep at the wheel at an intersection.
City police discovered 38-year-old Todd Alberts in his car late Thursday night, stopped at Farnam and Losey.
Alberts was slumped over the wheel.
He admitted that he was taking a medicine used to fight opioid addiction.
An officer also found him carrying heroin and chocolate mushrooms.
Alberts had his 4th OWI conviction in 2013.
He needs $2500 to get out of the La Crosse County jail.
