Man gets year in jail for urinating on officer

[December 10, 2009]  SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) -- A Waldo man accused of urinating on a police officer during his fifth drunken-driving arrest has been sentenced to a year in jail.

Court records released Wednesday show 36-year-old Daniel L. Shilts Jr. of Waldo was also fined about $3,600 and had his driver's license revoked for three years.

The Sheboygan Press said according to the criminal complaint, Shilts was pulled over in November 2008 in Plymouth after an officer saw his vehicle hit a pole at a gas station.

The complaint said Shilts failed field-sobriety tests. It said as he was taken to the police station he urinated in the back of the squad car, spraying the back of the officer's head.

Defense attorney Chris Eippert said he thinks the sentence was appropriate to help Shilts deal with his acknowledged alcoholism.

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Information from: The Sheboygan Press, http://www.sheboygan-press.com/

[Associated Press]

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