Full Notification

On March 13, 2021 at 1:57 AM, an officer with the Middleton Police Department observed a vehicle traveling southbound from Parmenter St to westbound University Ave.  The officer noticed that the vehicle made a wide right hand turn, crossing the lane divider lines. The driver then drove in the center of University Ave, driving in both westbound lanes.  After following the vehicle for a period of time, a traffic stop was initiated and the vehicle stopped.

The driver was identified as Yonatan Albarran-Alvarez, age 31, of Madison.  Officers noted a strong odor of intoxicants coming from Albarran-Alvarez’s breath, he had glassy eyes, and his speech was slurred.  The Officer also noted that Albarran-Alvarez had open intoxicants inside his vehicle in close proximity to him.

Following field sobriety testing, Albarran-Alvarez was arrested for 4th offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), a felony.  He submitted to an evidentiary chemical test of his breath, which registered 0.07. Albarran-Alvarez has a .02 restriction related to his previous OWI offenses.

Albarran-Alvarez was booked into the Dane County Jail for the felony OWI.  He was also ticketed for Improper Right Hand turn and Possession of Open Intoxicants. 

Sergeant Steve Ziegler
Middleton Police Department
www.MiddletonPD.com

Pursuant to the directive of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as found in Supreme Court Rule 20:3.6, Trial Publicity, you are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.