Police: Man arrested for 4th OWI, fake license plates made of cardboard beer case

Chippewa Falls Police Department says Officer Scott Schoenwtter arrested a man Friday night for a fourth offense OWI and found fake license plates that were made of cardboard beer cases.

Police Chief Matt Kelm says Nicholas Layton was arrested for a fourth OWI offense and bail jumping.

Officers noted the plates did not match the vehicle. Officers found the fake plates were carefully hand painted onto the back of a cardboard Hamms beer case.

4th Offense OWI- Fake Plates
Over the weekend Officer Schoenwetter made an arrest for 4th Offense OWI-Operating While Intoxicated. The registration plates on the suspect vehicle, did not match the vehicle. Upon inspection, the plates were not real plates at all................Maybe they are legal in the THE LAND OF SKY BLUE WATERS just not here in Chippewa Falls!!!
Posted by Chippewa Falls Police Department on Sunday, November 17, 2019

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