An Arkansas man in Fond du Lac for a construction project faces multiple charges following an alcohol-related crash, but its what happened following the crash that really got him into trouble. In addition to OWI-third offense, Edward Hernandez is charged with resisting, criminal damage to property, carrying a concealed weapon, battery or threats to a witness, spitting on a public safety officer and armed with a firearm while intoxicated. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says Hernandez failed to negotiate a turn from County Road G onto Highway CCC and crashed into the ditch. A nearby resident heard the crash and went to see if he could help the driver. “The driver was threatening him, making threats to harm him and his family,” Waldschmidt told WFDL news.
Waldschmidt says when a sheriff’s deputy arrived a few minutes later Hernandez was out of his vehicle. “The first deputy on the scene found him (Hernandez) running down the side of the road with a beer can in his hand.” Waldschmidt says Hernandez continued to resist even after he was handcuffed and placed in the squad car. Hernandez began kicking the passenger side door and plexiglass window protectors and banging his head against the cage that separates the front and back seats. “…just very much out of control to the point the squad car is rocking back and forth,” Waldschmidt said. A Fond du Lac paramedic crew arrived to administer a sedative, as the subject continued to resist. Hernandez was eventually sedated and transported to the hospital by ambulance. Deputies also found a loaded gun in his car. Waldschmidt says the next day Hernandez apologized from his jail cell. “The story is he had been sober for a while and then drank too much, didn’t remember what he had consumed that night, but whatever it was it made him crazy.”
