Bail was set at $300,000 cash for an Oakfield man charged after crashing his car into the Verizon cell phone store in Fond du Lac last week. Twenty year old Benjamin Ayer made his initial Fond du Lac Court appearance Tuesday on eight counts of First Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety, Injury by Intoxicated Use of a Vehicle, Possession of THC, Operating While Under the Influence Causing Injury , and Possession of Drug Paraphenalia. Police Captain Tony Hahn say Ayer was driving a car that veered off North Rolling Meadows Drive through parts of a terrace and parking lot before jumping a curb and slamming into the store’s showroom. Four people were injured, one critically. Ayer will be back in court May 12th for his preliminary hearing.
