Two Local Area Individuals Charged with Operating While Intoxicated

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

January 12, 2011

On January 7, 2011 at approximately 2:10am a Sauk County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to stop a vehicle on
CTH H in the area of Lyndon Road in the Township of Dellona. The vehicle operator refused to pull over initially, but finally complied. After coming to a stop, the operator of the vehicle, identified as Sheridan G. Cloud, age 36, of Wisconsin Dells WI, attempted to flee on foot. The Deputy caught up with Cloud, who resisted being taken into custody. The Deputy deployed his Taser on Cloud, and Cloud complied and was taken into custody. Cloud has been charged with Operating While Intoxicated 6th Offense, Operating While Revoked, Operating Left of Centerline, Obstructing an Officer, and an Order to Detain from the Department of Corrections.

While the Deputy was attempting to take Cloud into custody, a passenger in the vehicle, Tina J. Whitman, age 25, of Wisconsin Dells, WI, got into the driver’s seat and attempted to leave the scene in the vehicle. Another Deputy responded and detained the vehicle. As a result, Whitman was arrested and charged with Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated 3rd Offense, and Operating After Revocation 3rd Offense.

Both subjects were incarcerated in the Sauk County Jail.

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Sheriff Chip Meister