This sergeant has just spotted a car driving the wrong way. And as deputies move in to stop it before anyone gets hurt. It will be their own squad cars that will end up taking the damage from this driver's [music] wild start to the new year. >> Corrections monitoring system. A project Melvin Rogers is in violation. >> Around 2:36 a.m. on Thursday, January 1st, 2026, a Milwaukee County Sheriff's Sergeant broadcast over the patrol channel about a Mercedes-Benz heading northbound in the southbound lanes on I43 near Milwaukee County. 90 dispatch. Actually, 80 dispatch. Wrongway driver northbound in the in the southbound lanes. I'm going to flip around and try and catch up to her. All right. Look like a female driver 2017. That was northbound and the southbound. I'm coming northbound from the driver. >> As several deputies respond to the call, one [music] of them who's closer to the area ends up finding the driver, but not in the way anyone expected. are looking. >> They're on the phone. >> 49R. >> You put me with it. >> They just hit me. >> I'm good. Southbound 43 just before North Avenue. >> Just north of North Avenue. Abby, do you need medical? >> I'm fine. Uh, let me check on the driver. >> Are you okay? >> I'm okay. >> All right. Is anybody else in the car? Turn out of the transmission. I'm talking with the driver. Driver's conscious and breathing. 109. Step out the vehicle. Uh, just get medical route for the driver. Uh, driver's conscious breathing. I have my own squad. Come here. 49. I'm okay. Period. Just lean back. >> You got a license on you, >> huh? >> You have a license on you? Do you have a license? >> Um, Zachariah, >> that's your name? >> Zachariah. >> Okay. Clearly, 23-year-old Zachariah seems to have no idea what he's done to the deputy squad car. And before the night is over, it won't be the only one he damages. >> Can I Can I call my dad? >> Not yet. >> Okay. >> 2017, I have lane one closed. 21. >> You know where you're at, huh? You know where you're at. Do you know where you're at? Come here. I >> Do you know where you're at? >> Milwaukee. >> Okay. Do you know what you're doing right now? >> My I live >> Okay. You understand you're driving the wrong side of the freeway, right? >> Freeway. Yeah. I'm I know that I'm on the freeway somewhere. >> All right. Here. Come on. Let's get you back in the squad. >> Okay. >> You relax. Put your hands now. Oh, he is. Sorry. >> Are you good? >> All right. You got anything on you besides your keys? >> No. >> Okay. >> Okay. Walk around. >> Walk this way. Over here. >> I'm going to have you stand right here real quick. Face the car. Face the squad. All right. Go. Hop in. All right. You ready to check out? >> I'm good. >> How fast? >> About like >> 20. >> 15 20. Yeah. I hit the air horn. Stra down. >> Do we need to get a tow for 49? >> I'd say yes. Elbow. >> With Zach finally secured in the squad car, deputies start assessing the damage and searching his vehicle, leaving him alone as he ends up ruining yet another squad. A3 dispatch. [snorts] >> Traffic corrections monitoring system. A subject Malcolm Rogers is in violation. Apart from finding his phone and wallet, deputies find a small amount of marijuana, often called shake, that was scattered all over the car. going up. >> I stopped here. I hit my air boy. I'm trying to get stuff. I try to get just in case. Think I killed somebody. >> Oh, I got a squad cam. So, I mean, it's not like we don't know where he got on. >> All right. So, he's not the victim. At least he's not hurt. >> No, he's not hurt. Just smashed his squad. Jeff's going to be [laughter] That's going to be a lot of work to fix that. That whole front fender, that quarter panel, whatever the side, it's smashed. Nothing you Nothing you can do about it. I mean, kind of unavoidable on your part. All right. I'm going go on my >> Yeah, I was good. I was stopped. Slow down. >> We slowed down, but he didn't stop. He He's understanding. He just He's out of it. >> But I mean, he's understanding English. I don't think we need to go to like an interpreter. >> I don't think he speaks English. I don't think he speaks any other language. >> If you do both for blood and uh if it is alcohol, he's probably going to have marijuana in his system. He's got a small nugget in there. Really small nugget. >> All right, you can keep talking to the bosses. I'll clean off the truck. >> Guys, don't let him take it yet until we get the uh crash report. >> Come on, Chris. >> Get out of here. >> He actually almost hit me first. I was up by Highland and uh I was getting ready to exit by Highland and he came flying in my squad, so I tried to get him to stop, but then he went around me. >> Hell, dude. We're going to do the investigation. Rus is going to go get checked out. >> Can you belt him? I don't think I don't think Rita's done. >> Hey man, >> I need to get past real quick. >> I need to seek bel. >> Are we good or no? >> Was it >> Are we good or no? >> Yeah. >> As Zach is brought in for questioning, deputies already know he's heavily intoxicated. But when they try to get answers about how things spiral to this point, Zach's priorities still lie in finishing his nap and throwing up. >> Going to be out of Wisconsin boy Charles Lincoln. >> Hey boss, >> he puked. Just a heads up. >> What happened? >> What happened tonight, boss? >> Where you coming from tonight? >> What was that? Where are you coming from? >> Are you willing to do fields tonight? Test to make sure that you're okay to drive. You going to Are you going to talk to me at all? >> No. >> Yes. >> Where were we coming from tonight? >> What's that wristband from? >> Are you wanting to do some tests tonight? You want to do some test night or you are you good? Excuse me. >> Are you able to hop out of the truck for me? >> Hold up. Let's take the seat belt off. >> Sorry. Hop on out. >> There you go. Easy. Let's go back to that black car right over there. Okay. What happened tonight? Can at least tell me where you were coming from? >> How much do we have to drink tonight? A lot. >> A lot. How much is a lot? >> Where's that? Where'd you get that wristband from? >> The wristband I got from um um 12. Um um >> where were you where were you driving tonight? Where were you headed to? >> It's okay if you can't remember. >> 12. >> Okay. Where were you going? >> The strip club. Um, >> which strip club? >> Third Street. >> Third Street. >> Third Third Street. >> Are you willing to do some tests tonight to make sure that you're okay to drive? >> No. >> No. All right. Go ahead. Turn around. Be around your back. You're under arrest for OWI and second degree recklessly endangering safety. You have anything under that I need you to know about guns bazookas anything like that? >> No back no background. >> No what? No weapons? >> No. >> I guess put back in Scott's truck for now. >> I mean I did I crew coming now but I don't know how quick they're >> Put them on the bench for right now and then we'll start the paperwork. Ultimately, Zachariah was charged with felony, secondderee recklessly endangering safety, misdemeanor, operating while intoxicated, second offense. He also received over $800 in traffic citations. Ultimately, he was released on a $7,500 cash bond with conditions to maintain absolute sobriety and to be monitored by portable breathalyzers. 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