(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
A Kenosha woman was given a no-cash bail today in Kenosha County Circuit Court for allegedly driving drunk with her kids in the back seat. According to court records, Megan M. Schultz, 35, of Kenosha, was driving drunk while drinking alcohol and hit two parked cars, flipping her car which contained her boyfriend and 6 and 8-year-old children. She was charged with one misdemeanor count of OWI w/ minor under 16 years old and one county of failure to provide a blood/breath sample. She faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five days in jail, and a maximum of six months.
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
Prosecutor T. Clair Binger asked for a signature bond, also known as a no-cash bail, meaning that Schultz didn’t have to post any money to go home. Commissioner William Michel II agreed.
(Kenosha Sheriff)
According to the criminal complaint:
A Kenosha Police Department Officer reported that on November 17, 2024 at approximately 7:41 p.m. he was dispatched to the 3600 block of 40th Street, for an accident with possible injuries. The caller advised that there was a white Jeep flipped over and there was a child inside the vehicle. Upon arrival, the Officer saw a white Jeep that was flipped over onto the driver’s side in the middle of the roadway. There were two legally parked vehicles that were hit by the suspect’s vehicle. Two Kenosha County Deputies were first on the scene of the accident. One deputy was speaking with a female who was sitting on the curb. He advised that the female was the driver of the vehicle. The female was later identified via WI photo driver’s license as Megan M. Schultz. He asked the Schultz how the accident occurred. Schultz said she did not know how the accident happened. The deputy asked Schultz if she had any medical condition that would cause her to blackout and she said no and still could not recall the accident. He advised the Kenosha Police officers that he believed Schultz was intoxicated.
While standing next to Schultz, a backup officer could smell a strong older of intoxicants emitting from her breath. When the backup officer asked Schultz how many alcoholic beverages she had, she said she only had four drinks. She then asked Schultz what kind of drinks she had and she said she had four White Claws. She asked Schultz at what time she started drinking and Schultz said at 2:00 p.m. She asked Schultz what time she stopped drinking and she shook her head and didn’t respond to Officers. When he asked Schultz further questions, she would turn away and look at other individuals and not respond to officers.
The primary officer asked Schultz if she would be willing to perform the standardized field sobriety test (SFST’s). Schultz said her boyfriend will drive her home and everything will be ok. The officer then asked her again if she would perform the tests. Schultz looked at her boyfriend, Casey D. Boero, and did not respond to the question. He asked her again and stated if she did not respond It will be a refusal. Schultz did not respond with a yes or no.
Based on officers’ observations, Schultz was placed into custody for operating while intoxicated. While walking to the rear of the squad car, Schultz was unsteady on her feet and did not walk a straight line.
The primary officer then read her the “Informing the Accused” form, and requested that she submit to an evidentiary test of her blood. At approximately 9:17 p.m., a certified medical technician withdrew a sample of Schultz’s blood for the purposes of the test. The results of that test were not available at the time of this complaint.
The backup Kenosha Police Department Officer reported that while speaking with Schultz, he could smell the odor of intoxicants but due to the wind blowing and there being several onlookers a few feet away from where they were, he could not tell if the smell was directly coming from the defendant right away. The defendant’s eyes were glossed over while he was speaking to her.
The backup officer reported that she searched the defendant’s vehicle and observed the defendant’s car seats in the backseat of the vehicle which she removed so the children could be driven home safely with the family on scene. Due to the vehicle being on the side, the backup officer could not search the entire vehicle, she could only get as far as the back seat from the open trunk. She went around the driver side of the car which is what side the vehicle was laying on. She observed Schultz’s phone laying on the windshield/dashboard. She also observed a pink water bottle laying on the front driver side of the vehicle with a brown unknown liquid leaking from it and getting on the curtained airbag. The backup officer later reported to dispatch advised that the pink water bottle observed earlier in the defendant’s vehicle was in fact filled with alcohol.
The backup officer identified the children and the Kenosha Fire Department checked them out medically and were cleared to go home.
Megan Oster-Schultz was a champion figure skater in the 2000’s. She was the 2006–07 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. Oster-Scholtz is now a long-time figure skating coach and off ice trainer.
(Wikipedia)
Reached by email, the Village of Pleasant Prairie issued the following statement:
“The Village of Pleasant Prairie can confirm that Ms. Schultz is a part-time employee. While the Village is aware of the alleged incident you referenced, we cannot provide any further comment on the matter at this time.”
Schultz is due back in court on February 7, 2025.
(Facebook.com)
36 Responses
Boyfriend Casey is a pos.
Two kids
No husband
Boyfriend
Drunk
Flips Car
Yep, life heading in the right direction
None of that is an issue until the drunk driving comes into play.
Don’t judge a someone for being divorced.
Sounds like he is a pretty shitty boyfriend if he let her drive home…..
Yup! Well known drug dealer
Yup!
Yup!
yup!
Your Anonymous, post Casey’s last name.
Why? The last name is in the article.
Too pussy to not post anonymously lmfaoooo
Who the hell are these keyboard warriors!? Damn!
Looks like the sister of the boyfriend commenting lol
Pleasant Prairie sure has a circus of employees.
Look at the village board and try not to laugh, it’s not what you know, but who you know
Good nobody was hurt.
Just another lost soul living in this dystopia.
I hope she gets a wake up call from this.
Gotta leave the day drinking to the young kids, mid 30s, divorced with 2 kids. Time to grow the fuck up and be thankful nobody was seriously injured.
Michel needs to go!
A “no cash” bail may be more likely to refer to a defendant held without bail which is very, very rare in Wisconsin because the process is so complicated as opposed to setting a very high cash bail. A “signature bond” means someone who just has to sign the bond form without posting cash. Occasionally a co-signer is required but not too often.
Nah. Non-cash bail means you don’t have to pay cash to be released. Google it.
I was referring to “Wisconsin speak” vs. “Google speak.”
That said, a little surprised that she was released without some cash bail required. Keating and some of the other commissioners would likely have required it.
Sounds about White.
Troll on, troll 😘
Maybe trolling but it IS funny …
You overuse this moron
Her attorney will get her a great deal before Carli leaves town. Then, in order to keep endorsing her and remain as successful as he has been, Mr. Parise will follow her to liberal Rock County. There’s going to be a big caravan of c’mon I’ll get ya a good deal with the DA attorneys who will have to follow her there in order to remain successful. Party is over parasites, there’s a new DA in town. Any comments Donald Mayew?
Only thing Parise is good at is marketing himself. You can count his trial wins on one hand. He pleads his clients out, and somehow convinces them that he did them a big favor.
A signature bond is pretty standard in a case like this.
At one time, maybe. Not likely from Commissioners Mason, Keating, Ginkowski and Evans.
Single mums are scourge of society.
Boyfriend in the car? Nah, I was there, he drove up later on, police had him take care of the kids until family came, nice reporting…
You were in the car?
Yup!
Road sodas, almost a solid form of birth control
Shr is lucky CPS didnt get involed. Or are they? They should, she endangered their lives!
A lot of ladies at Kenosha County Detention center were disappointed with this decision….