MONROE - A Brodhead man convicted of fleeing police while drunk received a deferred sentence after his counselor, employer, high school principal and others filed letters of support for him last week in Green County Circuit Court.
Brock Allen Foesch, 25, pleaded no contest Sept. 11 and entered a two-year deferred prosecution agreement on a Class I felony charge of fleeing an officer. He also pleaded no contest to a first-offense citation for operating while intoxicated. Citations for reckless driving and operating with a prohibited blood-alcohol concentration were dismissed.
The charges stem from an attempted traffic stop around dawn on May 17 in Brodhead.
At 5:25 a.m., a Brodhead officer tried to stop a vehicle because the "front-seat passenger was lying upside down in the seat with his bare feet hanging out of the sunroof and not wearing a seatbelt."
The driver, later identified as Foesch, led the officer on a pursuit at speeds of 120 mph and faster, according to the criminal complaint.
Eventually apprehended, Foesch blew a 0.223 percent blood-alcohol concentration in a preliminary breath test. In an official test later, he registered 0.19 percent.
Five letters supporting Foesch were filed with the court, addressed to Judge James Beer.
Foesch's substance abuse counselor wrote that his client has shown "exemplary progress by working on his
sobriety, evaluating his relationship with alcohol, being completely open and honest, and having a willingness to put suggestions into action in his life outside treatment."
Thomas McClaren, owner of McClaren Machine and Tool in Brodhead, wrote that Foesch has worked for the company since 2012 and described him as a "model employee" who works 50-plus hours per week.
Leonard P. Lueck, superintendent of the Brodhead school district, wrote that he was Foesch's high school principal and has stayed in touch with him since graduation.
"It is easy to write a letter of reference for Brock. He is a very enjoyable young man," Lueck wrote.
Tammy Thayer, a neighbor of Foesch's mother in McFarland and CEO of the Madison College Foundation, described Foesch as helpful and hardworking.
"I am confident that Brock will not make this type of mistake again," she wrote.
Brock Allen Foesch, 25, pleaded no contest Sept. 11 and entered a two-year deferred prosecution agreement on a Class I felony charge of fleeing an officer. He also pleaded no contest to a first-offense citation for operating while intoxicated. Citations for reckless driving and operating with a prohibited blood-alcohol concentration were dismissed.
The charges stem from an attempted traffic stop around dawn on May 17 in Brodhead.
At 5:25 a.m., a Brodhead officer tried to stop a vehicle because the "front-seat passenger was lying upside down in the seat with his bare feet hanging out of the sunroof and not wearing a seatbelt."
The driver, later identified as Foesch, led the officer on a pursuit at speeds of 120 mph and faster, according to the criminal complaint.
Eventually apprehended, Foesch blew a 0.223 percent blood-alcohol concentration in a preliminary breath test. In an official test later, he registered 0.19 percent.
Five letters supporting Foesch were filed with the court, addressed to Judge James Beer.
Foesch's substance abuse counselor wrote that his client has shown "exemplary progress by working on his
sobriety, evaluating his relationship with alcohol, being completely open and honest, and having a willingness to put suggestions into action in his life outside treatment."
Thomas McClaren, owner of McClaren Machine and Tool in Brodhead, wrote that Foesch has worked for the company since 2012 and described him as a "model employee" who works 50-plus hours per week.
Leonard P. Lueck, superintendent of the Brodhead school district, wrote that he was Foesch's high school principal and has stayed in touch with him since graduation.
"It is easy to write a letter of reference for Brock. He is a very enjoyable young man," Lueck wrote.
Tammy Thayer, a neighbor of Foesch's mother in McFarland and CEO of the Madison College Foundation, described Foesch as helpful and hardworking.
"I am confident that Brock will not make this type of mistake again," she wrote.