Tony Romo arrested in Milwaukee on suspicion of drunk driving
Tony Romo was stopped on Interstate 43 in Milwaukee, failed field sobriety tests and was booked on suspicion of OWI. He is due in court Sept. 21.
Tony Romo was arrested Thursday night in Milwaukee on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence after Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies stopped him on Interstate 43 and said he performed poorly on field sobriety tests. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and CBS NFL analyst was taken into custody, booked and released, and a court appearance was set for Sept. 21.
The arrest pushed a nationally known football figure into Wisconsin’s impaired-driving process, where the roadside stop becomes a documented case and the next formal step is a court appearance. The sheriff’s office said the stop happened while Romo was driving south on Interstate 43, placing the case squarely in the arrest stage rather than the courtroom stage.
Romo’s ties to the state added to the attention around the case. He attended high school in Burlington, Wisconsin, about 35 miles from Milwaukee, a local connection that made the arrest resonate beyond his profile as a broadcaster and former NFL quarterback.
For public figures, the immediate consequences of a suspected drunk-driving arrest are no different from those for any other driver: police contact, field sobriety testing, custody, booking and release, followed by a court date. Romo’s case now moves to that next phase on Sept. 21, when the legal process will begin to address the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office arrest report and the circumstances of the stop.
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