By Paul Srubas
psrubas@greenbaypressgazette.com
A 42-year-old Green Bay woman had an argument with her boyfriend and was reportedly searching for him when she ran over him and killed him on the city's east side on Friday night, a prosecutor said Monday.
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Marlene Wanek is accused in Brown County Circuit Court with homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle in Friday's death of Kenneth Brown, 41, of Avondale, Ariz.
Wanek appeared by teleconference from the Brown County Jail for her initial court appearance before Court Commissioner Lawrence Gazeley, who scheduled her next court appearance for Dec. 10.
A criminal complaint has not yet been prepared in the case, but Deputy District Attorney Lawrence Lasee told the court that Wanek and Brown had a relationship spanning at least a few years. The two were at a tavern, where Wanek had spent $60 on a video gambling machine and tried to persuade Brown to give her $20 more. Brown left angrily, saying he would walk home, and Wanek left minutes later to look for him, Lasee said.
She told police she hit something in the road on East Mason Street, near Goodell Street, and it rolled over the top of her car, Lasee said. She discovered it was Brown, and she was trying to resuscitate him when police arrived, Lasee said.
She failed a field sobriety test and was arrested for operating while intoxicated, Lasee said.
The crash happened about 11 p.m.
Lasee asked for a 30-day delay in the court proceeding to allow police time to conduct a reconstruction of the crash. Gazeley consented and allowed Wanek's release from jail on a $25,000 signature bond.
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