Judge sentences police detective on OWI, gun charges

MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Milwaukee police detective Randall Chicks Tuesday, May 15th on charges Chicks drove drunk while armed with a handgun.

Chicks was arrested in November 2011 after he crashed his pickup truck on Highway 45. The criminal complaint against him says Chick was trying to use his cell phone and lost control of the truck. The complaint also indicates Chick's blood alcohol concentration was .139 -- or nearly twice the legal limit for driving.

The judge gave Chicks on Tuesday a $175 fine plus a seven-month revocation of his license. For the gun charge, he was sentenced to 60 days in the House of Correction stayed -- and one year probation, under conditions he has no criminal activity, no alcohol and takes part in a treatment program.

Chicks could have faced up to nine months in jail and $10,000 in fines.