{"id":824053,"date":"2026-07-24T22:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/824053\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:50:12","slug":"tony-romo-arrested-and-booked-for-dui-on-golf-trip-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/824053\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Romo arrested and booked for DUI on golf trip home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Romo was arrested for driving under the influence Thursday night in Milwaukee County, The Post has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Per the arrest-detention report, Romo was stopped on the road around 8 p.m. while driving southbound on I-43 and failed to pass standard field sobriety tests. <\/p>\n<p>Then the former Cowboys quarterback and member of CBS\u2019 NFL broadcast team was taken into custody for OWI book and release. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not yet known what type of vehicle Romo was driving. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.83333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40081101\" width=\"492\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Romo-Antonio-Booking-Photo.jpg\" alt=\" Tony Romo mug shot\" class=\"wp-image-40081101\"  \/>Tony Romo mug shot from his DUI arrest on Thursday night in Milwaukee County. Milwaukee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>Per the report, he was given a court date of Sept. 21.<\/p>\n<p>The police said that the statement remains \u201cunder investigation\u201d and a further statement could come later on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred close to Burlington, where Romo grew up and graduated from Burlington High School.<\/p>\n<p>He was the first student athlete at the school to be named all-state in three sports \u2014 football, basketball and golf.<\/p>\n<p>The Burlington Area School District later named a field after Romo in February 2020. <\/p>\n<p>Romo was seemingly back in the area for the Wisconsin State Amateur golf tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m competitive in both, I\u2019m just better at football,\u201d he said on the links <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Karley_Marotta\/status\/2080358413381296545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">to TMJ4 News on Thursday<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s the challenge of it. It\u2019s as tough as you\u2019re gonna play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Romo finished 35-over at the tournament \u2014 32 shots behind the winner.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40080809\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2003724990.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Romo at Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, February 11, 2024, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.\" class=\"wp-image-40080809\"  \/>Tony Romo on the desk for CBS at Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, February 11, 2024, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. CBS via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>A first-offense OWI in Wisconsin is typically a civil offense and not a criminal charge. <\/p>\n<p>It typically carries a fine ranging from $150-$300.<\/p>\n<p>This fall, Romo will be entering his 10th season calling NFL games for CBS.<\/p>\n<p>After going undrafted in the 2003 NFL Draft out of Eastern Illinois University, he went on to play 13 seasons with the Cowboys that included four Pro Bowl nods. <\/p>\n<p>The furthest he took Dallas into the playoffs was the NFL Divisional round, falling short of an NFC Championship game and a Super Bowl appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Romo retired in 2017 and joined CBS as a color analyst in April of that year. <\/p>\n<p>CBS has not responded to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Romo was arrested for driving under the influence Thursday night in Milwaukee County, The Post has confirmed.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[201213,49,48,51710,622,514,82,25577],"class_list":["post-824053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-athlete-arrests","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrity-arrests","tag-golf","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-tony-romo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}