Driver arrested twice in two nights
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JANESVILLE — A Janesville man who killed another man while driving drunk and trying to kill himself in 1994 was arrested on consecutive nights on charges of drunken driving, his fifth and sixth arrests on such charges.
David R. Ambrose, 37, of 120 N. River St., No. 203, was arrested at 9:44 p.m. Wednesday at his address.
He was arrested again at 9:15 p.m. Thursday at North River Street and Centerway in Janesville.
Ambrose was in custody this morning at the Rock County Jail. Because fifth and higher offenses of drunken driving are felonies, Ambrose could face jail time.
In 1994, Ambrose pleaded guilty to killing Alexander R. Munro, 19, of Janesville on May 1 of that year by trying to ram a stolen car into a bridge in a drunken attempt to kill himself.
Ambrose was trying to smash the stolen car into a bridge on Highway 14 near County E. His attorney, public defender Don Weeden, then told the court that Ambrose had pulled out to pass a truck and build up speed when Munro’s car “appeared out of nowhere.”
The vehicles collided head on.
Ambrose spent nearly four months in hospitals recovering from his injuries. About a month after his release from a hospital, he stole another car. At the time, his family was concerned that Ambrose would try to kill himself again, especially because his father had found a 30-page suicide letter that Ambrose had written while hospitalized.
The letter was addressed to Munro.
Ambrose was sentenced to eight years in prison for homicide by drunken driving.
In 2002, he was convicted of driving on a revoked license and misdemeanor theft, according to court records.
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