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Man arrested in NM for 22nd drunk driving offense
AP via Breitbart ^ | Aug 25, 2009 | N/A

Posted on 08/25/2009 6:46:22 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

Police said a man was arrested on Monday for his 22nd drunken driving offense—and his blood-alcohol content tested almost five times higher than New Mexico's legal limit. State Police Lt. Eric Garcia said an officer pulled up to a car parked along a highway and found a 51-year-old man on the ground near his vehicle. "He was coherent," Garcia said. "He showed signs of slurred speech, as might be normal for any DWI arrest, which led the officer to believe he might be driving under the influence."

Garcia said the suspect had to be taken by ambulance to Christus St. Vincent hospital in Santa Fe, where a blood-alcohol analysis showed a content level of .393 percent. New Mexico's limit for presumed intoxication is .08 percent.

Police said records showed the man has been arrested five times in New Mexico and at least 16 times elsewhere.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: drunkdriving; dui; dwi
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To: Fractal Trader
As I understand it, New Mexico is the only state that allows alcoholic drinks to be purchased at a drive through window.

Drive throughs were banned over five years ago in NM. Now you have to be sober enough to walk into a gas station convenience store. Here in SE NM on Friday nights, over half the store has cases of beer stacked head high.

21 posted on 08/27/2009 7:34:57 AM PDT by CedarDave (Will Rogers on Death & Taxes: "Death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets")
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To: Jet Jaguar

Illegal alien. I bet a million dollars.


22 posted on 08/27/2009 3:55:32 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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