VIDEO: Valencia County DWI suspect blows four times legal limit

VALENCIA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Valencia County Sheriff’s deputies pull over a suspected drunk driver. They say he failed the field sobriety test and later blew four times the legal limit.

Deputies say on June 9, 52-year-old Javier Lopez was driving on El Cerro Mission Road when deputies say he drove off the road and was seen driving through a stop sign. He even continued to drive all the way home, despite police attempting to pull him over.

“How come you didn’t stop at the stop sign?” says Deputy L. Chavez in newly released lapel footage.

Lopez: I stopped.
Deputy Chavez: You didn’t stop, I was behind you.

With bloodshot eyes and slurred speech, Lopez is asked to complete a series of sobriety tests. he goes on to fail both the walking test and balancing on one leg, all while officers continue to question him.

Lopez eventually admits to having two beers. He is taken into custody and taken to the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office. On the way there and even when he arrived at the office, deputies say they tried to bribe them, to “make a deal” several times.

Deputy Chavez: What was that?
Lopez: We can make a deal.
Deputies: No, no deal.

On the lapel video, Lopez continues to ask officers to let this go.

Lopez: Can we make a deal?
Deputy Chavez: If you want to continue to ask that, you can get charged with that s***. It is a crime.

Lopez took a breathalyzer. Deputies say Lopez blew a .32; four times the legal limit. Lopez was charged with DWI and three counts of bribing an officer. His first court appearance is scheduled for July 24.

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