NM MAN RACKS UP 6TH DWI CHARGE

 

FOR ONE NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE OFFICER IT WAS PROBABLY A CASE OF "DON'T I KNOW YOU"? THAT MIGHT BE WHAT ONE STATE POLICE OFFICER SAID FOLLOWING A DWI ARREST A WEEK AGO IN SAN JUAN COUNTY. POLICE HAD PULLED OVER ROGER DEALE AS PART OF A DWI SATURATION PATROL. HE WAS PULLED OVER FOR A HAZARDOUS EQUIPMENT VIOLATION. DEALE FAILED A COUPLE OF FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS AND ADMITTED TO DRINKING THE PREVIOUS DAY.

IT WAS DEALE'S SIXTH DWI ARREST. THE OFFICER WHO ARRESTED DEALE HAD ARRESTED HIM ON TWO PRIOR OCCASIONS, BOTH FOR DWI.