THE TWO CASES WERE FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE STATE AND INVOLVED REPEAT DRUNK DRIVERS. ON DECEMBER 31ST, STATE POLICE IN LAS VEGAS STOPPED 52 YEAR OLD ARTHUR LUCERO WHO TOLD OFFICERS HE HAD BEEN DRINKING, QUOTE , “A LOT.” HE WAS TOO DRUNK TO TAKE A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST AND BLEW A POINT-3-0 … NEARLY FOUR TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. POLICE SAY THIS WAS HIS SEVENTH DWI OFFENSE.
THEN ON JAN 4TH, STATE POLICE IN THE DEMING AREA ARRESTED 74 YEAR OLD ROGER CHARLET AFTER HE DROVE OVER 8 MILES HEADING EAST IN THE WESTBOUND LANES OF I-10. HE BLEW A .24. THIS WAS HIS SECOND DWI ARREST IN LESS THAN A MONTH.
