TWENTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD RICHARD DIAZ OF SANTA FE WAS ARRESTED BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SUNDAY EVENING AFTER HE’S SEEN SHOOTING UP HEROIN WHILE DRIVING ON SAN MATEO. OFFICER TANNER TIXIER SAYS AN OFF-DUTY POLICEMAN REPORTED SEEING DIAZ INJECTING SOMETHING INTO HIS SYSTEM . WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY POLICE THEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF DRUG USE ON THE FLOOR.
TIXIER SAYS IT’S A LITTLE UNUSUAL TO SEE A DRUG USER ACTUALLY DRIVING WHILE GETTING HIGH. HE SAYS MOST HEROIN ADDICTS PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE SHOOTING. UP.
THERE WAS ALSO A 7 YEAR OLD GIRL IN THE BACK SEAT , LEADING TO CHILD ABUSE CHARGES BEING FILED AGAINST DIAZ.
