A WOMAN WHO DRIVES THE DISABLED AROUND ALBUQUERQUE IN A VAN IS IN THE MDC. TWENTY-SIX YEAR OLD JAMIE HUGHES WAS ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING AFTER ONLY TWO WEEKS ON HER NEW JOB WITH EASTER SEALS. HUGHES IS SAID TO HAVE BACKED INTO PARKED VEHICLES ON PRIMO COLORES IN SANTA FE. POLICE BELIEVE HUGHES MAY HAVE BEEN DRINKING.
POLICE SAY HER EYES APPEARED BLOODSHOT AND HER SPEECH WAS SLURRED. IT WAS RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO CALLED EASTER SEALS TO COME AND PICK UP THE PASSENGERS ON THAT VAN.
THE CEO OF EASTER SEALS SAYS HUGHES’ DRIVERS’ LICENSE WAS CLEAN, BUT SHE HAD A DISMISSED DWI CHARGE IN SANTA FE IN 2012 … AND SHE BLEW TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT WHEN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE PULLED HER OVER IN 2015. SHE ALSO REFUSED A BREATHALYZER TEST JUST THIS YEAR AND WAS BOOKED ON AGGRAVATED DWI.
