According to KGBT-TV Channel 4 ("Action 4 News"), a Texas municipal judge from Mercedes was recently arrested for his third drunk driving incident.
The judge, Rogelio Garcia, was pulled over after state troopers caught him speeding. He failed a field sobriety test, and then refused to submit to a breath test. The troopers said he appeared highly intoxicated. Because this is his third arrest for DWI, he faces a felony DWI this time around.
Garcia was first arrested for DWI in 1984. He was convicted and got two years probation. His second arrest was in 1995. For that DWI he was convicted in 1996 and received one year probation and a $350 fine.
In the Marine Corps, one DWI is called an alcohol related incident. It is an episode of substance abuse. Three such incidents and the abuser will be screened for alcoholism. This in no way implies or suggests that the judge here is alcohol dependent. But just maybe he should reflect upon his conduct. For the rest of us, we can reflect upon what three arrests would do to our families and professional life.
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