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Police reports detail Beto O’Rourke’s 1998 DWI arrest
« on: August 31, 2018, 03:08:30 pm »
Houston Chronicle by Kevin Diaz 8/30/2018

U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke has long owned up to his drunken driving arrest 20 years ago, describing it in a Houston Chronicle/San Antonio Express-News op-ed piece earlier this week as a “serious mistake for which there is no excuse.”

Although the arrest has been public knowledge, police reports of the September 1998 incident - when the Democratic Senate candidate had just turned 26 - show that it was a more serious threat to public safety than has previously been reported.

State and local police reports obtained by the Chronicle and Express-News show that O’Rourke was driving drunk at what a witness called “a high rate of speed” in a 75 mph zone on Interstate 10 about a mile from the New Mexico border. He lost control and hit a truck, sending his car careening across the center median into oncoming lanes. The witness, who stopped at the scene, later told police that O’Rourke had tried to drive away from the scene.

O’Rourke recorded a 0.136 and 0.134 on police breathalyzers, well above the legal limit of 0.08 in Texas. He was arrested at the scene and charged with DWI, but completed a court-approved diversion program and had the charges dismissed.

More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Police-reports-detail-Beto-O-Rourke-s-1998-13195088.php
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Re: Police reports detail Beto O’Rourke’s 1998 DWI arrest
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2018, 03:18:12 pm »
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Re: Police reports detail Beto O’Rourke’s 1998 DWI arrest
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2018, 03:19:28 pm »
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Re: Police reports detail Beto O’Rourke’s 1998 DWI arrest
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2018, 03:28:29 pm »
Quote from: musiclady on August 31, 2018, 03:19:28 pm
He's Irish.




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Quote from: musiclady on August 31, 2018, 03:19:28 pm
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Re: Police reports detail Beto O’Rourke’s 1998 DWI arrest
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2018, 03:47:41 pm »
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke has long owned up to his drunken driving arrest 20 years ago, describing it in a Houston Chronicle/San Antonio Express-News op-ed piece earlier this week as a “serious mistake for which there is no excuse.”

He still hasn't addressed the Mopery with Intent to Creep charges.
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