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Brianna Begay
Jan. 3, 12:56 am
Aggravated DWI (Third)
A visit to a late-night drive-thru resulted in Brianna Begay, 35, of Gallup, being arrested for her third DWI.
Metro Dispatch received a call stating a driver was unresponsive at the wheel of a green Jeep Patriot in the drive-thru at Del Taco at 550 U.S. Hwy. 491.
Gallup Officer Vincent Thompson responded to the call and arrived at the scene and found the vehicle. He knocked on the front window but the driver, Begay, did not respond. Thompson shone his flashlight in her face but she still did not wake. He had to shake the vehicle to wake Begay up.
Thompson told Begay to open the vehicle door but she shifted her vehicle into reverse and went back about three feet before shifting the vehicle again and moving forward and stopping on the curb. Begay exited the vehicle after repeated commands to do so, and Thompson noted she staggered as she went towards the back of the vehicle.
She showed other signs of intoxication including bloodshot eyes, a smell of alcohol, and slurred her speech as she told him she had not consumed any alcohol.
Begay initially agreed to take the Standard Field Sobriety Tests but quickly changed her mind and refused to take the tests. She was placed under arrest and her vehicle was secured, during which Thompson found an open can of Truly Hard Seltzer in the center console. Thompson was also advised by Metro Dispatch that Begay had two prior DWIs.
Despite agreeing to the breath test, Begay again changed her mind and did not cooperate when she was taken to Gallup Police Department. Her actions were taken as a refusa,l and she was transported to McKinley County Adult Detention Center and booked for aggravated DWI (third) and having an open container.
Begay is awaiting a motion hearing set for March 29.
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