Cop
arrested for suspicion of DWI in his patrol car
by
SHELTON GREEN / KVUE News and Photojournalist JUSTIN TERRY
khou.com
Posted
on March 30, 2012 at 10:22 AM
MUSTANG
RIDGE, Texas – A police officer working in a small community 30 miles south of
Austin is now engaged in a fight to keep his job after he was arrested for
Driving While Intoxicated in his marked patrol car.
Around
1:15 Wednesday afternoon, Officer Jacob Cuevas was spotted by a passerby in
Guadalupe County, a little more than 40 miles from Mustang Ridge, slumped over
the steering wheel of his patrol car.
Cuevas
was off-duty and in plain clothes, and it isn’t known why he was in his police
unit.
Guadalupe
County Sheriff Deputies say when they arrived they saw Cuevas driving on FM
621.
When
he was pulled over, deputies said they could smell alcohol on Cuevas and they
also said that he appeared intoxicated.
Cuevas
was arrested and charged with DWI. He was taken to the Guadalupe County Jail in
Seguin.
“Well
shoot he should be fired because I feel a police officer is supposed to be
upstanding in the community, they represent the community,” said W. Williams, a
Bastrop County resident who frequently drives to Mustang Ridge.
Cuevas
posted a $10,000 bond and was on administrative leave, pending the outcome of
his case.
Cop
arrested for suspicion of DWI in his patrol car
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by
SHELTON GREEN / KVUE News and Photojournalist JUSTIN TERRY
khou.com
Posted
on March 30, 2012 at 10:22 AM
MUSTANG
RIDGE, Texas – A police officer working in a small community 30 miles south of
Austin is now engaged in a fight to keep his job after he was arrested for
Driving While Intoxicated in his marked patrol car.
Around
1:15 Wednesday afternoon, Officer Jacob Cuevas was spotted by a passerby in
Guadalupe County, a little more than 40 miles from Mustang Ridge, slumped over
the steering wheel of his patrol car.
Cuevas
was off-duty and in plain clothes, and it isn’t known why he was in his police
unit.
Guadalupe
County Sheriff Deputies say when they arrived they saw Cuevas driving on FM
621.
When
he was pulled over, deputies said they could smell alcohol on Cuevas and they
also said that he appeared intoxicated.
Cuevas
was arrested and charged with DWI. He was taken to the Guadalupe County Jail in
Seguin.
“Well
shoot he should be fired because I feel a police officer is supposed to be
upstanding in the community, they represent the community,” said W. Williams, a
Bastrop County resident who frequently drives to Mustang Ridge.
Cuevas
posted a $10,000 bond and was on administrative leave, pending the outcome of
his case.