Officer Arrested for DUI After Crash

It's April 22nd. Welcome in. This is El Paso News today, where local news meets AI.

An El Paso police officer named Jason Medina Rivera, a 29-year-old, got arrested last Friday,

April 17th, for driving while. Intoxicated after crashing his truck into a boulder.

Court records show he was behind the wheel of a brand-new GMC Sierra Denali when it happened,

and cops traced it right back to him. He wasn't on duty that night, coming straight from a bar.

But the department confirmed it and relieved him of his duties pending an internal review.

Medina Rivera admitted he was the only one driving, and officers spotted clear signs of intoxication

like bloodshot eyes and booze on his breath. His wife picked him up right after the crash

and took him home, which raised some eyebrows in the report. He told cops he'd nurse just two

tall boybears super slowly from 9pm to 1.50am, calling himself a babysitter for pacing it out,

and he even rattled off street-by-street directions, home, like it was nothing. But things went

south-fast. He failed field sobriety tests in blue.113 and 0.115 on the breathalyzer way over Texases.

0.08 Limon. They both timmed to county jail. He posted $2,500 bond and walked out the same day.

No lawyers listed yet, so this story is still unfolding as the admin process plays out,

leaving folks wondering how it'll shake out for one of their own.