Director of State District Attorneys Charged with NM DWI

Top staffer arrested for drunk driving near Bernalillo.

The director of the state’s district attorneys association was arrested for driving while intoxicated in New Mexico. Randy Saavedra was stopped last Saturday at a sobriety checkpoint in Bernalillo, north of Albuquerque. He reportedly had bloodshot and watery eyes, had a strong odor of alcohol and slurred his speech. The arrest complaint also cites ‘several signs of impairment’. A blood alcohol content reading was not included. Saavedra denies being intoxicated and vows to fight the charges.

Saavedra was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in New Mexico in 2001 but the charges were dropped by the district attorney in Bernalillo County. That arrest was before he was named head of the state-funded DAs office. He was appointed to the position by a board made up of state district attorneys. Saavedra has amassed 36 traffic citations over the last 20 years, yet has never paid a fine or received a jail sentence. He is the son of the state representative from Albuquerque, ‘Kiki’ Saavedra.

Saavedra admitted that he had been drinking champagne prior to the arrest, but said his BAC was under the legal limit for intoxication.

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Posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
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