Charlie District Report for June 28, 2013

Date:  June 28, 2013, 12:25am and 12:54am
Location: 5100 Everhart Road http://goo.gl/maps/7laI6
Event: Driving While Intoxicated
Case Number:  1306280006/1306280007

Two separate vehicles drove through the construction area at Everhart and S. Padre Island Drive while workers were repairing the road.  Both vehicles were stopped by Officers providing off-duty traffic control for the construction workers.

At 12:25am, Julian Basaldu (07/16/76) was pulled over after he drove his red Astro Van thru a marked off construction area while the workers were present.  Basaldu was administered standard field sobriety tests and a blood specimen taken.  He was arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated/Open Alcohol Container, Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility and Driving While LIcense Suspended/Invalid.

At 12:54am, the second intoxicated driver also drove through the barricades and proceeded into the intersection.  The driver George Gonzales (11/06/68) was contacted and administered field sobriety tests and a blood draw warrant obtained.  Gonzales was arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated and Driving While License Suspended/Invalid.