A New Mexico defense attorney is accused of driving while intoxicated after disobeying a police officer's warning not to get behind the wheel, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
According to a criminal complaint, a police officer said David Serna, 65, appeared to be intoxicated as he got into his vehicle at a supermarket parking lot. The officer called an Uber to take him home, the newspaper reported.
Serna got into the vehicle, but 10 minutes later he allegedly told the driver to return to the parking lot so he could drive to his girlfriend's house and bring her flowers, KOB reported.
When Serna tried to drive away, the same police officer stopped him, the Journal reported. When Serna's blood-alcohol level was allegedly above the legal limit when he was tested, he was arrested, the newspaper reported.
Serna was released on his own recognizance Tuesday, KOB reported.
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