EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 35-year-old man was arrested and charged with DWI and possession of a controlled substance when he was seen driving nearly 100 mph shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve along Mesa Street in West El Paso, El Paso Police said.
Jorge Mariano Polo-Hernandez, 35, was arrested about 20 minutes before midnight on New Year’s Eve when he was seen by police driving 98 mph in a 40 mph zone along the 6500 block of Mesa.
Officers conducted a traffic stop and the investigation determined that the driver, identified as Polo-Hernanez, was intoxicated. He was then arrested for DWI, police said. Police also say he had cocaine in his possession and he was charged for that as well.
He was booked into El Paso County Jail on two bonds totaling $4,000.
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