Man nabbed for alleged DWI on visit to sweetheart

[February 18, 2009]  CLEVELAND, N.M. (AP) -- A Valentine's Day visit to his sweetheart's house has landed a northern New Mexico man in jail. State police said the man, 49, was arrested Saturday night for allegedly driving while intoxicated. It was his eighth DWI offense.

A state police sergeant noticed a vehicle with no headlights coming his direction on a state road near Cleveland. The vehicle turned out to be a four-wheeler, so the sergeant yelled at the driver to stop but he kept going.

The sergeant followed the man to a nearby home and approached him. There was a strong odor of alcohol.

The sergeant asked the man what he was doing. He said he was going to see his "sweetheart."

The man was booked into the San Miguel County jail after he failed field sobriety tests. Police found 14 cans of beer in one of the saddle bags on his four-wheeler.

[Associated Press]

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