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Shepard, 71, told police he had consumed roughly two tequila
drinks at a downtown Santa Fe restaurant on Monday evening,
police spokeswoman Andrea Dobyns said.
He refused a breath test and was arrested outside the eatery
after failing a field sobriety test, Dobyns said.
The restaurant's security staff had called police to report an
intoxicated patron trying to drive a pickup truck with the
vehicle's emergency brake engaged,
"The officers said he was compliant, but had bloodshot watery
eyes and the officers were able to smell the alcohol," Dobyns
said.
Shepard was booked into the Santa Fe County Jail on a charge of
aggravated driving while intoxicated, according to online
records.
The records showed he spent the night in jail, and a clerk said
he was being arraigned in Santa Fe Magistrate Court on Tuesday.
A representative for Shepard did not immediately respond to
requests for comment.
Shepard's plays include "Buried Child," for which he won a
Pulitzer Prize in 1979, "True West," "Curse of the Starving
Class" and "Fool for Love."
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of test
pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 movie "The Right Stuff."
He has appeared in dozens of other films, including "August:
Osage County," "The Notebook," "Black Hawk Down" and "Steel
Magnolias."
In 2009, Shepard was arrested in central Illinois and charged
with speeding and drunken driving after telling police he had
stopped at a tavern before heading to a hotel, the Bloomington,
Illinois, Pantagraph newspaper reported.
(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Seattle; Editing by Ellen
Wulfhorst and Peter Cooney)
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