A senator of the Democratic Rhode Island was caught his words after being stopped because he reportedly drove under the influence.
Progressive State Rep. Enrique Sanchez, 28, was persuaded in the early morning hours of 3 February, after he reportedly parked his car at a crossroads on Cranston, Rhode Island.
Police officers noticed that he stopped at a traffic light, even after the light became green, as reported by the stream of Rhode Island.
Officer Chavelle Lopez wrote in the arrest report that Sanchez 'confused' when he stopped, initially handed a Red Deby card instead of his driver's license before he insisted he had not drunk.
She noticed that she could smell 'a heavy scent of alcoholic drinks that came out of his breath while Sanchez spoke and observed that he had' blood -running watery eyes'.
A second officer, Austin Smith, can be heard on Bodycam images that Sanchez brutally tells Sanchez: “You send from drinks.”
“How much do you drink?” The officer asks about Sanchez in the images. 'You stink of drinks, just be honest. You smell like alcohol. '
The shocking Bodycam images conquered the moment that the clearly intoxicated legislator rumbled on his words – before he later closed a mugshot with his eyes closed.
The young legislator, first elected in 2022, seemed disoriented when both officers repeatedly asked if he had drunk.
Progressive State Rep. Enrique Sanchez, 28, was persuaded in the early morning hours of 3 February, after reporting his car at a crossroads on Cranston, Rhode Island
He was arrested and put in prison at night
“You pretend to have had something,” Smith tells Sanchez in the video.
Despite the clear signs of intoxication, Sanchez shook his head and insisted that he had not consumed alcohol.
However, he admitted that he had taken Adderall for his ADHD, which he later claimed on the impact of the police station his mental health and his driving, “according to the police report.
Sanchez told officers that he 'tried to jump on the highway' to return home to Providence from a friend's house in Central Falls – a route that would not have been logically seen where he was persuaded in Cranston, officer Lopez noted.
Sanchez was also repeatedly caught on his hands in his bags despite several police orders to keep them visible – which is a standard safety protocol during traffic stops.
Sanchez has now been commissioned to install a Breathayzer in his vehicle after he was arrested for drunk driving in the embarrassing incident caught on the Bodycam of the police.
When asked to take a fieldist test, the confused legislator asked if he could easily order a Uber instead. After being informed, that would not be an option, Sanchez refused to take the test.
“If I ask for this, can I order Uber?” He asked in response if he would take the test.
“You can say 'no' to the test, but you are not going to order Uber,” the officer replied.
He was arrested and put in prison at night.
Despite the evidence, Sanchez did not argue guilty while he was intoxicated in his first performance of the court.
Since then, he has not been guilty of lesser civil charges to refuse a chemical test and not obey traffic control devices.
Judicial documents obtained by FOX News shows that on 19 February Cranston -magistrate William Noonan suspended the permit of Sanchez, but granted him a limited 'hardship permit'.
With the 'hardship license' he was able to drive to his daily job and the State House between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. – but only after installing an inflammatory lock in his vehicle.
The case has since been moved from the court to the Supreme Court of the State after a short conference before the trial on 24 February.
After a week of silence, the legislator finally spoke the incident in a thread on X on 10 February – although he did not apologize or admit himself to drive drunken
Calls for the resignation of Sanchez forward after his arrest.
After a week of silence, the legislator finally addressed the incident in a thread on X on 10 February – although he did not apologize or admit that he is driving drunk.
'To the people of Rhode Island I want to start thanking you for patience. What is even more important, I want to acknowledge that my first task is for the remarkable working people of House District 9, Providence and throughout State- the people who have put their confidence in me to be their voice when they elected me twice in recent years. '
'They represent in the general meeting has been the greatest honor of my life and I have always fought passionately to protect their interests. Whether it concerns legislation that threatens or argues for their financial well -being or argues for policy that elevates our community, my focus has always been on them.
'I love my work and the work I do to improve the lives of all people of this state. I will not let my personal promotions become a distraction from the issues that really matter – the families, companies and worries of my community.
'The last few days many of my voters, supporters and people have contacted people to strengthen their support for my leadership. I am grateful and grateful for the people of this state.
'Sometimes we are too close to something to see our place completely in it. This experience has given me a renewed clarity about my responsibilities – not only in this room, but in the confidence that my community has placed in me.
'I take that trust seriously and will continue to work hard every day of my life. I will continue to serve as a voice for the people of this state. I believe in the people of Providence and all of Rhode Island, in their resilience and their vision of a better future. Our state has the power to stimulate meaningful social change, and I want to live my values ​​as a legislator and a citizen of this great community. '
