LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Democratic Nevada state senator faces a DUI cost after Las Vegas Metro police discovered him asleep on the wheel at a stoplight, the 8 Information Now Investigators have realized.
Police arrested State Sen. Edgar Flores, 39, on Friday morning round 3 a.m. close to the intersection of Lamb and Lake Mead boulevards on suspicion of DUI. Flores advised police he drank a 24-ounce beer earlier that evening, in accordance with paperwork the 8 Information Now Investigators obtained.
The officer famous Flores was stopped “in the roadway” and “in a travel lane,” and “displayed droopy eyes, slow speech, delayed responses and confusion,” paperwork stated.
Flores was later booked into the Clark County Detention Heart on a misdemeanor DUI cost. Flores was not charged with a criminal offense and, per state legislation, was allowed to depart the jail after a blood draw with out posting bail or seeing a choose.
In a telephone name with the 8 Information Now Investigators, Flores was remorseful for falling asleep and stated he was not impaired.
“I am not suggesting that anybody should be driving that tired. It was 100% my fault,” Flores stated. “I was just way too tired. Driving tired is dangerous, and I should not have been in that position. Luckily, it was just me sleeping, but still, in another scenario, you could be swerving or hit a car, so there are other scenarios where this could have been bad.”
Flores was assured that he couldn’t face the DUI cost after exams have been accomplished, he stated — a course of that would take months. Flores added {that a} breathalyzer take a look at confirmed he was not impaired, nonetheless, paperwork stated he refused a “preliminary breath test” and “performed [standard field sobriety tests] unsatisfactorily.”
An 8 Information Now investigation from March discovered Metro’s common blood-alcohol testing turnaround time for that month was 55 days. The division estimates the turnaround time for drug toxicology was 90 days that month.
Due to the delays, Flores was not as a result of seem in court docket till January. Prosecutors may drop the DUI cost or amend it earlier than then.
After the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported information of Flores’ arrest on Monday, Flores’ marketing campaign launched an intensive assertion:
Senator Edgar Flores was stopped early Friday morning after an extended day of labor, group occasions, night train, and a late dinner. He absolutely cooperated with legislation enforcement, voluntarily submitted to each a breathalyzer and a blood take a look at on the station, and was launched on his personal recognizance. The breathalyzer confirmed a 0.00 BAC, and we’re assured the blood take a look at will verify the identical.
The senator acknowledges he was drained. Whereas he and his crew respect the officers’ diligence in guaranteeing public security, our marketing campaign can be reviewing whether or not his rights and privateness have been correctly revered.
Senator Flores stays absolutely centered on serving the group, as he has for greater than 10 years as an assemblyman, state senator and immigration legal professional.
Edgar Flores for State Senate District 2
Flores, who represents northeastern Clark County, is an legal professional. Voters first elected him to the Nevada Meeting in 2014. Voters later elected him as a state senator in 2022. Flores deliberate to run for re-election in 2026, he stated.
Final legislative session, Flores, together with all his state senate colleagues besides one, voted to go elevated DUI penalties for second-time offenders. The legislation, which began as Senate Invoice 309, elevated jail time from 10 days to twenty days for drivers discovered responsible of their second DUI inside seven years.
The change within the sentencing was the one significant change to Nevada’s DUI legal guidelines in a session centered on more durable penalties.
Flores faces a DUI cost and was not formally charged as of Monday. That is widespread apply with DUI circumstances as prosecutors await blood outcomes. A standing examine within the case was scheduled for Jan. 12.
8 Information Now Investigator David Charns might be reached at [email protected].
