LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas Metro police launched video Tuesday of a sitting Nevada state senator’s arrest in the future after the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported the lawmaker’s pending DUI cost.
Metro 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 informed police he drank a 24-ounce beer earlier that evening, in line with paperwork the 8 Information Now Investigators obtained.
The division launched the video on Tuesday following a information request from the 8 Information Now Investigators.
Within the video, a police officer makes an attempt to wake Flores, who later steps out of his automobile and undergoes subject sobriety exams.
Metro police arrest Democratic State Sen. Edgar Flores on Sept. 12, 2025. (LVMPD)
“I had a beer,” Flores tells the officer.
Within the report, the officer famous Flores was stopped “in the roadway” and “in a travel lane,” and “displayed droopy eyes, gradual speech, delayed responses and confusion.”
“I don’t know if you heard, but he’s a Nevada state senator, so let’s make sure we run him through all the tests,” one officer tells one other as they course of Flores.
Flores was later booked into the Clark County Detention Middle on a misdemeanor DUI cost. The video launched Tuesday doesn’t embrace that portion of the arrest.
Flores was not charged with a criminal offense and, per state legislation, was allowed to go away the jail after a blood draw with out posting bail or seeing a choose.
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 totally cooperated with legislation enforcement, voluntarily submitted to each a breathalyzer and a blood check on the station, and was launched on his personal recognizance. The breathalyzer confirmed a 0.00 BAC, and we’re assured the blood check will verify the identical.
The senator acknowledges he was drained. Whereas he and his staff respect the officers’ diligence in making certain public security, our marketing campaign can also be reviewing whether or not his rights and privateness have been correctly revered.
Senator Flores stays totally centered on serving the group, as he has for greater than 10 years as an assemblyman, state senator and immigration lawyer.
Edgar Flores for State Senate District 2
Flores, who represents northeastern Clark County, is an lawyer. 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 mentioned.
Flores faces a DUI cost and was not formally charged as of Monday. That is widespread observe with DUI instances as prosecutors await blood outcomes. A standing test within the case was scheduled for Jan. 12.
Metro police will usually launch body-camera movies from high-profile incidents however deny related requests within the majority of ongoing felony proceedings.
8 Information Now Investigator David Charns could be reached at [email protected]
