Araceli Diaz, 54, was charged with evading arrest\/detention with a vehicle and driving while intoxicated. She was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility with a total bond of $12,500.<\/p>\n
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Araceli Diaz. Photo courtesy of the El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
At around 11 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, deputies were dispatched to a report of a possible intoxicated driver traveling westbound on Rojas Drive toward Joe Battle Boulevard.<\/p>\n
Deputies found the vehicle matching the description and saw the driver, later identified as Diaz, \u201ccommit multiple traffic violations,\u201d according to the Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
In the footage provided by EPCSO, you can see the vehicle Diaz was driving jumping the curb. Deputies turned their lights on, indicating for Diaz to stop, but the vehicle kept going.<\/p>\n
At an intersection with a red light, three deputies get out of their vehicles and walk towards Diaz\u2019s vehicle. When the light turned green, Diaz drove off, and the deputies quickly got back into their vehicles.<\/p>\n
The video cuts to Diaz stopping at another red light, and a deputy is heard telling her, \u201cOpen the door.\u201d The deputy closest to the vehicle\u2019s driver door appears to tap the window with an object.<\/p>\n
Another deputy tells him, \u201cWatch out\u201d and breaks the window. Diaz can be heard saying, \u201cOh my god.\u201d One deputy tells Diaz to \u201cGet out,\u201d and Diaz replies, \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Again, a deputy is heard telling Diaz to \u201cGet out of the car,\u201d and Diaz again asks, \u201cWhy?\u201d A deputy unlocks the car from the inside and two deputies bring Diaz to the ground to handcuff her. During the interaction Diaz can be heard saying, \u201cOh my god\u201d and \u201cReally?\u201d<\/p>\n
The last shot of the video is two deputies holding up Diaz in handcuffs.<\/p>\n
Following an investigation, deputies determined that Diaz was intoxicated while operating a motor vehicle on a public roadway.<\/p>\n
\u201cDrinking and driving endangers not only the driver, but every family sharing the road. One decision can have life-altering consequences,\u201d El Paso County Sheriff Oscar Ugarte said. \u201cWe will continue to take swift action to remove impaired drivers from our streets and protect the safety of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
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