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<\/p>\nAn El Paso mother previously convicted on a drunken driving charge was arrested again on suspicion of driving while intoxicated as she drove with her 2-year-old and 4-month-old daughters in her car, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Deputies arrested Cristina\u00a0Zeigler, 30, on suspicion of driving while intoxicated with a child under 15 years old at about 12:45 a.m. on April 26, during a traffic stop in the 900 block of Talbot Avenue in Canutillo, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Priscilla I. Contreras said in a news release.<\/p>\n
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Cristina Zeigler<\/p>\n
Attorney Luis Yanez, who is listed as Zeigler’s attorney, could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n
Zeigler allegedly had a blood alcohol level of more than 0.14 as she drove with her 2-year-old and 4-month-old daughters in her car, a complaint affidavit states. The legal limit in Texas is 0.08.<\/p>\n
More: El Paso fatal crash tracker 2026<\/a><\/p>\n El Paso deputies find toddler, baby inside car<\/p>\n A deputy saw Zeigler driving a white Dodge Durango without license plate lights and conducted a traffic stop, the affidavit states. Zeigler pulled into the parking lot of the Outlet Shoppes at El Paso.<\/p>\n Zeigler\u00a0allegedly showed “multiple signs of impairment,” the news release states. The deputy asked for Zeigler’s driver license and insurance. She provided her driver license, but told the deputy her proof of insurance was on her phone.<\/p>\n She allegedly started looking for her phone, but couldn’t find it. The deputy told Zeigler that her cell phone was on a cell phone mount in front of her, the affidavit states.<\/p>\n A deputy noted in the affidavit that Zeigler had “bloodshot glossy eyes and an odor of unknown alcoholic beverage emitting from the inside of the vehicle.”<\/p>\n More: Migrants found in ‘deplorable’ conditions inside El Paso stash house<\/a><\/p>\n Zeigler\u00a0told the deputy she had just left a quincea\u00f1era in Anthony and denied drinking any alcohol, the affidavit states.<\/p>\n The deputy saw Zeigler’s two children \u2014 a 2-year-old toddler and a 4-month-old baby \u2014 each in individual safety seats in the back of the SUV.<\/p>\n Zeigler allegedly failed a field sobriety test. She was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and placed into the back of a sheriff’s patrol unit. The affidavit does not state where the children were taken.<\/p>\n The deputies took Zeigler to the sheriff’s office’s Northwest Patrol Station, where she agreed to do a breathalyzer test.<\/p>\n Zeigler allegedly blew a 0.145 blood alcohol level. She blew a 0.142 on her second test, the affidavit states.<\/p>\n