{"id":54601,"date":"2025-11-18T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/54601\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T14:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:00:13","slug":"man-with-prior-dwi-conviction-arrested-in-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/54601\/","title":{"rendered":"Man with prior DWI conviction arrested in Horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 A 48-year-old man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop in Horizon, according to the Horizon City Police Department.<\/p>\n

Police say on Sunday, Nov. 16, officers were traveling northbound on Darrington Road when they saw a vehicle make a U-turn and failed to travel in a single lane, traveling across multiple lanes for around 500 feet. <\/p>\n

\"\"Albert Ramirez Montoya, 48. Photo: Horizon PD.<\/p>\n

Officers followed the vehicle and saw that the driver, who was later identified as Albert Ramirez Montoya, 48, was swerving, and a traffic stop was initiated at the intersection of Darrington and Nunda, police said.<\/p>\n

Montoya displayed multiple signs of intoxication, including slurred speech, bloodshot eyes, and the odor of alcohol. Montoya told police that he was coming from a friend\u2019s house and had difficulty locating his driver\u2019s license, police said.<\/p>\n

Police say Montoya displayed multiple indicators of impairment, including poor balance and an inability to walk straight.<\/p>\n

Based on Montoya\u2019s driving and physical condition, officers arrested him for driving while intoxicated. He also refused to provide a breath specimen, and a blood search warrant was obtained, police said.<\/p>\n

A records check revealed Montoya had a prior DWI conviction from June 26, 2001, in Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n

Montoya was transported to the El Paso County Jail, where he was booked for driving while intoxicated (second offense).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 A 48-year-old man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[30090,294,138,140,139,499],"class_list":["post-54601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-albert-ramirez-montoya","tag-crime","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-ktsm-9-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}