A 26 YEAR OLD WOMAN … LILY ROMERO FROM BELEN … HAS EARNED A RATHER DUBIOUS DISTINCTION. SHE’S BECOME THE FIRST PERSON IN ALBUQUERQUE CHARGED WITH OPERATING AN E-SCOOTER WHILE INTOXICATED. APD OFFICER SIMON DROBIK SAYS IT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK. HE SAYS SHE WAS BOOKED FOR DRIVING AT POINT-2-OH ON A SCOOTER … AND UNDER STATE LAW YOU CAN BE ARRESTED FOR BEING INTOXICATED ON A SCOOTER BEING DRIVEN WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
ROMERO WAS ORIGINALLY STOPPED FOR GOING THE WRONG WAY ON A ONE WAY STREET. IT WAS THEN DETERMINED THAT SHE HAD BE DRINKING. CHARGES INCLUDE DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE AS WELL AS DRIVING THE WRONG WAY.
