HE REFUSED TO DO A BREATHALYZER TEST … BUT STATE SENATOR RICHARD MARTINEZ WAS STILL ARRESTED AFTER HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED. TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE ALSO TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE 66 YEAR OLD SENATOR MARTINEZ WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT IN ESPANOLA AT PASEO DE ONATE AND FAIRVIEW LANE AFTER HE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. HE INITIALLY TOLD POLICE HE’D HAD TWO BEERS … POSSIBLY THREE … THEN CHANGED HIS STORY TO HAVING HAD THREE GLASSES OF WINE.
HE’S OUT OF JAIL NOW. MARTINEZ HAS BEEN A STATE SENATOR FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. HE’S REPRESENTED SANTA FE, LOS ALAMOS, SANDOVAL AND RIO ARRIBA COUNTIES.
