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After being arrested for drunk driving in February, a judge in Cranston, Rhode IslandHe ordered a Democratic state legislator to install an breathalyzer in his vehicle to continue driving.
Representative Enrique Sánchez, a progressive democrat who serves in the House of Representatives of Rhode Island, was arrested in the early hours of February 3 after supposedly parking at an intersection.
The bodycam images of the traffic stop that led to his arrest shows Sánchez offering the police officer a red debit card instead of his driver’s license before telling him that he had not drunk anything.
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The representative of Rhode Island, Enrique Sánchez, was arrested by DUI in Cranston, Rhode Island, on February 3, 2025. (Cranston, Rhode Island Police Department)
The images show Sánchez getting their hands in their pockets repeatedly, despite the repeated orders of a police officer to take off their pockets.
“How much do you drink?” One of the other officers at the scene asked Sanchez. “You are drinking, just be honest. You smell to alcohol.”
When an officer asked Sanchez if he would take a bribery test in the field, he asked if he could order an Uber if he refused. An officer told him that he could not order an Uber, and refused to take a field sobriety test on the scene.
In an initial appearance of the Court on the day of his arrest, Sánchez declared himself innocent of driving at a drunken state, and since then he declared himself innocent of minor civil positions of rejecting a chemical test and the lack of obeying traffic control devices.
Representative Enrique Sánchez on his desk in the House of Rhode Island’s house. (Kris Craig/The Providence Journal/USA Today Network through IMAGN images)
The judicial records show that on February 19, Sánchez’s license was suspended by Cranston William Noonan magistrate. However, he was awarded a difficulty license that allows him to drive and from his daily work and the State’s house to fulfill his legislative duties between the hours of the 8 am and the 8 pm with the condition that he installs a transmitter of ignition ignition in his vehicle.
In a brief conference prior to the trial on February 24, the case was transferred from the District Court to the Superior Court of the State.
Sánchez’s arrest He has drawn calls for his resignation. On February 10, he went to the arrest in a thread X after a week of silence.
In the thread, he said he was grateful to his voters for his patience, and explained his passion for his work and the people of the state of Rhode Island.
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Representative Enrique Sánchez talks to journalists about his arrest in DUI before the start of the Rhode Island chamber session on February 11, 2025. (Kris Craig/The Providence Journal/USA Today Network through IMAGN images)
He did not apologize and, on the other hand, said: “I will not let my personal actions become a distraction of the problems that really matter: families, companies and concerns of my community.”
“Sometimes, we are too close to something to see our place completely in it,” he said. “This experience has given me a renewed clarity about my responsibilities, not only in this camera, but in trust my community has seriously put that trust and I will continue working hard every day of my life.”
Sánchez’s lawyer is former Rhode President Island House John Harwood.
In 2023, Sánchez presented RI H5461, a bill to give illegal immigrants The right to vote in the State.
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The bill was presented to study more a month after its introduction.
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Fox News Digital contacted Sánchez and Harwood to comment.
