Former BCSO deputy gets deferred sentence after no contest plea in DWI case
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A former Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office took a plea deal in connection to his drunk driving arrest. Daniel Vazquez-Moreno plead no contest to a first-offense DWI charge in front of Judge Ann Maxwell-Chavez Tuesday afternoon.
Early in the morning, the day after the Super Bowl, Rio Rancho Police were called to a home from a domestic violence call. Just as they arrived, Vazquez-Moreno left even after he was told to stop.
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An officer followed him, watching as he weaved in and out of traffic, including going the wrong way down the road. The officer then asked Vazquez-Moreno how much he had to drink.
Vazquez-Moreno failed his field sobriety test and blew double the legal limit.
The judge gave Vazquez-Moreno a deferred sentence. If he completes 90 days at the Sandoval County Jail and a year of probation, his conviction will be overturned. He was never charged for fleeing from police.
Vazquez-Moreno was the third BCSO deputy to be arrested this year off-duty. Adrienne Seay resigned from BCSO after her arrest at a DWI checkpoint on New Year’s Day after admitting to drinking a couple of glasses of wine. Her charges were dismissed following a decision there was no probable cause for the arrest.
Michael Borrecco was arrested in late January after police say he pulled a gun on two men outside a gas station while drunk. He’s scheduled to go to trial in September.
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