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{3} Officer De La Fuente then ordered Defendant out of the vehicle and called for backup. When his backup arrived, Officer De La Fuente looked underneath the passenger's seat and found a partially empty bottle of beer. When the officer asked Defendant's age, Defendant replied that he was eighteen. Officer De La Fuente also noted that Defendant exhibited several indicia of intoxication, including blood-shot, watery eyes. Based on this information, the officer arrested Defendant on suspicion of being a minor in possession of alcohol and transported him to the Hobbs City Jail. Subsequently, Officer De La Fuente searched the backseat of the patrol car where Defendant had been sitting and found a white, powdery residue on the seat itself and a folded dollar bill containing a similar substance. The substance was later found to be cocaine. Read more...
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