DWI/PUBLIC INTOXICATION ARRESTS
Two Brenham men are facing charges after their arrests early Sunday morning.
Around 1:00 a.m. Sunday, Officer Kevin Mertz conducted a traffic stop after observing the driver driving recklessly and almost driving into a ditch at the 2000 block of W. Main.
Mertz says the driver, 33-year old Victor Oswaldo Hernandez, had a strong smell of alcohol on his breath and his speech was slurred. There were also two open cans of beer in the car.
Mertz says passenger, 31-year old Freddie Gutierrez Corona also appeared to be intoxicated due to the smell of alcohol on his breath and his slurred speech.
Both men were arrested and transported to the Washington County jail.
Hernandez is charged with Driving While Intoxicated, while Guitierrez-Cornoa is charged with Public Intoxication.
A Brenham man faces charges after his arrest early Saturday morning.
Around 1:30 a.m. Sgt. Kelvin Raven made a traffic stop at South Austin and Peabody after he says a vehicle fish-tailed while pulling away from a traffic light.
Raven says the driver, 43-year old Aaron Krenek of Brenham, had slurred speech and smelled of alcohol.
Officer Heather Sowders says Krenek failed a field sobriety test.
A search of his vehicle turned up a baggy containing marijuana.
Krenek is charged with 2nd Offense Driving While Intoxicated and Possession of Marijuana.