Sheriff was 'too cold' to take sobriety test

SOBRIETY TESTS- BUT STATE POLICE SAY THE GUADALUPE COUNTY SHERIFF WAS JUST TO DRUNK TO PASS. ...  More »

SOBRIETY TESTS- BUT STATE POLICE SAY THE GUADALUPE COUNTY SHERIFF WAS JUST TO DRUNK TO PASS. TODAY WE GET OUR HANDS ON THE DASH CAM VIDEO THAT SHOWS POLICE ARRESTING THE SHERIFF IN FRONT OF HIS DRIVEWAY. GADI SCHWARTZ IS LIVE WITH WHAT HAPPENED... IN TONIGHT'S TOP STORY. IT STARTED WHEN SOMEONE CALLED 9- 11 TELLING DISPATCHERS THE SHERIFF WAS DRIVING AROUND SANTA ROSA DRUNK IN HIS PICKUP. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE... MINUTES LATER A STATE POLICE CAR SPOTS SHERIFF ROBERT CHAVEZ- RUNNING A STOP SIGN AND FINALLY PULLING OVER RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE. FOR THE NEXT 40 MINUTES THE SHERIFF TRIES TO TELL OFFICERS THAT HE IS NOT DRUNK- AND JUST COLD. BUT EVEN AFTER WARMING UP IN A SQUAD CAR- THE SHERIFF CAN'T SEEM TO KEEP HIS BALANCE. 11:47 Officer 1 If you can't Robert I'm telling you I'm going to have to Sheriff The wind is kicking my @##, am I lying? Am I wrong? Officer 2 It's not that cold. AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED- STATE POLICE SAY THE SHERIFF REFUSED TO TAKE A BREATHALYZER TEST--- AUTOMATICALLY BUMPING UP HIS CHARGES TO AN AGGRAVATED D.W.I. STATE POLICE SAY THEY ALSO FOUND AN OPENED CAN OF BUDWIESER AND AN OPEN MINI BOTTLE OF LIQUOR IN HIS TRUCK. THE GUADALUPE COUNTY MANAGER TELLS US THEY HAVE CONTACTED THEIR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE.  « Less