Early this morning in Austin, a 24-year-old man was arrested for DWI when he accidentally tried to enter the Austin Police Department parking garage. According to the Statesman Blotter, he pulled up to the garage’s exit gates, where he told a police officer that he was trying to visit a friend at the hospital, but his passengers told him to turn into the APD garage.

The Statesman reported that the police officer stated that the man was “very nervous and had dilated pupils and bloodshot eyes, which are signs of intoxication, according to the affidavit.” Furthermore, the man admitted he had smoked marijuana and consumed three draft beers, but he refused the field sobriety tests. The man was charged with driving while intoxicated along with possession of marijuana, two ounces or less.

What To Do If You’re Pulled Over for DWI

If you’re stopped for DWI, know your legal rights — most people have no idea how to handle the situation and assume that cooperating with the DWI cops will help. In actuality, cooperating will work against you in a DWI interrogation. Still, you will want to be considerate when dealing with DWI cops. Tell the police officer that you don’t wish to answer his questions, and you won’t agree to take any tests without your lawyer, Jamie Balagia, advising you to do so.

If you’ve been arrested for DWI in Austin or San Antonio, call The DWI Dude. DWI attorneys are on-call 24 hours a day every day of the week to help you get out of jail if Jamie Balagia is not available. If you made other arrangements to get out of jail, still call The DWI Dude — just do it within 15 days so that he can appeal your driver’s license suspension. You risk losing your driver’s license if a request for an ALR (Administrative License Revocation) hearing is not arranged.

Ready to get in touch with Austin DWI attorney Jamie Balagia? Call (512) 278-0935 in Austin, or (210) 394-3833 in San Antonio. The DWI Dude is always ready to take it to trial for the WIN!

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