SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Santa Fe police are crediting bystanders with stopping an intoxicated woman who tried to drive away with her infant granddaughter dangling outside the rear door of a pickup truck.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (https://bit.ly/2uOx81u ) the 9-month-old girl was strapped in a safety seat as it hung outside the moving truck and was not injured.
Police arrested 64-year-old Bertha Boling on suspicion of aggravated battery, child abuse, aggravated drunken driving and reckless driving. She was booked into the Santa Fe County jail Tuesday evening.
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Court records show Boling’s blood-alcohol level was 0.22 percent, more than twice the limit for a driver in New Mexico.
In 2009, records show Boling pleaded no contest to a first offense of drunken driving and was sentenced to community service and a year’s probation.
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Information from: The Santa Fe New Mexican, https://www.sfnewmexican.com
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