SAN BENITO
A San Benito police officer was arrested last week on a drunken driving charge while he was driving an unmarked San Benito police vehicle, Department of Public Safety spokesman Trooper Johnny Hernandez said Wednesday.
Hernandez said Armando Posada, a 40-year-old San Benito resident, was off duty when he was pulled over for speeding while travelling east on FM 510 near Bayview about 12:30 a.m. Friday.
"He refused a field sobriety test and he refused a breath test," Hernandez said. "But he was highly intoxicated."
The DPS spokesman said Posada did not identify himself as a police officer at the time of his arrest and was driving an unmarked police pickup.
Acting police chief George Gomez said officers are allowed to take unmarked police vehicles home with them.
Posada was jailed at the Los Fresnos Police department but was no longer held there or in the Cameron County jail late Wednesday.
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