On March 24, 2025, Las Cruces Police Officers responded to a single car motor vehicle accident. Officers arrived to find a Lincoln Town Car crashed in the front yard of a house. The vehicle had been driven by a 26-year-old woman who admitted to consuming alcohol earlier in the evening. As a result, she was asked to perform standardized field sobriety tests. After the tests, she was placed under arrest for Driving While Under the Influence (DWI). At the Las Cruces police station, she provided two breath samples, which both registered 0.18% BAC. The level of intoxication elevated her charge to Aggravated DWI. All suspects are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.