Friday, September 20, 2024
LAKE WORTH — Lake Worth police officers arrested a driver who had a blood alcohol content four times the legal limit.
On Saturday Sept. 14, Lake Worth police responded to a call at 1:30 p.m. about a reckless driver in a Chevrolet Camaro on Lake Worth Boulevard.
The Camaro was reported to be dangerously changing directions for half a mile, then came to a complete stop. Police found the vehicle on Telephone Road with its hazard lights on.
Police officers approached the car and helped the driver get out, after he struggled to put the car in park.
Officers performed a field sobriety test on the driver, who was identified as 28-year-old Luis Alcivar.
After Alcivar failed the field sobriety test, police asked him to submit to a breathalyzer test. Alcivar consented to the test, which showed his blood alcohol content to be 0.368. Alcivar was tested again with a result of 0.360, which is more than four times the legal limit. Blood alcohol content, or BAC, is a measure of the percentage of alcohol in a person’s bloodstream.
In Texas, the legal blood alcohol content limit for drivers 21 and older is 0.08. Anything over 0.40 can cause an individual to go into a coma or can be potentially fatal.
As a result of his test results, Alcivar was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated.
Lake Worth Chief of Police J.T. Manoushagian posted on the following X about the reckless driver incident: “At about 1:30pm, @NWEmergencyCC operators received a reckless driver call. @LakeWorthPD officers located the vehicle, stopped it, and discovered that the driver was intoxicated. It was later determined that the driver had a BAC of 0.36 - 4.5x THE LEGAL LIMIT. Thankful for the caller’s courage, and thankful that this incredibly dangerous driver didn’t kill someone.”
