5.29.2004

Do as I Order You and Not As I Do Myself"

From CNN:

A state judge was arrested Saturday for alleged drunken driving and possession of a controlled substance after allegedly trying to avoid a police checkpoint, authorities said.

W. John Brennan, 57, chief judge of state district court in Albuquerque, appeared to be "extremely intoxicated" when he was pulled over just after midnight, police spokesman Trish Ahrensfield said.

Officers also found what they believed to be cocaine in his vehicle, she said.

Ahrensfield said officers stopped Brennan after he tried to avoid a driving-while-intoxicated checkpoint.

Based on the fact that his party affiliation was not mentioned, I tend to suspect he's a Republican. There's been a real tendency to note party affiliation with ill-behaving Democrats while getting all quiet when it's a GOPer.