Horizon City Police apprehended a man for his second DWI after discovering him unconscious in a parked vehicle with the motor running, according to a post on the department's Facebook page. The arrest occurred in the early hours of Sunday on the 14000 block of Sabio in Horizon City, TX, where the suspect, Israel Spencer, was found with an open container of alcohol and subsequently failed a breath test, indicating a high blood alcohol content, as reported by the Horizon City Police Department.
In what reads like a cautionary tale against impaired driving, the city's law enforcement responded to a call regarding the suspicious car; although the vehicle was legally parked, they found Spencer asleep behind the wheel, with the car still running, and next to him, an open container completing the tableau of potential disaster waiting to happen. Spencer's attempt to complete sobriety tests was swiftly abandoned due to safety concerns, a decision that perhaps saved lives given the unpredictability of such drunken scenarios.
Spencer was taken into custody and charged with a second offense of Driving While Intoxicated after it was learned he had a previous DWI conviction. He is now facing the legal repercussions of his actions with a bond set at $7,500.00 at the El Paso County Jail. The incident underscores ongoing issues with drunk driving and the peril it poses not just to the individual at the wheel, but to the public at large.
