WINONA, Minn. – A driver suspected of being drunk admitted it: “I’m drunk. You don’t need to give me any tests.” The officer did anyway. The blood-alcohol level for Jose Luis Tellez-Navarro. 32, of Winona, showed at 0.21% –more than 2-1/2 times the threshold for impaired driving. He admitted to six beers, officers said. His car had been reported entering the city limits on U.S. Highway 61 from Minnesota City and Goodview and weaving erratically. Officers found the vehicle two miles later at the Westgate bowling alley with Tellez-Navarro at the wheel. This was about 8:40 p.m. He was booked for felony drunken driving — a charge elevated from the usual DWI misdemeanor because of a previous conviction and a pending case.
Tellez-Navarro. Police reported glassy eyes, slurry speech, odor.