New Mexico deputies say a traffic stop yielded a surprising find: a drunken 13-year-old boy behind the wheel and the child’s intoxicated grandmother riding in the back.
(FOX)- The Santa Fe New Mexican reports Santa Fe Deputy Clay Cullison stopped the pair Thursday after spotting a blue 1994 Oldsmobile weaving.
Cullison says the driver was 13 years old, unlicensed and suspected of drunken driving.
Deputies say the boy’s grandmother, 52-year-old Sanjuana Mercado-Mendez, seemed highly intoxicated and stumbled to a patrol vehicle.
A deputy also reported finding two open beer cans inside the car.
Mercado-Mendez was charged with suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, child abuse and possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.