James Ruiz has a lengthy criminal record, not only of drunken-driving arrests, but also of traffic infractions. The following list was compiled from online records at state District Court and Metropolitan Court in Albuquerque, as well as paper records from Santa Fe Municipal Court and New Mexico DWI Czar Rachel O'Connor. All arrests took place in Santa Fe unless otherwise noted:
May 1993: Careless driving
June 1993: Speeding, no insurance
June 1995: Illegal left-hand turn, unlawful use of license
December 1995: DWI, having an open container of alcohol in his car, no license, speeding, no insurance, possession of marijuana
April 1998: Driving the wrong way on a one-way street
February 1999: No insurance, driver inattention
January 2001: DWI (Albuquerque)
June 2003: Aggravated DWI, speeding, careless driving
June 2004: Use of the telephone to intimidate or harass
July 2004: Negligent use of a deadly weapon (Albuquerque)
2005: DWI (Farmington)
December 2005: Possession of an open container of alcohol, no driver's license (Cuba)
August 2006: Battery, domestic violence (Albuquerque)
September 2006: Battery, domestic violence (Albuquerque)
May 2007: Driving without a license (Albuquerque)
October 2007: Shoplifting (Albuquerque)
May 2008: DWI
March 2010: Two counts vehicular homicide, driving with a revoked license
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