Democrat candidate seen sobbing, praying in patrol car after DUI arrest

Washington state Democrat Krista Perez, who is running for a state House seat, was seen on police video admitting to drinking wine, declining field sobriety tests and begging to go home before praying and crying in the back of a patrol car after her DUI arrest.Perez finished first in last month’s primary in the 29th Legislative District, Position 1, and will face incumbent state Rep.Melanie Morgan, also a Democrat, in November, as the top two candidates advance to the general.Tacoma Police said Perez’s 2019 Chevrolet Silverado allegedly struck a parked car on South G Street shortly after midnight on August 11, setting off a chain reaction that damaged five vehicles, according to The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red.Prosecutors charged her with DUI, with a refusal enhancement in connection with the collision and a later encounter with police.Body camera footage shows police questioning Perez after the crash and her subsequent arrest, while footage from the backseat of the patrol car shows her praying and sobbing, according to video obtained by The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red.After police arrive at the scene, Perez told an officer she did not understand what was going on and claims she was not involved in an accident, the footage shows.“Did you get into an accident here?” the officer asks.“I did not,” Perez responded.The officer then asked what happened.“I don’t know.

I’ve never been in an accident before,” she replied.She also said she switched insurers just weeks before the incident when asked for her documents.She was able to tell the officer the name of the insurance company.Perez told the officer she was driving from a friend’s business on Tacoma Avenue South when the collision happened.“Did you have anything to drink tonight?” the officer asked.“I just had some wine while I was there,” Perez replied.Asked how much wine she had, Perez said she had one glass.When the officer asked how big the glass was, she told him, “I thin...