Lawyer says toxicology reports show no alcohol or drugs in Angela West’s system after arrest – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Representatives for Angela West, the wife of Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen West, said the results of a blood alcohol test were back after her arrest for DWI last month and that there had no alcohol in her blood when the police tested her.

Where is accepted a standard field sobriety test the night she was arrested, which she failed, according to the police. But West said she believed she got it through despite a health issue. “I had an aneurysm so i get a little off balance sometimes. I went back and forth. I talked to him. I told him I had Chilean sea bass… I wasn’t speaking.

READ MORE: Harmon high school student detained and charged after bringing gun to school

Statement from Angela West’s lawyer confirming what we first reported that her blood alcohol test came back negative for any intoxicant after her arrest for DWI. The attorney adds that the Dallas County DA dropped the charge. West is the wife of GOP governor candidate Allen West pic.twitter.com/X5wdBGg85g

– JD Miles (@ jdmiles11) September 1, 2021

READ MORE: New COVID-19 antibody infusion center opens in McKinney

61-year-old lawyer George R. Milner, III released a statement confirming what CBS 11 News first reported that the toxicology report did not show alcohol or drugs in Ms West’s system. He added that the Dallas County DA dropped the charge.

West spoke to CBS 11 shortly after the incident and said she regretted becoming a distraction from her husband’s campaign. She also insisted that she had not thrown her husband’s name out to get out of a ticket.

NO MORE NEWS: Home Depot Donates $ 1 Million to Hurricane Ida Relief and Operation Blessing Providing Disaster Kits