South Texas police officer suspended after drunken driving arrest

Devon Brittany New, a 28-year-old officer for the Nixon Police Department, will return to work Monday after a March 9 drunken driving arrest in Marion, according to media reports. Devon Brittany New, a 28-year-old officer for the Nixon Police Department, will return to work Monday after a March 9 drunken driving arrest in Marion, according to media reports. Photo: Guadalupe County Jail Photo: Guadalupe County Jail Image 1 of / 93 Caption Close South Texas police officer suspended after drunken driving arrest 1 / 93 Back to Gallery

A South Texas police officer, whose car was totaled by a freight train, will return to work Monday after she served a one-week suspension following an alleged drunken driving arrest last week.

Devon Brittany New, a 28-year-old officer for the Nixon Police Department, was arrested March 9, booked into Guadalupe County Jail and charged with driving while intoxicated, the Seguin Gazette reported.

At around 1 a.m., New had driven her 2015 Dodge Challenger through a stoplight in Marion and onto railroad tracks when the car stopped. A caller told Marion police that she escaped the vehicle before an oncoming freight train destroyed it.

Marion police officers and Guadalupe County Sheriff's deputies found her near the scene, according to the Gonzalez Inquirer. She then failed a field sobriety test.

New posted a $2,000 bond from Guadalupe County Jail on March 9.

Nixon Police Chief Mario Hernandez placed her on administrative leave, according to the Inquirer. Nixon City Administrator Manuel Zepeda later clarified that New would return to work on Monday until her court date on April 9.

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