Crime & Safety

Gov. Candidate Allen West's Wife, Angela, Arrested For DWI With Child In Car

Dallas Police stated the officer had reasons to believe the 61-year-old was intoxicated, confirmed by a field sobriety test.

(James Potter/Patch)

August 22, 2021

Angela West, wife of Texas Governor candidate Allen West, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated with a child in the car Friday night.

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At 8:44 p.m. Aug. 20, an officer assigned to DPD’s DWI Squad stopped West’s vehicle for a traffic violation in the 2300 block of W. Northwest Highway.

Dallas Police stated the officer had reasons to believe the 61-year-old was intoxicated and subsequently performed a standardized field sobriety test which “led to her arrest for DWI.”

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