Even Sin City is good for a surprise from time to time. Like the director of a Clark County committee tasked with solving criminal justice problems, including DUI arrests, getting busted for drunk driving. If that wasn’t enough, a witness says she “had driven off the road approximately five times” during her inebriated drive. Yikes. 

The head of a Las Vegas committee fighting DUI crimes was just busted for drunk driving

Linsey LaMontagne, a director of the Las Vegas-area committee to “solve criminal justice issues,” landed in trouble herself. According to arrest documentation, LaMontagne was out driving when a witness observed her “swerving terribly,” and reported her to the police. 

The witness told police that the Clark County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) director “had driven off the road approximately five times,” per KLAS. Troopers eventually caught up with LaMontagne in a Las Vegas neighborhood on the west side of the city. 

She pulled over for the trooper and admitted to him that she had consumed two drinks at a casino downtown before starting her drive. After placing her in handcuffs, LaMontagne told the trooper that he had “ruined her life.” 

It’s unclear whether LaMontagne will keep her position on the Clark County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council after the DUI. After all, the committee is responsible for solving issues like blood testing delays and scheduling of court appearances after drunk driving arrests. 

Her sentencing was delayed because of the way authorities evaluate blood tests

LaMontagne’s blood alcohol concentration isn’t available. However, the length of time necessary to test a defendant’s blood typically slows things down quite a bit in Nevada. LaMontagne’s case is no different.

Her case took four months to go from arrest to first court appearance. And her case is far from the only one. As of March, the average amount of time to test a defendant’s blood was 55 days. As of this month, however, authorities managed to drop that time to 29 days.