The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent who was found passed out in his car and covered in vomit earlier this year pleaded guilty to drunken driving and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.
Alfredo Mancillas Jr. pleaded guilty on July 15 to one count of misdemeanor fourth-degree driving while intoxicated. As part of the plea, Ramsey County District Judge Maria Mitchell dismissed a higher charge of third-degree DWI.
Mitchell sentenced Mancillas last week to 90 days in jail, one year of unsupervised probation and mandatory addiction treatment. Mancillas’ jail term was stayed for a year, meaning he doesn’t have to serve any time in jail as long as he abides by the terms of his probation.
Mancillas, 32, who lives in Corpus Christi, Tex., made his guilty plea through a written petition and waived his right to hear his sentence in person, according to court documents.
Mike Fredrickson, Mancillas’ attorney, did not return a message seeking comment Monday afternoon.
Mancillas’ DWI made made local, national and international news news in late January as the Twin Cities metro was dealing with uncertainty and chaos from an influx of 3,000 federal immigration agents. Operation Metro Surge saw widespread racial profiling from federal immigration agents, excessive use of force and the fatal shootings of two Minneapolis residents.
According to the criminal complaint filed against Mancillas: A state trooper found Mancillas at 3:25 a.m. on Jan. 27 parked in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood near Allianz Field. He was “slumped over in the driver’s seat.”
Mancillas was covered in vomit, had watery and bloodshot eyes and smelled like alcohol.
He failed a field sobriety test and refused to take a breathalyzer test. He was arrested and booked into Ramsey County Jail, and was later released.
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