That your complainant is a peace officer employed by the Minnesota State Patrol who was advised of the following by a law enforcement officer with that agency, known to your complainant to be truthful and reliable and who is hereinafter referred to as officer: On 11/5/2025, at approximately 4:31 P.M., while in the City of Rochester, Olmsted County, State of Minnesota, a Minnesota State Trooper was dispatched to a hit an run property damage crash. Information stated that a vehicle was hit and the pickup that hit it did not stop.
Another trooper located the license plate of the pickup. Updated information said that a pickup matching the description had now hit another vehicle. Next, troopers were informed that the vehicle was now behind Auto Zone, and the driver was possibly running away on foot. Upon arrival, the trooper saw a limo driver wave him around the corner, pointing south in the alley. The officer then observed a pickup truck stopped with the driver side door open. The trooper was informed that the driver of the vehicle had been seen wearing a Noodles & Company shirt.
When the officer approached the vehicle, which was still running, he located a Minnesota Identification card belonging to Luis Miguel Santos Hernandez, [DOB REDACTED], the Defendant herein. The officer also observed an opened beer can inside the vehicle on the center console. Updated information stated that the defendant was now in the UPS Store. The trooper and a Rochester Police officer went to the back door of the store, where the defendant exited. While attempting to handcuff the defendant, he would not follow directions and would not put his hand behinds his back.
He resisted officer's attempts to put his hands behind his back. Eventually the trooper rolled him onto his stomach where he was able to get handcuffs on him with the assistance of other officers. The defendant was wearing a Noodles & Company shirt and was observed to have breath with an odor of an alcoholic beverage, and bloodshot watery eyes. The defendant matched the photo ID that the trooper had previously located in the truck. The defendant admitted to consuming alcohol, and the officers could feel that his balance was poor so they assisted him with walking and balancing.
Once to the squad, the defendant refused to get in by putting his foot on the door. No PBT was completed due to the defendant's level of uncooperativeness. The defendant continued to act belligerently and vomited multiple times in the squad, and the odor of alcohol was now overwhelming. Upon arrival to the ADC, the defendant continued to be uncooperative and again had to be taken down by staff. The defendant was then put into a holding cell. The Defendant was placed under arrest for driving/operating/being in physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
