On March 27, 2026, at approximately 12:44 AM, Deputy Sedarski with the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office was driving west on 37th Street Northwest approaching 18th Avenue Northwest in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, when he saw a vehicle ahead of him that was drifting toward the fog line. Deputy Sedarski conducted a license plate check and saw a prior contact with the vehicle; the driver at the time was CARMELO DOMINGUEZ OLIVAREZ, [DOB REDACTED], who had a revoked license status. Deputy Sedarski initiated a traffic stop and identified the driver as Olivarez.
While speaking with Olivarez, Deputy Sedarski smelled a moderate odor of alcohol emanating from inside the vehicle. Olivarez had droopy eyelids and slurred speech, and he reached for his credit card when Deputy Sedarski asked for his driver’s license. Olivarez admitted to consuming a couple beers. Deputy Sedarski asked Olivarez to exit the vehicle so he could conduct Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs). He observed 4 clues with the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus SFST, 4 clues with the Walk and Turn SFST, and 2 indicators during the One Leg Stand SFST. A preliminary breath test indicated the presence of alcohol.
Deputy Sedarski placed Olivarez under arrest for suspected driving while impaired and transported him to the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center (ADC). At the ADC, Detention Corporal Ickler located a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine in the right pocket of Olivarez’s coat. The substance tested presumptive positive for cocaine and weighed 2.1 grams with packaging. After Olivarez was booked into the ADC, Deputy Sedarski read to Olivarez the Breath Test Advisory, and Olivarez provided a breath sample.
Based upon this test, Olivarez’s blood alcohol content was measured at 0.12 at 1:45 AM. Olivarez was convicted of a felony-level violation of Minnesota Statute § 609.21.1 on June 17, 2004, in Olmsted County Court File 55-K0-04-000227. Pursuant to Minnesota Statute § 169A.03.20(2), this conviction is a prior impaired driving conviction. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: YOU MUST APPEAR FOR EVERY COURT HEARING REGARDING THIS CASE. FAILURE TO APPEAR FOR COURT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE AND MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL CHARGES BEING IMPOSED AND PUNISHED AS PROVIDED IN MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 609.49.
