On August 18, 2025, in Apple Valley, Dakota County Minnesota, officers were dispatched to an accident with reported injuries. When officers arrived, a witness advised that he was traveling behind the victim’s vehicle when he witnessed a truck drive through a red light and hit the victim’s vehicle. The victim was traveling through the green light when she was hit by the suspect. The suspect driving the truck was identified through his driving permit as Cesar David Mejia Chavira [DOB REDACTED]. Officers noticed that MEJIA smelled like alcohol, he had a moderate slur in his speech, and his eyes were glazed and bloodshot.
Officers also noticed that MEJIA had two wristbands on, commonly used for admittance to a bar. Officers asked MEJIA if he had been drinking and he admitted to having one beer. Officers requested that MEJIA step out of the vehicle to preform standardized field sobriety testing (SFST). Before the tests began officers continued to smell alcohol on MEJIA and noticed that he was swaying while standing. Officers noticed many signs of impairment throughout the SFSTs, including MEJIA losing balance, failing to follow directions, stepping off the line, using his arms for balance, and others.
The portable breath test was administered, and MEJIA blew a.17 BAC. MEJIA was placed under arrest for DWI. MEJIA was searched incident to arrest and officers found a small white plastic baggie containing a white powder substance in MEJIA’s front right coin pocket. The victim was transported to the hospital for injuries to her hand, chest, and collarbone. A search warrant was obtained for MEJIA’s blood, and a sample was collected. The victim sustained a midshaft clavicle fracture with severe displacement and shortening.
The victim had to undergo two surgeries due to the fracture. The white powdery substance was tested and was positive for cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance, in the amount of.36 grams. The BCA tested MEIJA’s blood sample which had an alcohol concentration of.16 and was positive for benzoylecgonine (which is a metabolite of cocaine), a Schedule II controlled substance.
