Fired Houston officer has DWI charge dropped despite blowing nearly twice the legal limit

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Fired Houston officer has DWI charge dropped despite blowing nearly twice the legal limit
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Houston Police Department officer Phillip Marquez, who was fired after a DWI charge earlier this month, had his charges dropped for an unexpected reason.

A Houston man ticketed for volunteering to help feed the homeless downtown has been declared 'not guilty’ by a jury. CREDIT: .say an off-duty police officer who blew almost double the legal limit during a DWI arrest earlier this month will no longer be prosecuted after an unexpected detail derailed the case.

At the time, local reports say, he blew .15 – almost double the legal limit – into a breathalyzer and was arrested for driving while intoxicated. He was then booked into Harris County Jail. Houston Police Department officer Phillip Marquez, 38, was allegedly found drunk on his motorcycle on the side of the road on Sept. 14.

Ultimately, the DA's office said they could not prove that Marquez ever operated the motorcycle — a necessary element of a DWI.

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