Tractor Trailer driver blows 6x the legal limit in DUI arrest

Gallup, NM – On September 2, 2022, at around 11:52 a.m. a Freightliner tractor-trailer, driven by Johnnie Ray Punch Jr., 45, of Houston TX entered the Gallup Port of Entry. Inspectors told Punch to park in the main parking lot to purchase a needed permit. Instead of parking as inspectors had asked, Ponce entered an inspection bay.

When inspectors made contact with Punch, they smelt a strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath. A New Mexico State Police officer at the port of entry was notified. After a subsequent DWI investigation Punch was arrested for DWI.