Easy on alcohol
Laselute had history of drinking, driving

Investigators examine the damaged car of a suspect in a double hit-and-run fatality on New Mexico Highway 264 in Yatahey in this photo taken Aug. 21. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Phil Stake
Staff writer

WINDOW ROCK — Adrian Laselute, 25, who is charged with killing two young women in a drunken driving crash Aug. 21, had been released on DWI charges and ordered not to drink by a Navajo tribal judge four days before the crash, according to newly obtained tribal court records.

Prior to his arrest, Laselute worked as a radiologist for Sage Memorial Hospital in Ganado, and apparently had no significant prior criminal history. The court records show that Laselute had allegedly driven while drunk before.

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