PORTLAND, Texas (AP) — Actor Lou Diamond Phillips was charged with DWI in Texas just hours before a scheduled appearance in Corpus Christi.
Police in nearby Portland arrested Phillips early Friday. Jail records show Phillips, who starred in “La Bamba,” was later freed on $2,500 bond.
Police Chief Mark Cory said an officer was conducting an unrelated traffic stop when the 55-year-old Phillips drove up and asked for directions. Cory said the officer suspected Phillips had been drinking. His blood alcohol level was .20 — more than twice the legal limit for driving.
Cory says Phillips, who listed a California address, was cooperative.
Jail records had no attorney for Phillips, a 1980 graduate of Corpus Christi’s Flour Bluff High School. Phillips was scheduled to appear Friday afternoon at a Corpus Christi historical event.