MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Minneapolis police arrested a former city council member for DWI after they say she refused to cooperate and tried to flee the traffic stop.

Alondra Espejel, 44, who went by the name Alondra Cano while in office, is charged with DWI and refusing to submit a breath test.

DWI arrest of former Minneapolis city council member

Crash and arrest:

Police say they responded to a crash in the 300 block of 4th Street South just before 11:15 p.m.

They found a Honda CR-V, driven by Alondra Espejel, had crashed into a parked vehicle.

Officers say she was recording them when they approached and refused to provide her driver's license and proof of insurance when they asked.

Espejel then reportedly put her vehicle in drive, and tried to leave the traffic stop, prompting the o

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