San Miguel Man, 56, Faces Aggravated Dwi and Six Other Charges After Traffic Stop

Allegedly... Michael Apodaca, 56, of San Miguel, New Mexico, was booked into the Doña Ana County Detention Center on April 11, 2026, according to jail records. The booking lists seven charges stemming from a single traffic stop on Smokey Road north of a New Mexico state highway. The charges include aggravated driving while intoxicated, open container, speeding, no registration or expired plate, no insurance, another traffic violation, and failure to appear, per the booking entry. All charges are listed as misdemeanors or petty misdemeanors, and bond is recorded as zero dollars on the documented counts. The booking record does not identify the arresting agency or provide details on observed driving behavior, the results of any field sobriety or breath test, or the underlying matter tied to the failure-to-appear count. The San Miguel ZIP code listed, 88058, corresponds to a community in southern Doña Ana County rather than San Miguel County in northern New Mexico. All charges are accusations, and Apodaca is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. A search of New Mexico news outlets and federal court announcements did not return additional reporting tied to this booking as of publication.