LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- A Democratic Nevada state senator faces a DUI charge after Las Vegas Metro police found him asleep at the wheel at a stoplight, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.

Police arrested State Sen. Edgar Flores, 39, early Friday morning near the intersection of Lamb and Lake Mead boulevards on suspicion of DUI. Flores told police he drank a 24-ounce beer earlier that night, documents said.

Flores was later booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a misdemeanor DUI charge. Flores was not charged with a crime and, per state law, was allowed to leave the jail after a blood draw without posting bail or seeing a judge.

In a phone call with the 8 News Now Investigators, Flores was remorseful for falling asleep and said he was not impaired.

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