Bride sues after Phoenix DUI arrest, claims cops ignored unfavorable outcomes

A bride’s dream wedding ceremony changed into a authorized nightmare — after she claims she was charged with DUI regardless of being sober.

Brianna Longoria, from Fresno, had solely tied the knot the day earlier than she claims she was arrested for DUI by Phoenix police regardless of blowing a 0.00 — “triple zeros” — on a breath take a look at.

She additionally and later testing unfavorable for medicine and alcohol, in accordance with a federal lawsuit.  

The weird bust occurred Dec. 29, 2024, when Longoria was reportedly pulled over throughout a late-night drive in a rental automobile together with her new husband within the passenger seat.

Cops initially claimed she ran a pink gentle and had points with the automobile’s taillights, however issues shortly escalated right into a DUI investigation.

In footage obtained by FOX26 by means of Sud & Pierce Regulation Agency, one of many officers admitted on bodycam footage they weren’t anticipating an alcohol studying earlier than administering the breathalyzer.

Moments later, the breathalyzer got here again with “triple zeros.”

Regardless of the clear take a look at, Longoria was handcuffed and arrested on suspicion of DUI.

“I do imagine that you simply’re impaired,” an officer advised her.

Police pointed to indicators like “pink eyes” and pupil measurement to justify the arrest.

After Longoria was taken into custody, one of many arrested officers was allegedly recorded saying: “They’re going to kick me off the squad if I don’t get a DUI.”

Longoria’s attorneys say the trade raises critical issues about stress and unofficial quotas to make DUI arrests.

“This case arises from Phoenix Police Division officers’ disregard of established constitutional guidelines governing DUI stops and arrests,” the lawsuit states, alleging the officers made the arrest to “additional their careers and comply with the Metropolis’s inappropriate coverage, apply, or customized of producing DUI arrests.”

The DUI case in the end fell aside, and prosecutors moved to dismiss the costs in April 2025, and a decide later tossed out her license suspension after authorities didn’t current enough proof.

However Longoria says the fallout on her “life has been perpetually modified by Defendants’ wrongful arrest and
prosecution of her.”

In her lawsuit filed in December of 2025 towards town of Phoenix and the officers concerned, Longoria’s legal professionals state that the ordeal precipitated delays on her most cancers remedy, harm her nursing research, and noticed her miss a part of her honeymoon.

“If there’s a phrase to explain this case, it’s ‘fabricated,’ the lawsuit claims. “Defendants stopped Brianna as she was driving primarily based upon a fabricated visitors infraction, area examined her primarily based upon fabricated observations, after which jailed and prosecuted her primarily based upon much more fabricated proof.”

She is looking for damages, coverage adjustments, and to have the arrest wiped from her file.

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