State Rep. Enrique Sanchez was not at the State House for Tuesday’s session of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. This comes one day after Sanchez, a Providence Democrat, was arrested for drunk driving on Reservoir Avenue in Cranston.

A Rhode Island state lawmaker has been charged with drunk driving after a traffic stop early Monday morning in Cranston, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The news station reported that state representative Enrique Sanchez was stopped at a green light on Reservoir Avenue at around 3 a.

Cranston police say Rep. Enrique Sanchez of Providence was arrested for driving under the influence early Monday morning. According to Colonel Michael Winquist, Sanchez refused to take a breathalyzer test at the scene.

A state representative from Providence is facing a drunken driving charge after he was arrested in Cranston in the early hours of Monday morning. Cranston police say Enrique Sanchez was stopped at a green light on Reservoir Avenue at 3 a.m. when an officer pulled up next to him to see what was happening.

CRANSTON, R.I. — A Providence state representative was arrested and charged with drunken driving early Monday morning, Cranston police said.

House Speaker Joe Shekarchi on Tuesday called the drunk-driving arrest of state Rep. Enrique Sanchez a "serious charge," and he demanded an explanation from his fellow lawmaker.