Jessica Hinojosa asks Board to end probation after single DUI collision; AG flags high BAC and requests more evidence of insight

Jessica Hinojosa appeared before the Board of Behavioral Sciences on Aug. 21, 2025, to ask for early termination of probation imposed after a driving-under-the-influence incident on April 19, 2021. The administrative hearing was presided over by Administrative Law Judge Abe Levy; Deputy Attorney General Blair MacGregor presented the state's packet of exhibits (admitted as exhibits 1–6). Hinojosa testified about her sobriety, therapy, church-based supports and plans if probation were ended.

Hinojosa told the board she has been sober since the April 2021 incident and has attended individual therapy, completed court-ordered programs (an ABC traffic program, Mothers Against Drunk Driving material and a hospital-and-morgue presentation) and continues therapy with a licensed clinician. She said she attends a women’s Bible study and mentors other women there, and that faith-based supports and family are central to her recovery: “My faith, has been very, very strong for me during this difficult time,” she said.

Deputy Attorney General MacGregor commended Hinojosa’s compliance with probation but noted areas of concern in the record. He told the panel that the incident’s reported blood-alcohol concentration was 0.2 and said that, ‘‘although that's a correlation, you know, you can't say that there is alcohol use disorder. That is a very significant departure,’’ and that the record lacked documentation showing that Hinojosa had worked through insight about her relationship with alcohol beyond grief processing through faith-based supports.

Board members questioned Hinojosa about prior drinking history (she described prior social drinking), details of the collision (she struck two parked cars while attempting to park and said no one was injured), therapy frequency and content, AA attendance (Hinojosa said she attends telehealth AA meetings but does not have a sponsor and is not working the 12 steps) and whether the church’s teachings disallow alcohol use. Hinojosa said her family and partner do not drink and she does not intend to drink again.

Hinojosa said she seeks probation termination to pursue personal and professional goals — including starting a teen support group at her church, returning to doctoral studies and taking on new job opportunities — and to reduce the financial burden probation supervision imposes. The attorney general offered no formal recommendation but emphasized the significance of the BAC level in the record, the absence of certain clinical materials documenting insight and the proximity of the petition to the scheduled probation end date (January 2026).

The board admitted exhibits into evidence, finished questions, closed the record and “deemed the matter submitted” for decision. No board vote was taken at the hearing; the board will issue a written decision and notify the parties.