Recent Posts in California Highway Patrol Category
Posted on Jul 20, 2011 By Thomas V. Wallin
According to a 627-page report by the California Highway Patrol, 18-year-old Sylvia Garay had a blood alcohol level between 0.11 and 0.14 at the time of a tragic California bus accident that killed ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2011 By Thomas V. Wallin
A 40 year old man, who was previously driving under the influence, was successfully detained after he threatened to jump from the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Saturday afternoon. According to the ...
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Posted on Jan 31, 2011 By Thomas V. Wallin
Alan Tudyk was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Soquel. According to the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the “Dodgeball” and “Death at a Funeral” actor was stopped at around 1am after CHP ...
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Posted on Jan 7, 2011 By Thomas V. Wallin
Kenneth Marshall, 34, of Victorville was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after he caused an accident by crashing into a California Highway Patrol vehicle and was in violation of ...
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Posted on Aug 27, 2010 By Thomas V. Wallin
26-year-old Jason Andrew Sabedra was arrested for drunk driving in the California Highway Patrol parking lot. Apparently, Sabedra thought he was at the McKinleyville store when he drove his 2002 ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2010 By Thomas V. Wallin
One of the most common reasons for being pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence is because of weaving. The California Highway Patrol has reported that some 244,000 people were cited ...
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Posted on Jun 22, 2010 By Thomas V. Wallin
Memorial Weekend typically brings in a large amount of drunk driving arrests, this year around 80 more people were arrested in the same 60 hour period as last year. The California Highway Patrol ...
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Posted on May 5, 2010 By Thomas V. Wallin
21 year-old Edgar G. Haro was arrested for suspicion of a Merced County DUI after he collided with a truck on Highway 165. Haro's passenger suffered major injuries and was taken to the nearby ...
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Posted on May 3, 2010 By Thomas V. Wallin
California Highway Patrol announced this morning that a Maywood officer was injured when a suspected drunk driver made a left turn in front of the squad car she was driving. A witness to the accident ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2010 By Thomas V. Wallin
Last week a Newport Beach Police Officer was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence further proving that a California DUI can happen to anyone. Monica Aguilar, was arrested on Friday ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2010 By Thomas V. Wallin
Senator Roy Ashburn, an outspoken anti-gay activist, was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence after leaving an openly gay bar. Senator Ashburn was arrested in Sacramento and released on ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2010 By Thomas V. Wallin
Richard Jung was killed on New Year’s Day when he was rear-ended by an alleged drunk driver causing his car to veer into oncoming traffic. Three people were killed in the accident including Jung’s ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2009 By Thomas V. Wallin
The holiday weekend brought an increase in California DUI arrests according to the CHP. Across the state from 6:01 pm Christmas Eve to 6 am Sunday there were 16 fatal traffic accidents. In Los Angeles ...
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