SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Police arrested fewer people in the first 10 days of a crackdown on Sacramento-area drunken drivers compared to a similar period last year.
From midnight Dec. 18 through midnight Sunday, officers representing 15 Sacramento County law enforcement agencies reported provisional arrests of at least 264 people for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a dip from 330 DUI arrests during the first 10 days of last year's winter crackdown on impaired drivers.
During the same time in Placer County, officers representing seven agencies reported arrests of at least 35 people on suspicion of DUI, down from 77 such arrests last year.
No deaths were attributed to a drunken driver in either county during this time.
Law enforcement officials will be conducting more anti-DUI efforts through out the region in the coming days.
Also, the California Highway Patrol will have increased staffing during the New Year's weekend
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
DUI murder suspect to stand trial in March
A Sacramento woman accused of driving drunk last year and fatally rear-ending a motorcyclist near Elk Grove Park has pled not guilty in Sacramento County Superior Court and will stand trial in March.
Suspect Rebecca Vela, 33, was arraigned Dec. 31 at the Sacramento County Main Jail, following a Dec. 18 preliminary hearing that found there was enough evidence against her to warrant a trial.
Vela pled not guilty to the three charges against her: murder, felonious DUI and felonious hit-and-run. She also denied charges related to four prior DUI convictions mentioned in a district attorney complaint amended at the Dec. 18 preliminary hearing.
A trial readiness conference will be held March 19, and Vela will stand trial March 25.
The charges stem from an April 28, 2009 accident in which prosecutors say Vela drove drunk on East Stockton Boulevard and rear-ended 54-year-old Stanley Franklin Spaeth of Sacramento. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputy District Attorney Leland Washington declined to comment after the Dec. 31 arraignment.
Vela’s attorney, Russell Miller, said he didn’t have any new information.
“We’re marching ahead,” Miller said after the arraignment.
Vela is being held without bail at the Sacramento County Main Jail, according to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department records.
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Suspect Rebecca Vela, 33, was arraigned Dec. 31 at the Sacramento County Main Jail, following a Dec. 18 preliminary hearing that found there was enough evidence against her to warrant a trial.
Vela pled not guilty to the three charges against her: murder, felonious DUI and felonious hit-and-run. She also denied charges related to four prior DUI convictions mentioned in a district attorney complaint amended at the Dec. 18 preliminary hearing.
A trial readiness conference will be held March 19, and Vela will stand trial March 25.
The charges stem from an April 28, 2009 accident in which prosecutors say Vela drove drunk on East Stockton Boulevard and rear-ended 54-year-old Stanley Franklin Spaeth of Sacramento. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputy District Attorney Leland Washington declined to comment after the Dec. 31 arraignment.
Vela’s attorney, Russell Miller, said he didn’t have any new information.
“We’re marching ahead,” Miller said after the arraignment.
Vela is being held without bail at the Sacramento County Main Jail, according to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department records.
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Monday, February 15, 2010
Hundreds Arrested In DUI Campaign
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Hundreds of people have been arrested in Sacramento County over the holidays on suspicion of driving under the influence.
According to new information from the AVOID the Capital 15 Campaign, between midnight Dec. 18 through midnight Jan. 2 DUI checkpoints netted 376 arrests on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. No DUI fatal collisions were reported.
Last year, there were 435 DUI arrests.
Law enforcement officials will be conducting more anti-DUI efforts through out the county and region. Additionally, all CHP areas throughout the state will have increased staffing during the New Years weekend.
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According to new information from the AVOID the Capital 15 Campaign, between midnight Dec. 18 through midnight Jan. 2 DUI checkpoints netted 376 arrests on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. No DUI fatal collisions were reported.
Last year, there were 435 DUI arrests.
Law enforcement officials will be conducting more anti-DUI efforts through out the county and region. Additionally, all CHP areas throughout the state will have increased staffing during the New Years weekend.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
DUI Arrests Down 25 Percent Over Holiday in Sacramento County
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CA - Sacramento County's Avoid the Capital 15 Campaign to get impaired drivers off the road over the holidays netted a preliminary 395 arrests for driving under the influence, according to a police spokesman for the task force.
There was also one suspected DUI-related death in Walnut Grove on Jan. 2, according to Sgt. Brian Winsor with the Elk Grove Police Department.
The crackdown began Dec. 18, at 12:01 a.m. and continued through Jan 3, midnight. Officers with law enforcement agencies throughout the county conducted a number of sobriety checkpoints and special saturation patrols during the campaign as well as routine patrols in Sacramento County.
Winsor said there were 526 DUI arrests over the same holiday period in 2008.
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There was also one suspected DUI-related death in Walnut Grove on Jan. 2, according to Sgt. Brian Winsor with the Elk Grove Police Department.
The crackdown began Dec. 18, at 12:01 a.m. and continued through Jan 3, midnight. Officers with law enforcement agencies throughout the county conducted a number of sobriety checkpoints and special saturation patrols during the campaign as well as routine patrols in Sacramento County.
Winsor said there were 526 DUI arrests over the same holiday period in 2008.
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