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DUIs for September

Sunday, October 07, 2007

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The Napa Valley Register publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence in Napa County. Statistics are published the first Monday of each month.

Arrest information is from the Napa County Sheriff’s Department. Convictions, names and blood-alcohol levels are from Napa County Superior Court.

Convictions include cases in which the person pleaded guilty or no contest to one or more drunk driving charges, or where one or more such charges resulted in a guilty verdict at trial.

Vehicle code violations considered are: driving under the influence (Vehicle Code section 23152), reckless driving while under the influence (23103.5) and causing injury to another while driving while under the influence (23153).

The blood-alcohol levels provided by the court are based on a variety of tests — some taken at the scene of the arrest or county jail, others through a later blood test — and have not necessarily been proven or admitted in court. It is unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle if that person has a blood-alcohol level of .08 or more, according to the California Vehicle Code.

Convictions/pleas 84

Reported blood-alcohol below .10 or unavailable    21

Reported blood-alcohol between .10 and .19    51

Reported blood-alcohol between .20 and .29    11

Reported blood-alcohol between .30 and .39    1

Aguirre, Gaudencio — Napa

Alves, Nicholas Dean — Napa

Angeles, Leslie — Vallejo

Anguiano, Marcos — Napa

Arriola, Emanuel Nieto — Napa

Ayala, Roberto Barajas — Napa

Becker, Melissa Margaret — Los Angeles

Berry, Damon Gerard — Rodeo

Cardone, Bruno Arnaldo — Mountain View

Castillo, Jesus Bravo — Napa

Cepeda, Mirian — Fairfield

Clary, Amber Rose — Napa

Cohen-Taisne, David — San Francisco

Cordero, Guillermo — Vallejo

Corey, Jessica Belyn — Portland

Covarrubias, Jose Antonio — Petaluma

Cruz, Jaime Bonilla — St. Helena

Cruz, Vanessa — Davis

Deatherage, Weldon Edward — Calistoga

Dehart, David Michael — Vallejo

Dominguez, Orlando Garcia — Los Angeles

Doroteo Feliciano, Marcos Guadalupe — Napa

Duryea, Carolyn Ann — St. Helena

Elmore, Shawn Eugene — Vallejo

Eoriatti, John Daniel Lee — Riverside

Espinoza, Esther Hernandez — Napa

Fitzgerald, Richard William — Napa

Fitzsimmons, Kenneth Ross — St. Helena

Flores, Gilberto Ramon — Napa

Ford, John Joseph — Napa

Fuentes, Julio Cesar — Napa

Graham, Matthew Allen — Napa

Hamblin, Michael Scott — Pope Valley

Harbaugh, Donald Elmer — Napa

Heath, Gregory Allen — Lavinia

Hernandez, Alejandro — Hidden Valley

Hernandez, Miguel — Napa

Howard, Kent — San Francisco

Jackson, Philip Jermine — Fairfield

Jacquard, Michael P — Jamestown

Josker, David Allen — Phoenix

Keklik, Ahmet Mumtaz — Salt Lake City

Leon, Jose Luis — Napa

Loconto, Michael William — St. Helena

Lopez, Alejandro Monroy — Calistoga

Lopez, Favian — Yountville

Lotti, Elisa Ann — San Jose

Martinez Agudo, Jesus — Calistoga

Martinez Estrada, Sanon — N/A

Martinez, Sergio Corona — Vallejo

McDonald, Paul Gerald — Pleasant Hill

McWilliams, Michael Robert — Napa

Mendoza, Joel Ortiz — Napa

Montanez, Laura Angelica — Napa

Moore, Joseph Lee — Vacaville

Novak, Timothy Joseph — Woodland

Ocampo, Daniel Alberto — St. Helena

Olsen, Eric John — St. Helena

Peverini, Brian Bernard — Salinas

Pfeifer, Bowdon — St. Helena

Ramirez, Luis Antonio — Napa

Reyes, Rodolfo — Napa

Richmond, Benjamin Ambrose — Napa

Robledo, Jesus — Napa

Rocha, Rodrigo Saldana — Vallejo

Rodriguez, Reynaldo Estrada — Rutherford

Rojas, Adrian Vidal — Sonoma

Romero, Clodoaldo Montanes — Calistoga

Romero, Clodoaldo Montanes — Calistoga

Rosas, Edgar Hernandez — Napa

Scotland, Rory James — Napa

Singer, Eric Charles — Frisco

Sipe, Andrea Michelle — San Francisco

Smith, Michael Alan — Peoria

Stone, Elizabeth Rose — St. Helena

Tapia, Edgar Rodriguez — Napa

Turner, Michael Lawrence — Napa

Vermillion, Steve Allen — Petaluma

Vinatieri, Patrick Merrit — Napa

Washburn, James Gerald — Crockett

Whited, Patrick Charles — Dixon

Widup, Elizabeth Ridleygosse — San Francisco

Wilson, Julia Anne — Napa

Wright, Robert Marion — Napa

13 comment(s)

MP wrote on Oct 1, 2007 4:31 PM:

" This seems like a long list this month -- stepped up enforcement, perhaps? "

supernova8610 wrote on Oct 1, 2007 7:37 PM:

" Let's hope so. "

vernacular wrote on Oct 2, 2007 7:32 AM:

" September's pretty busy, tourist-wise... probably had more drunks on the road. I'm sure the list will drop a bit as the weather gets colder and the crowds get smaller. "

Jane wrote on Oct 2, 2007 9:16 AM:

" I wonder if posting DUI's in the newspaper acts as a deterrent to people drinking and driving? If that is so, then perhaps the Register should consider posting the names of parents who are delinquent in paying their child support as well. Maybe this would encourage people to take care of their responsibilities. "

entity wrote on Oct 3, 2007 12:03 AM:

" One poor idiot in the .3 to .39 category! That's the short step below "quite likely to die of alcohol poisoning", and when average folks are typically quite unconscious. I'm glad that person got caught in particular - that's far beyond the "just one beer, officer" place and firmly into "ran over a family and didn't even notice"-land. "

supernova8610 wrote on Oct 3, 2007 6:20 PM:

" That's a good idea, Jane. "

tgrl707 wrote on Oct 5, 2007 8:46 AM:

" What a GREAT idea Jane, I wander if thats possible?? "

Bebee's Human wrote on Oct 5, 2007 3:46 PM:

" Jane, there isn't enough room in the paper for that idea. Nice try, though. And not enough women are reporting that child support payments are not made. "

Jane wrote on Oct 5, 2007 9:08 PM:

" Well I guess I have noticed over the years that the Register posts the people who are delinquent in paying their property taxes, as well as DUI's, so my thoughts are simply that if children are a priority in Napa, as much as drunk drivers, and property taxes, then the children who suffer for their parents delinquency could perhaps benefit from this idea. I am only referring to cases that are reported through the District Attorney's office, as this is a matter of public record. Who knows? Maybe it could help lighten the case loads of an overloaded system? Just a thought... "

VJ07 wrote on Oct 6, 2007 1:17 PM:

" I was shocked to read the number of DUI's. I'm curious to know how many of the local 37 people pulled over were here legally?? Any stats on that one? "

VJ07 wrote on Oct 6, 2007 1:22 PM:

" Honestly! How many of those "local" people reported drunk for Sept. were really "tourists"? At least some of the tourists are responsible and desegnate a driver! Maybe "some" could learn from them?! "

Old_Napan wrote on Oct 7, 2007 8:08 PM:

" I'm curious about the whole "Tourist" spin on this story by VJ07. Do you really think that the CHP and NSO actually enforce the DUI laws by hanging around the local wineries? I can guarantee that most of the tourists that visit and taste at the local wineries are at or above the legal limit for DUI. I drive up and down the valley everyday and I've seen tourists "Tasting" behind the wheel! I feel the locals who are listed in this article were arrested for reasons that have nothing to do with to whether the tourists are driving sober. I'm sure if the CHP wanted to setup a sobriety check point anywhere on highway 29 they would have more "Clients" than they could handle. More importantly, I'm sure that a few "High-level" phone calls would be placed to the CHP to cease the checkpoint and go back to arresting the "Locals". "

VJ07 wrote on Oct 8, 2007 1:32 PM:

" Old Napan, I was responding to the comment that vernacular wrote on Oct. 2. You seemed to have missed my point overall. "

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