A Monterey County man who final month used police-type lights to drag over one other driver shall be sentenced to 2 years in jail, the district legal professional’s workplace mentioned.
The motive force on whom Clemente Martinez had carried out the bogus visitors cease was an off-duty sheriff’s sergeant.
The incident occurred shortly after 3 a.m. on March 6. Martinez had activated the flashing pink and blue lights within the grille of his Chevrolet Malibu to drag over the officer within the city of Greenfield. The officer pulled over, however Martinez didn't get out of his personal automobile. He then drove away.
The sergeant adopted him whereas calling Greenfield police, and Martinez was arrested in entrance of his personal home, about three blocks away.
Martinez, 27, was discovered to have a blood alcohol degree of 0.10 %, the arrest report mentioned. He was additionally driving with a license suspended due to prior driving-under-the-influence convictions — 5 of them, going again to 2012.
Martinez reportedly advised the arresting officer that he pulled over the sergeant with the intent of warning him towards driving whereas intoxicated.
In an announcement Tuesday, the district legal professional’s workplace mentioned Martinez pleaded no contest to felony drunk driving and impersonating a police officer and can obtain a stipulated two-year jail sentence.
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