RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: MIGUEL SANTANA: LA City Official Pleads Guilty to DUI Charge. He got tipsy at "charity" event honoring LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

MIGUEL SANTANA: LA City Official Pleads Guilty to DUI Charge. He got tipsy at "charity" event honoring LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley.

Breaking News:
By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
May 25, 2010
4:20 p.m.

WEST COVINA – Los Angeles City Administrative Official Miguel Santana pleaded no contest today to misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol.

Santana, 40, was arrested on Friday, March 26 in the Covina area by California Highway Patrol officers. He was freed on $5,000 bond and charged with 2 counts of DUI.

The charity event Santana was attending that evening before his much publicized arrest was a Charity Dinner in Honor of Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley.

Cooley's office is who prosecuted this case today in which a plea deal was reached.

Deputy District Attorney Casey Jarvis of the West Covina Area Office said Santana was immediately sentenced to three years probation and was ordered to pay $1,737 in fines and penalty assessments.

West Covina Superior Court Commissioner Harold Mulville additionally ordered Santana to enroll in a six-month drinking-driver program and ordered him to participate in the hospital and morgue program. The latter program exposes DUI offenders to victims of alcohol-related incidents.

Under the terms of a negotiated plea agreement, a second count, driving while having a .08% or higher blood alcohol, was dismissed.

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

MIGUEL SANTANA: LA City Official Pleads Guilty to DUI Charge. He got tipsy at "charity" event honoring LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley.

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