San Diego Police Officer Accused of DUI in Hit and Run Crash
A San Diego Police Officer is under investigation for a hit and run crash as well as driving under the influence of alcohol.
Around 7:30 p.m. on February 22th of this year, San Diego off-duty officer, 41 yeart old David Hall was driving northbound on Interstate 805 in his GMC Yukon SUV when he crashed into Chevrolet Suburban. Officer Hall kept on driving after hitting the other vehicle when a Highway Patrolman saw him and then started following him on the freeway.
On a breath test performed right outside his Linda Vista home, the San Diego drunk driver blew three times the legal limit. The woman driving the Suburban told officers she was ok and left right after. Paul Neuharth, a former police officer, and now a San Diego criminal attorney explained that this incident could cost Hall his job just for the hit and run alone. Not only does Hall have this accident going against him, Hall also has been facing other legal dilemmas due to domestic violence.
This San Diego DUI case is going through internal review by the San Diego Police Department and is being reviewed by the District Attorney’s office. The issue of why the San Diego drunken officer was not arrested is still in question and the San Diego Police Department didn’t offer to explain why.
SDPD Officer Suspected Of DUI, Hit-And-Run Crash, San Diego 10 News, April 12, 2011
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