CROWD CATCHES SUSPECT IN DUI.Byline: Peter Hartlaub Daily News Staff Writer About 10 angry residents chased down and caught a drunk-driving suspect who tried to run away after a crash that injured a woman, authorities said Monday. The man, Jose Valles, 18, was taken to jail by officers before the scene turned violent, authorities said. Valles was drunk when he drove through a stop sign Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. and hit a car driven by Guadalupe Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the at 9:45 p.m. on the corner of Archwood Street and Beck Avenue, said Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . Officer Bill Aurand. Flores was treated for back and neck pain and cuts
on the left side of her face at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History and
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Witnesses said Valles and two passengers were in a Mazda pickup truck that hit Flores' Toyota Supra
The Toyota Supra was a sports car/grand tourer produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. and two parked cars. Valles crawled out of a window but barely got a block before a group of about 10 men ran him down, police said. Fernando Marquez of North Hollywood and Louis Melendez of Reseda detained Valles and one of the passengers, Aurand said. ``They chased him down and held him for police,'' Aurand said, adding that Valles was arrested at Van Nuys Jail, not on the street. ``He was removed for his safety because a hostile crowd was at the scene.'' The passenger who also was caught was not arrested, police said. Witnesses said the scene was reminiscent of the ``Night Stalker'' capture, referring to murderer Richard Ramirez
Maria Pereyra, 25, who lives on the corner of Archwood and Beck, said her father was among the group that chased Valles and his two passengers as they ran down the street of the residential neighborhood. ``The driver, he was staggering all over the place,'' Pereyra said. ``Everyone was really angry. They were ready to jump him.'' Valles was booked on suspicion of felony driving under the influence of alcohol and held on $50,000 bail. Aurand said detectives will ask the District Attorney or City Attorney's office to pursue that and a felony hit-and-run charge when they present the case today. Valles claimed he drank 2-1/2 beers, Aurand said, adding that the suspect's blood alcohol level was ``more than double, almost triple'' the legal limit of .08 percent. Mickey Campos Campos (käm`p  s), city (1996 pop. 391,299), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on the Paraíba River near its mouth. , who lives in an apartment on Archwood, said the
pickup's occupants appeared so drunk ``they couldn't even
talk.''
Campos and Pereyra said there have seen a lot of incidents at the corner, where there are stop signs along Archwood but none on Beck. ``We had a car slam into our wall here. No one seemed to notice,'' Pereyra said, pointing to the corner of her apartment closest to the street. ``Maybe they'll put those stop signs in now.'' Aurand said police appreciate help from the community but don't encourage citizens to get involved the way Marquez and Melendez did. ``It's always a potentially dangerous situation because you don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what the suspect has done,'' he said. |
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