Former TV news anchor Don Cannon has been arrested in California for failure to report for sentencing in two separate cases of driving under the influence.
Mr. Cannon, whose real name is Donald J. Clark, had pleaded guilty to two cases of DUI that occurred in 2007.
According to the Allegheny County sheriff's department, Mr. Cannon moved to Carlsbad, Calif., after his guilty plea. He was supposed to report to start serving his sentence last month and failed to do so.
Subsequently, two bench warrants were issued for his arrest.
Late last night, Allegheny County sheriff's deputies contacted police in Carlsbad and asked for their assistance in arresting Mr. Clark. They were told that Mr. Cannon had recently been arrested on another DUI charge and had been in court earlier that day.
Mr. Cannon was later arrested without incident at his home in Carlsbad and is being held without bond in San Diego County Jail, pending his extradition to Pittsburgh.
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Drunken Driving Blamed In Death Of 9-Year-Old In Carlsbad
A 9-year-old girl from Los Angeles County was fatally injured in a multi-vehicle crash today on northbound Interstate 5 blamed on a drunken driver.
The crash at Cassidy Street in Carlsbad occurred shortly after 1 a.m., the California Highway Patrol reported.
The girl was a rear passenger in a Lexus RX330 driven by Michael J. Wright, 23, of Commerce in Los Angeles County, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.
The Lexus struck one vehicle and then collided with other vehicles, according to the medical examiner's office.
Paramedics took the girl to Rady Children's Hospital in Kearny Mesa, where she died minutes later, CHP Officer Larry Landeros said.
Another person was taken to Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Landeros said.
Wright was arrested on suspicion of DUI, according to the CHP.
The girl's name was withheld pending family notification. Her relationship to Wright was not immediately released.
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The crash at Cassidy Street in Carlsbad occurred shortly after 1 a.m., the California Highway Patrol reported.
The girl was a rear passenger in a Lexus RX330 driven by Michael J. Wright, 23, of Commerce in Los Angeles County, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.
The Lexus struck one vehicle and then collided with other vehicles, according to the medical examiner's office.
Paramedics took the girl to Rady Children's Hospital in Kearny Mesa, where she died minutes later, CHP Officer Larry Landeros said.
Another person was taken to Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Landeros said.
Wright was arrested on suspicion of DUI, according to the CHP.
The girl's name was withheld pending family notification. Her relationship to Wright was not immediately released.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
More DUI Enforcement on On Local Highway
SAN DIEGO — A law enforcement agency in San Diego’s north county is getting a grant to step up DUI enforcement along State Route 76.
The California Highway Patrol’s Oceanside office is getting 266,000 for increased DUI patrols and sobriety checkpoints along 38 miles of Route 76. There have been 13 deaths and 303 injuries related to DUI’s on the road in the past three years. Sergeant Tom Greenstone says the casinos in the area play a role in the crashes.
“We have a number of high incidences of crashes that are fatalities and DUI involved that we have been able to relate back to the casinos and not just one but all of them out there on the east side of I-15 on SR 76,” he said.
The grant comes from the State Office of Highway Safety. The extra enforcement measures will begin in September and last for about a year and a half.
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The California Highway Patrol’s Oceanside office is getting 266,000 for increased DUI patrols and sobriety checkpoints along 38 miles of Route 76. There have been 13 deaths and 303 injuries related to DUI’s on the road in the past three years. Sergeant Tom Greenstone says the casinos in the area play a role in the crashes.
“We have a number of high incidences of crashes that are fatalities and DUI involved that we have been able to relate back to the casinos and not just one but all of them out there on the east side of I-15 on SR 76,” he said.
The grant comes from the State Office of Highway Safety. The extra enforcement measures will begin in September and last for about a year and a half.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Five Vehicle San Diego Car Accident Shuts Down State Route 163
The morning of June 23, 2009, in San Diego was brought in with a massive car wreck on State Route 163 that involved five vehicles on the freeway, including a school bus. The crash occurred near Mesa College and the highway was cleared a few hours later.
The San Diego five-car accident happened on the northbound side of the 163 freeway at Mesa College Drive just before 8 a.m., as reported by the California Highway Patrol. The road was narrowed down to two highway lanes, as well as the Mesa College Drive offramp for about an hour. The SigAlert was lifted at about 9:01 a.m. One of the five vehicles involved flipped onto its side. Paramedics who had arrived on the scene took had to take one motorist to Sharp Memorial Hospital due to injuries from the traffic accident. The victim's condition is still currently unknown. You can read more about this San Diego car crash
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The San Diego five-car accident happened on the northbound side of the 163 freeway at Mesa College Drive just before 8 a.m., as reported by the California Highway Patrol. The road was narrowed down to two highway lanes, as well as the Mesa College Drive offramp for about an hour. The SigAlert was lifted at about 9:01 a.m. One of the five vehicles involved flipped onto its side. Paramedics who had arrived on the scene took had to take one motorist to Sharp Memorial Hospital due to injuries from the traffic accident. The victim's condition is still currently unknown. You can read more about this San Diego car crash
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Driver Sentenced For Crash That Killed Bicyclist
EL CAJON, Calif. -- An unemployed drifter with a history of drunken driving convictions was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison for an alcohol-related hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist in Alpine.
Travis Chris Weber, 44, pleaded guilty May 26 to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and admitted an allegation of hit-and-run causing death.The 5 p.m. collision in the bicycle lane on eastbound Alpine Boulevard last Dec. 2 killed Edward Costa, a 30-year-old self-employed construction worker and father of two.Weber was taken into custody two days later.California Highway Patrol Officer Michael Edwards testified during a Jan. 21 preliminary hearing that when he searched a silver Ford F-150 belonging to the defendant, he found three empty half-pint bottles of vodka in the cab and seven empty beer cans in the bed of the vehicle.Edwards said he questioned Weber the night he was arrested outside the Liars' Club Tavern and Grill in Alpine. The defendant told him he had been on a drinking binge for five days and woke up in Campo hours after the collision and had no idea how he got there, the officer said.After his arrest, Weber had a blood-alcohol level of .19 percent, more than twice the legal limit of .08 percent, authorities said.San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Joseph Sprecco testified that people who attended a memorial gathering at the crash site spotted the pickup truck in the parking lot across the street.CHP Officer Sid Turner said green paint from the victim's mountain bike was found on a bumper of the truck, and debris found at the scene -- specifically a broken headlight -- matched what remained on the truck.A woman testified that Weber rear-ended her about 20 minutes before the fatal crash, and that he became angry and screamed at her while they were exchanging information.Edwards said a witness told him he saw Weber drive away quickly from the fender-bender. The witness said the pickup went into the opposing traffic lanes and then over-corrected to the embankment.Weber had previous DUI convictions in New York and San Diego, said Deputy District Attorney Gordon Davis.
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Travis Chris Weber, 44, pleaded guilty May 26 to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and admitted an allegation of hit-and-run causing death.The 5 p.m. collision in the bicycle lane on eastbound Alpine Boulevard last Dec. 2 killed Edward Costa, a 30-year-old self-employed construction worker and father of two.Weber was taken into custody two days later.California Highway Patrol Officer Michael Edwards testified during a Jan. 21 preliminary hearing that when he searched a silver Ford F-150 belonging to the defendant, he found three empty half-pint bottles of vodka in the cab and seven empty beer cans in the bed of the vehicle.Edwards said he questioned Weber the night he was arrested outside the Liars' Club Tavern and Grill in Alpine. The defendant told him he had been on a drinking binge for five days and woke up in Campo hours after the collision and had no idea how he got there, the officer said.After his arrest, Weber had a blood-alcohol level of .19 percent, more than twice the legal limit of .08 percent, authorities said.San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Joseph Sprecco testified that people who attended a memorial gathering at the crash site spotted the pickup truck in the parking lot across the street.CHP Officer Sid Turner said green paint from the victim's mountain bike was found on a bumper of the truck, and debris found at the scene -- specifically a broken headlight -- matched what remained on the truck.A woman testified that Weber rear-ended her about 20 minutes before the fatal crash, and that he became angry and screamed at her while they were exchanging information.Edwards said a witness told him he saw Weber drive away quickly from the fender-bender. The witness said the pickup went into the opposing traffic lanes and then over-corrected to the embankment.Weber had previous DUI convictions in New York and San Diego, said Deputy District Attorney Gordon Davis.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Charges filed in fatal hit-run involving local cyclist
SAN DIEGO — Charges have been filed in an Illinois hit-and-run accident that killed a Chula Vista bicyclist who was on a cross-country ride to protest government bailouts.
Leon K. Marcum, 27, of Centralia, Ill., was charged with aggravated leaving the scene of an accident involving death in the Sunday crash that killed Jim Gafney, said Clinton County State's Attorney John Hudspeth.
Prosecutors are reviewing all details of the case, including Marcum's blood-alcohol level, and may also file felony driving under the influence charges, Hudspeth said.
Police originally cited Marcum for misdemeanor DUI and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, but those charges were withdrawn pending further review.
“We are doing everything we can to make sure we prosecute this case appropriately given the end result – that a man lost his life,” Hudspeth said.
Marcum was being held in jail on $100,000 bail, Hudspeth said.
Gafney, 65, a former Navy man and retired computer engineer who had worked at Camp Pendleton, was killed about 12:40 a.m. as he was riding his bike east on U.S. Route 50, about 60 miles east of St. Louis, Illinois State Police said.
He had left his home April 27 on what he had dubbed his “Mad As Hell Bike Ride Across U.S.” He was gathering signatures protesting what he called “taxation without representation” by politicians he referred to as “Obama prostitutes.”
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Leon K. Marcum, 27, of Centralia, Ill., was charged with aggravated leaving the scene of an accident involving death in the Sunday crash that killed Jim Gafney, said Clinton County State's Attorney John Hudspeth.
Prosecutors are reviewing all details of the case, including Marcum's blood-alcohol level, and may also file felony driving under the influence charges, Hudspeth said.
Police originally cited Marcum for misdemeanor DUI and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, but those charges were withdrawn pending further review.
“We are doing everything we can to make sure we prosecute this case appropriately given the end result – that a man lost his life,” Hudspeth said.
Marcum was being held in jail on $100,000 bail, Hudspeth said.
Gafney, 65, a former Navy man and retired computer engineer who had worked at Camp Pendleton, was killed about 12:40 a.m. as he was riding his bike east on U.S. Route 50, about 60 miles east of St. Louis, Illinois State Police said.
He had left his home April 27 on what he had dubbed his “Mad As Hell Bike Ride Across U.S.” He was gathering signatures protesting what he called “taxation without representation” by politicians he referred to as “Obama prostitutes.”
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Sportscaster won't face DUI charges
SAN DIEGO – The City Attorney's Office will not file drunken driving charges against Kyle Kraska, sports director of KFMB-Channel 8.
Kraska was arrested March 14 after he nearly struck a police officer near his Sabre Springs home, San Diego police said.
City attorney spokeswoman Gina Coburn said that prosecutors decided not to file charges because they believe the case couldn't be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
Both the city attorney and police declined to release Kraska's blood-alcohol level.
Police said the officer was standing outside his patrol car at Angelique Street and Avonette Court about 8:20 p.m. on a juvenile runaway call when he saw a speeding car coming around the bend.
The officer said he flashed his lights and had to move out of the way so he wouldn't get hit, said police spokeswoman Mónica Muñoz. The driver, in a 2003 silver Mercedes, then accelerated and pulled into the driveway of his home nearby.
The officer followed and arrested Kraska.
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Kraska was arrested March 14 after he nearly struck a police officer near his Sabre Springs home, San Diego police said.
City attorney spokeswoman Gina Coburn said that prosecutors decided not to file charges because they believe the case couldn't be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
Both the city attorney and police declined to release Kraska's blood-alcohol level.
Police said the officer was standing outside his patrol car at Angelique Street and Avonette Court about 8:20 p.m. on a juvenile runaway call when he saw a speeding car coming around the bend.
The officer said he flashed his lights and had to move out of the way so he wouldn't get hit, said police spokeswoman Mónica Muñoz. The driver, in a 2003 silver Mercedes, then accelerated and pulled into the driveway of his home nearby.
The officer followed and arrested Kraska.
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