 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SANTA FE SPRINGS – Authorities announced September 30 charges against a driver accused of fleeing the scene of a crash from last year.
The driver fled the November 26, 2021 crash at Colima Road and Lambert Road in unincorporated South Whittier, but was caught. Darrell Maurice Jewett, 34, was detained, but later released pending additional investigation, according to the California Highway Patrol, Santa Fe Springs Office. The Santa Fe Springs Area Criminal Investigations Unit filed charges of murder, felony driving under the influence, felony hit and run and gross vehicular manslaughter, according to the CHP. The driver of a 2012 maroon Nissan Altima struck a blue 2020 Honda Accord after allegedly running a red light around 5:30 a.m. The collision caused both vehicles to strike a nearby business. Jewett was arraigned at the Bellflower Courthouse September 30 and is being held without bail. He is scheduled for an appearance in the Norwalk Courthouse October 25, according to Los Angeles County booking information.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor BALDWIN PARK - A DUI checkpoint will be held in the unincorporated area of Azusa starting at 8 p.m. Friday, March 13, the Baldwin Park CHP Office said. Placing checkpoints on roads with identified DUI problems and detaining drivers for a very limited time “helps to assure we conform to the guidelines,” according to Baldwin Park CHP Captain Susan Estrem. Officers trained in detecting impaired drivers will be equipped with hand-held breath testing devices in an effort to get an accurate blood-alcohol concentration. All vehicles will be checked, traffic permitting. If traffic volume becomes too heavy, every third and fifth vehicle will be checked to maintain objectivity, the CHP said. Estrem added that checkpoints can “reduce the number of drinking drivers on the road, even though arrest totals do not rise dramatically.” A major value of checkpoints is their psychological influence. The Checkpoint Is Scheduled for 8 p.m. CLICK TO READ MORE  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - An accused drunk driver pleaded no contest Monday to the two charges against him in a crash that killed a man and severely injured the man’s wife. Luis Angel Ureno, 29, pleaded no contest to one felony count each of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated without gross negligence and driving with a .08 percent blood alcohol content causing injury, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney Public Information Officer Ricardo Santiago. 42-year-old Hector Espinoza Soltero was killed in the September 18, 2017 collision on the I-10 freeway in Pomona. Espinoza’s wife, Roxana Peña-Beltran, was severely injured. Ureno was speeding when he struck the rear of Soltero’s vehicle. Ureno, a Department of Homeland Security officer at the time of the crash.
Under the terms of the negotiated plea deal, Ureno is expected to be sentenced to three years in state prison. The hearing is scheduled for March 2 at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - A 21-year-old woman was named as the victim of a multi-vehicle wreck on the 210 freeway December 15. Jennifer Gainer Goldsbury was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Four vehicles were involved in a colossal collision caused by an unknown driver who abandoned a black Ford Fusion after hitting a guardrail on the westbound side of the 210 freeway east of Buena Vista Street at 2:45 a.m. The drivers of a 2016 Toyota Highlander, 2006 Chevrolet Malibu, 2010 Ford Mustang and 2015 Ford Escape could not brake in time to avoid the Ford Fusion due to the oil, coolant, transmission fluid and brake fluid spilled across lanes of the freeway, according to a California Highway Patrol collision report obtained by SGV CityWatch. A passenger in the Highlander, later identified as Goldsbury, was ejected and sustained fatal injuries. She died at the scene, the CHP said.
Goldsbury was reported not wearing a seatbelt -- the only one among the injured to not be properly restrained, the CHP said. One of the injured drivers, 25-year-old Carlos Estrada of Woodland Hills, was jailed on suspicion of driving under the influence. It is unclear if Estrada’s DUI driving caused Goldsbury’s fatal injuries, the CHP said. Estrada suffered a fractured thumb. Others injured suffered from complaints of pain. The driver of the Highlander suffered a parietal hematoma and broken sternum, the collision report listed. It is unclear if the driver of the abandoned Ford Fusion was arrested. Anyone with additional information on the crash is urged to call Officer D. Gonzalez of the CHP Baldwin Park Office at 626-33-1164.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor REGION - The California Highway Patrol will hold a sobriety checkpoint in the unincorporated area of Azusa Friday, August 23. The checkpoint, scheduled at an undisclosed area, will take place at 5:30 p.m. Traffic permitting, all vehicles will be checked, but if traffic volume increases, every third or fifth driver will be stopped to maintain objectivity, according to California Highway Patrol Captain Susan Estrem. The captain noted that checkpoints tend to, “reduce the number of drinking drivers on the road, even though arrest totals do not rise dramatically.”
A major value of checkpoints is their psychological influence, the CHP said. “We advise the news media well in advance whenever a checkpoint is planned, since extensive publicity also is viewed as a legal safeguard,” Estrem said. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - The suspect accused of killing a father and his 1-year-old child in an alleged DUI crash two years ago was ordered to stand trial. 26-year-old Hans T. Guloy, also known as Hans Timothy Cruz Guloy, pleaded not guilty July 17 after being order to stand trial for for a double fatal crash on the 60 freeway near Diamond Bar Boulevard November 26, 2017. Guloy faces two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated as well as one count each of driving under the influence of an alcoholic beverage causing injury, driving with a .08% blood alcohol content causing injury, hit-and-run driving resulting in death or serious injury to another person and perjury by declaration, according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The felony information includes allegations of fleeing the scene of the crime and causing great bodily injury or death to more than one victim, according to Deputy District Attorney Cindy Park.
Guloy allegedly was drunk behind the wheel when he hit a vehicle carrying 29-year-old Abraham Franco, 1-year-old Abby Franco, Abraham’s wife and their two other children. The family’s vehicle hit the divider and was struck by a second vehicle. The mother suffered serious injuries. The injuries of the other two children were not disclosed. Guloy is accused of fleeing the scene and later told authorities that his vehicle was stolen when it crashed. Guloy is being held in lieu of $750,000. He is scheduled for a pretrial hearing August 27 in Pomona Superior Court. He faces a possible maximum sentence of 22 years in state prison if convicted as charged, Santiago said.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - The 33-year-old motorist killed after a suspected DUI driver crashed into her car last week has been identified. Debby Shen was named by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. An autopsy has yet to be performed, according to public coroner records. David Busby, 56, was traveling south on the 57 freeway past Arrow Highway in the No. 2 lane just before 10 p.m. June 19. He slammed his 2016 Ford Transit 250 into the stalled 2012 Hyundai Elantra occupied by Shen, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Elantra was stalled in the No. 1 and 2 lanes when it was hit.
A Sig Alert was issued for the No. 1, 2 and 3 lanes from 10:19 p.m. to 1:16 a.m. Busby was booked at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s San Dimas Station and is being held in lieu of $2 million bail at the North County Correctional Facility, according to county booking records. Busby is scheduled for a July 23 appearance in Pomona Superior Court. Email Newsletter! | Advertise! | Donate!  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor REGION - The California Highway Patrol is planning a DUI checkpoint in an unincorporated community near Azusa Friday, March 15. The checkpoint is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. All vehicles will be checked, traffic volume permitting, but the frequency may be reduced to every third or fifth vehicle to assure objectivity, according to CHP Captain Susan Estrem. Estrem said checkpoints tend to, “reduce the number of drinking drivers on the road, even though arrest totals do not rise dramatically.” A major value of checkpoints is their psychological influence.
“We advise the news media well in advance whenever a checkpoint is planned, since extensive publicity also is viewed as a legal safeguard,” Estrem said. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  PHOTO/Stock Image. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor REGION – If you are thinking of drinking and getting behind the wheel, think again.
Law enforcement agencies across the San Gabriel Valley will be out in force, issuing DUI saturation patrols for the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. POMONA: The Pomona Police DUI Enforcement Team will deploy from Friday, March 16 at 5 p.m. to Saturday, March 17 at 3 a.m. Officers will focus on areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions and arrests. Police will also conduct a Know Your Limit operation on both days in Downtown Pomona and other areas of town from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. GLENDORA: DUI saturation patrols will take place Saturday, March 17. Officers will focus their patrols on drivers who exhibit alcohol and/or drug impairment. PASADENA: Pasadena officers will also conduct DUI saturation patrols from 6 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday. MONTEBELLO: Additional officers will be deployed from 7 p.m., March 16 to 3 a.m., March 17. In addition to these patrols, all other police, Sheriff’s stations and the California Highway Patrol will be on heightened alert, looking for DUI drivers. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 252 people lost their lives in drunk driving-related crashes during the St. Patrick’s Day holiday period from 2011-2015. More than a fourth of them were killed in drunk driving crashes that occurred in the early morning, post-party hours (midnight to 5:59 a.m.), Glendora Police said. These DUI patrols are This enforcement effort is funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
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