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Written by George Gale
Wednesday, 05 July 2006
(THE LOCAL HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WAS PRETTY QUIET)…THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL GOES INTO IT’S MAXIMUM ENFORCEMENT EVERY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THAT IS WHEN THEY ASSIGN AS MANY PATROL OFFICERS AS POSSIBLE TO THE ROADWAYS. THE ENFORCEMENT PERIOD FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND WENT INTO EFFECT FRIDAY EVEING AT SIX. IT CONTINUED UNTIL MID-NIGHT THIS MORNING. OFFICER WES BOERNER OF THE EL CENTRO SECTOR OFFICE SAID, OVER-ALL, IT WAS A GOOD WEEKEND. THE C H P ARRESTED 9 DRUNK DRIVERS, THEY INVESTIGATED 10 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, 6 INJURY ACCIDENTS AND 4 PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY ACCIDENTS, AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE FATALITY. THE HIGHWAY PATROL RECOVERED 2 STOLEN VEHICLES, AND THEY CAUGHT A COUPLE PEOPLE TRYING TO START A HAYSTACK ON FIRE. BOERNER SAYS THE INCIDENT WAS NOT FIREWORKS RELATED. THE PEOPLE WERE DELIBERATELY TRYING TO SET THE HAYSTACK ON FIRE. SHERIFF’S INVESTIGATORS SAY THE C H P OFFICER SAW A VEHICLE PULL AWAY FROM THE LIT HAYSTACK AT AROUND 11 LAST NIGHT OFF AUSTIN ROAD. THE OFFICER TRACKED THE VEHICLE DOWN TO IMPERIAL, AND FOUND 4 JUVENILES INSIDE. DEPUTIES WERE CALLED IN. TWO OF THE JUVENILES WERE ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO JUVENILE HALL. THE OTHER TWO WERE TURNED OVER TO THEIR PARENTS. SERGEANT MORENO OF THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAID ONE OF THE JUVENILES ADMITTED TO LIGHTING THE HAYSTACK.