Crime & Safety
Officer Arrested for Alleged DUI
A Fremont police officer was arrested over the weekend in Livermore on suspicion of drunken driving, according to reports.
A Fremont police officer was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving over the weekend in Livermore, according to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle.
A pair of California Highway Patrol officers riding together spotted the cop at 3 a.m. Saturday weaving and driving 72 mph in his truck on westbound Interstate 580 near Airway Boulevard, according to the report.
The Chronicle identifies the Fremont officer as 28-year-old William Brendon Johnson.
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Further details from the San Francisco Chronicle article:
The officers pulled Johnson over and smelled alcohol on him, said CHP Officer Steve Creel. Johnson failed a field-sobriety test and was booked at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on suspicion of misdemeanor drunken driving, Creel said.
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Fremont police officials declined to comment Monday, saying it was a personnel matter.
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