| For Immediate Release Case # 08CF2888 September 30, 2009 |
Susan Kang Schroeder Public Affairs Counsel Office: 714-347-8408 Cell: 714-292-2718 Farrah Emami |
LOS ANGELES SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SENTENCED
FOR INJURING TWO IN CRASH WHILE DRIVING
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
SANTA ANA – A veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was sentenced today for injuring two people after crashing into their car while driving under the influence of alcohol. Robert Andrew Moran, 43, Buena Park, pleaded no contest on Feb. 27, 2009, to one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence causing injury and one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 percent or more causing injury. He was sentenced to six months in jail and three years of informal probation. He was ordered to complete a 3-month first offender program and face the Mothers Against Drunk Driving panel.
At approximately 5:25 a.m. on June 29, 2008, Moran was driving southbound on Beach Boulevard in Stanton in a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department issued Chevrolet sport utility vehicle. He was impaired while under the influence of alcohol and had a blood alcohol level above the legal limit of .08 percent. In the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Garden Grove Boulevard, he crashed into the driver’s side door of a Mazda sedan. The driver, Elias A., 33, and his female passenger, Savanah K., 20, were both rendered unconscious and transported to a local hospital. At the time of the crash, Elias A. was in possession of and tested positive for methamphetamine. He also tested positive for benzodiazepines and opiates.
Deputy District Attorney Keith Bogardus of the Special Prosecutions Unit prosecuted this case.
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