San Jose officials including Mayor Matt Mahan are objecting to a judge's recent decision to release the suspect in a deadly DUI crash that killed a community service officer on bail.
San Jose officials including Mayor Matt Mahan are objecting to a judge's recent decision to release the suspect in a deadly DUI crash that killed a community service officer on bail.The suspect, 44-year-old Juan Huerta-Palacios of Morgan Hill, is accused of being under the influence when he struck two San Jose community service officers who were doing traffic control on Monterey Rd. early last August.
The release has raised objections from San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office and the San Jose Police Department. The SJPD posted a statement on X Wednesday night protesting the release of Huerta-Palacios.'Previous warnings to this defendant about the dangers of drunken driving did not prevent him from killing Long Pham. Why should we think that these restrictions adequately protect the public from his bad judgement again?' the statement read.
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