{"id":137936,"date":"2026-01-17T17:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/137936\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T17:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:15:41","slug":"trial-delays-for-alan-booth-as-misdemeanor-case-takes-precedence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/137936\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial delays for Alan Booth as misdemeanor case takes precedence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The trial of <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/search?find=Alan+Booth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alan Booth<\/a>, accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/heavy-police-presence-in-downtown-bakersfield-christmas-parade-reportedly-canceled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">driving drunk and crashing into a crowd during the 2023 Bakersfield Christmas Parade<\/a>, injuring three people, faces further delays. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"{p}Driver crashes into attendees at the Bakersfield Christmas Parade on Thursday, December 7, 2023. Three people taken to the hospital with serious injuries. KBAK\/FOX58{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5b8226bc-35d5-40b2-b2b0-dab4d961e24c-large16x9_DT.JPG\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Driver crashes into attendees at the Bakersfield Christmas Parade on Thursday, December 7, 2023. Three people taken to the hospital with serious injuries. KBAK\/FOX58<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS REPORTING:<a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/trial-for-bakersfield-christmas-parade-crash-suspect-postponed-again-court-crime-2023-dui-custody-bail-kern-county-superior-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Trial for Bakersfield Christmas Parade crash suspect postponed again, set for Jan. 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Booth is currently undergoing a <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/alleged-bakersfield-christmas-parade-crash-suspect-arrested-again-for-suspected-dui-alan-booth-oak-street-central-21st-street-downtown-h-street-kern-county-california-driving-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">separate trial for misdemeanor charges<\/a> related to an alleged drunk driving incident outside a Bakersfield car dealership in April 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Jury selection for this case has been postponed to Tuesday, Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/court-docs-beer-and-vodka-found-in-car-of-alleged-dui-driver-of-parade-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Court Docs: Beer and vodka found in car of alleged DUI driver of parade crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"{p}Driver crashes into attendees at the Bakersfield Christmas Parade on Thursday, December 7, 2023. Three people taken to the hospital with serious injuries. KBAK\/FOX58{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7a3cb519-eadb-4c71-9b51-ab3758e09c7c-large16x9_Image18.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Driver crashes into attendees at the Bakersfield Christmas Parade on Thursday, December 7, 2023. Three people taken to the hospital with serious injuries. KBAK\/FOX58<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The trial is expected to continue through the end of the month, with the felony trial set to begin shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The trial of Alan Booth, accused of driving drunk and crashing into a crowd during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-137936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}