{"id":152637,"date":"2026-01-28T02:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T02:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/152637\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T02:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T02:40:12","slug":"alan-booth-found-guilty-of-misdemeanor-dui-in-unrelated-case-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/152637\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Booth found guilty of misdemeanor DUI in unrelated case: Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The man accused of driving under the influence and crashing into bystanders during the <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/heavy-police-presence-in-downtown-bakersfield-christmas-parade-reportedly-canceled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2023 Bakersfield Christmas Parade<\/a> was found guilty on Tuesday in an unrelated DUI misdemeanor case, according to Kern County court records.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Booth, 74, was found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol and driving on a suspended license from April 2024.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/trial-delays-for-alan-booth-as-misdemeanor-case-takes-precedence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trial delays for Alan Booth as misdemeanor case takes precedence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On April 17, 2024, Booth was found in a vehicle under the influence at Jim Burke Ford on Oak Street. He was arrested shortly after he committed other traffic-related violations, said Bakersfield police. <\/p>\n<p>He is set to be sentenced on Thursday, court records show.<\/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\/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><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>Now that this trial has concluded, the felony case against Booth regarding the 2023 Bakersfield Christmas Parade can begin, which could start next week at the earliest, court records show.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents revealed that Booths\u2019 alcohol level was at .252% &#8211; about 3 times the legal limit following the Christmas Parade crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The man accused of driving under the influence and crashing into bystanders during the 2023&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-152637","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\/152637","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=152637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}