{"id":188658,"date":"2026-02-22T09:43:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/188658\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T09:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:43:22","slug":"dui-suspect-detained-after-striking-four-parked-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/188658\/","title":{"rendered":"DUI suspect detained after striking four parked cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was taken into custody Saturday in Fresno on suspicion of driving under the influence and hit-and-run.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded just after 5 p.m. to the area of Thomas Avenue and First Street following reports of a hit-and-run crash.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno Police said the suspect\u2019s vehicle became inoperable and stopped further down the block.<\/p>\n<p>Officers detained the 28-year-old driver and determined he was over the legal blood alcohol limit.<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, authorities learned the suspect had struck four unoccupied parked vehicles between Belmont Avenue and Third Street, and Thomas Avenue and First Street.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was cited and later released at the scene to immediate family members, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published February 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771753402_824_Anthony Galaviz headshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Anthony Galaviz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Galaviz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Anthony Galaviz writes about sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He\u2019s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology.<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnobee.com\/subscribe&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was taken into custody Saturday in Fresno on suspicion of driving under the influence and hit-and-run.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[88608,112,88606,114,113,25164,88607,51890],"class_list":{"0":"post-188658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-28-year-old-driver","9":"tag-fresno","10":"tag-fresno-dui","11":"tag-fresno-headlines","12":"tag-fresno-news","13":"tag-hit-and-run-crash","14":"tag-parked-car-collisions","15":"tag-thomas-avenue"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188658","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=188658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}