{"id":256071,"date":"2026-04-07T18:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256071\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:08:21","slug":"fresno-police-cite-driver-for-dui-at-3-5x-legal-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256071\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Police Cite Driver for DUI at 3.5x Legal Limit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 31-year-old man was cited Monday after being stopped near Brawley and Weber avenues for unsafe speed, using a cell phone while driving, and straddling lanes, the Fresno Police Department told GV Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said he displayed signs of alcohol impairment and failed a series of field sobriety tests.<\/p>\n<p>A chemical breath test showed blood-alcohol levels of 0.28% in both samples.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police cited him instead of making an arrest and released him to his girlfriend. Police said that his car was impounded after his release.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why the driver was not arrested, police said it is up to an officer\u2019s discretion whether a DUI results in an arrest or a citation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the arrest record, the driver was cited for multiple infractions, including unsafe lane changes, unsafe speed, using a handheld device while driving, and DUI-related misdemeanors, including DUI with a BAC over 0.08% and DUI with probation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 31-year-old man was cited Monday after being stopped near Brawley and Weber avenues for unsafe speed, using&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-256071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256071","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=256071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}