{"id":306459,"date":"2026-05-08T19:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306459\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:34:11","slug":"fresno-police-cite-driver-for-reckless-driving-child-endangerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306459\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Police Cite Driver for Reckless Driving, Child Endangerment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fresno driver was cited for reckless driving and misdemeanor child endangerment after police said he was caught doing burnouts in a pickup truck while carrying a woman and a 1-year-old child as passengers.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened Wednesday at about 5:28 p.m. when Fresno police helicopter Air1 spotted a red Chevy truck doing burnouts near Fresno and Ashlan avenues, according to the Fresno Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Air1 tracked the truck to Blackstone and Fairmont avenues while directing motorcycle officers to the vehicle\u2019s location for a traffic stop, police said.<\/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>Officers contacted the driver, who admitted to the driving violation, police said.<\/p>\n<p>An adult woman and a 1-year-old baby were also inside the truck at the time, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was cited for reckless driving and misdemeanor child endangerment, and the truck was impounded for 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>Police said traffic enforcement operations continue throughout Fresno during the day and night, both from the air and on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fresno driver was cited for reckless driving and misdemeanor child endangerment after police said he was caught&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-306459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306459","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=306459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}