{"id":333371,"date":"2026-05-26T21:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/333371\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:14:09","slug":"fresno-police-cite-driver-on-suspicion-of-dui-after-reckless-driving-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/333371\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Police Cite Driver on Suspicion of DUI After Reckless Driving Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A driver was cited on suspicion of driving under the influence after Fresno police said officers stopped a vehicle for reckless driving late Monday night near Divisadero Street and San Pablo Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the traffic stop happened shortly before 12:30 a.m. Officers contacted the driver, identified as Esteban Valenzuela, and noticed alcoholic beverage containers inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fresno police, Valenzuela refused to turn off the vehicle and pressed the accelerator while speaking with officers, though the vehicle was still in park.<\/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 removed Valenzuela from the vehicle after police said the person refused to follow commands.<\/p>\n<p>Following a DUI investigation, police determined he was driving under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>Valenzuela was cited and released at the scene, police said. The vehicle was impounded for 30 days.<\/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 driver was cited on suspicion of driving under the influence after Fresno police said officers stopped a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-333371","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\/333371","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=333371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}