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Driver arrested in LA County sheriff’s rookie crash



LOS ANGELES — Authorities arrested a 22-year-old driver on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly Drive into the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Academy recruiting during a training run, injuring more than two dozen people.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Thursday that Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez was arrested Wednesday for investigation into a plot to kill a peace officer.

Authorities say a man driving an SUV early Wednesday morning was traveling the opposite direction in suburban Whittier, crashing into recruits who were on a morning jog. Five of them were seriously injured.

The scene after the crash was chaotic and authorities said it looked like a plane wreck. Delegates received help from a nearby county fire station and immediately transported some of the most seriously injured to hospital.

Authorities said an on-site sobriety test carried out on the driver was negative.

Online prison records show Gutierrez is scheduled to appear in court on Friday. It is not yet known if Gutierrez has an attorney who can speak on his behalf.

About 75 recruits from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and several local police agencies ran in formation on the streets shortly before 6:30 a.m. when the collision occurred. They wore white T-shirts and green shorts, were accompanied by two black-and-white radio cars and eight road security guards wearing reflective vests as a safety precaution, the sheriff’s administration said.

Sheriff authorities have yet to submit their case against Gutierrez to the Los Angeles district attorney’s office for prosecution and said they expect to do so on Friday.

Ambrosio E. Rodriguez, a defense attorney who previously worked as a prosecutor in nearby Riverside County, said that in order to file a charge of attempted murder, prosecutors will need to prove Gutierrez intended to kill. People.

He said, “There is a high standard to prove it, to show that this guy is trying to kill these practitioners. He said the evidence obtained from the vehicle could be crucial, adding that the key question is whether the driver applies brake as the car moves towards the rook.

“If he’s on the brake and realizes he’s doing something wrong, that’s very different from if he’s pressing the gas,” he said.

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