Man Arrested During Sting Targeting High Risk Drivers

By Bay City News Service:

Police earlier this week arrested a South San Francisco man on suspicion of driving with a suspended license during a sting targeting high-risk drivers.

Police said officers on Monday were watching Ramon Garcia Magana, 50, as part of the department’s DUI Hot List program, which identifies drivers who have multiple two-point driving convictions, multiple DUI convictions or multiple convictions for driving on a suspended license.

South San Francisco police were conducting ongoing surveillance operations at Magana’s home when they saw him pull up to his residence in the 200 block of A Street at 5:31 p.m. Monday.

Police said officers, aware Magana had a suspended driver’s license, immediately stopped and detained him.

He was placed under arrest on suspicion of driving with a suspended driver’s license due to a prior DUI conviction and his vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

Police said Monday’s arrest was the second from the department’s DUI Hot List program in the past two weeks.