Crime & Safety
SSF Police: Repeat DUI Offender Found Asleep At Wheel
The car was half way up on the sidewalk with the engine running and in gear, according to police.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA — An alleged repeat DUI offender was arrested Wednesday morning by South San Francisco police who allege he was driving drunk again, police said.
Officers arrested 53-year-old South San Francisco man William Aguero after they responded at 7:14 a.m. to King and Newman drives where they allegedly found Aguero passed out behind the wheel of his car.
The car was half way up on the sidewalk with the engine running and in gear, according to police. When police and paramedics took Aguero out of the car they found he could not walk unassisted.
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Police allege he was under the influence of alcohol.
A witness told officers that Aguero nearly hit a person as the car went up on the sidewalk.
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Police are asking for help identifying the pedestrian because officers would like interview them.
Aguero was taken to a hospital to be evaluated and then arrested on suspicion of DUI and driving on a suspended license. His license was suspended after a prior DUI conviction, according to police.
After being cleared medically, Aguero was booked in to the county jail.
Police said Aguero is on the California Department of Motor Vehicles and California Office of Traffic Safety's DUI Hot List. The Hot List is a program to discourage repeat offenders with suspended licenses from
driving. Those on the list are told they are on the list and warned not to drive.
During the year, police supervisors provide patrol and traffic officers with names and photographs of the people on the list and undercover officers with special training monitor the offenders to see if anyone drives.
Offenders found to be driving may be arrested and subject to DMV sanctions and criminal charges. .
Police said repeat offenders are involved in 24 percent of fatal DUI collisions and 63 percent of DUI injury collisions.
Anyone who knows the pedestrian nearly hit by Aguero's car is being asked to call South San Francisco police at (650) 877-8900 and asked to speak with Officer Nuti, referencing case No. 16-4520.
— By Bay City News Service.
