Crime & Safety

Christmas Eve Traffic Stop Ends In Arrest

High speed and an allegedly high blood alcohol level spoiled Christmas for one local 20-year-old.

Moraga police stopped a white 2009 Honda for running at 56 mph in a posted 35 mph zone on Christmas Eve.

The Honda was pulled over on Moraga Valley Lane and Maison Court at 11:03 p.m. The 20-year-old driver was arrested after officers confirmed their suspicions that alcohol was involved with a breath alcohol test -- the driver coming in at .16 and .17 percent respectively, well over the presumptive limit.

Officers arrested the driver, secured the car -- and called the driver's family to come get the driver's sister, who was in the passenger seat.

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