Bad Drivers

Mesa Woman, 78, Drives Into Fabric Store, Runs Over Four People

By Matthew Hendley Wed., May 22 2013 at 11:41 AM
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Mesa Police Department
Jo-Ann Fabric in Mesa.

A 78-year-old woman who thought she put her Toyota SUV into park outside a Mesa fabric store yesterday was incorrect, and ended up driving quite a distance into the store, hitting three people.


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Josh Bloom, Finger-Gunman Fresh Off 40-Mile Chase With Cops, Caught Driving Again

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Feb. 15 2013 at 4:25 PM
Categories: Bad Drivers
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zazzle.com
You know who shouldn't be driving a car this week? Josh Bloom, the guy who pretended his fingers were guns, and pointed them at other drivers, before leading police on a 40-mile car chase.

You know who Goodyear police say was spotted driving away from an elementary school yesterday? Josh Bloom, the guy who pretended his fingers were guns, and pointed them at other drivers, before leading police on a 40-mile car chase.

See also:
-Bloom Led Cops on 40-Mile Chase; Was Wanted for Pointing Finger-Guns at Drivers


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Isacc Quesada's DUI Ruin: One Dead, Baby and Women Injured, Witnesses Punched and Kicked

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Dec. 10 2012 at 11:47 AM
Categories: Bad Drivers, Death Valley, Drive Hammered...Get Nailed
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Isacc Quesada
Isacc Quesada was involved in a simple fender-bender in Phoenix on Saturday night.

What ended up happening, though, left one man dead, injured two women and a baby, and additional people were punched and kicked -- which has Quesada, 20, in jail on nine felony charges.

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Department of Corrections Worker Mad at Wife Rammed Unrelated Vehicle Full of Kids on I-10

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Nov. 27 2012 at 3:05 PM
Categories: Bad Drivers
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Ricardo Castro
UPDATE: An ADC spokesman tells New Times that Castro's a corrections officer.

An Arizona Department of Corrections worker is accused of ramming into an SUV with six passengers -- five of them kids -- on Interstate 10 last week, causing some of the children to be ejected from the vehicle.

The reason 35-year-old Ricardo Castro allegedly ran into this SUV on November 20 was that he was mad at his wife -- who had absolutely nothing to do with the people in the SUV, authorities say.

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John Morken Took Anti-Anxiety Pills -- Between Three and "Hundreds" -- Before Causing Crash That Killed One Kid, Injured Others, Cops Say

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Nov. 26 2012 at 1:50 PM
Categories: Bad Drivers
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John Morken
A 14-year-old child is dead, and two other children were injured after being ejected from a vehicle that was rear-ended on Interstate 10 on Friday by a driver hopped up on anti-anxiety pills, police say.

John Morken was driving the car that slammed into the SUV that had six occupants, and according to court documents obtained by New Times, Morken would eventually tell police that he had taken some anti-anxiety pills -- between three and "hundreds" -- before the deadly crash.

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Pedro Ramirez ID'd by Police as Drunk Driver in Head-on Crash That Killed a 5-Year-Old

By Matthew Hendley Wed., May 9 2012 at 7:45 AM
Categories: Bad Drivers, Drive Hammered...Get Nailed
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Pedro Ramirez
Phoenix police have identified 19-year-old Pedro Ramirez as the allegedly drunk driver who got in a head-on collision on the morning of April 30, killing a 5-year-old boy.

The boy's mom was arrested, too, and faces child-abuse charges for putting her youngster in the car driven by Ramirez, and not placing the boy in any of the three child-safety seats in her car, according to police.

Police said not one of the three occupants in the car driven by Ramirez was wearing a seat belt, as Ramirez, allegedly drunk, crossed the center line around 8 a.m. that morning and crashed head-on into a Chevy truck.

Five-year-old Angel Alvarez died from the crash, and his mother, 21-year-old Evangelina Barrios, sustained serious injuries.

Ramirez was in critical condition after the crash, and police delayed releasing his name due to his "incapacitating injury," and charges against him were pending.

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Phoenix Man Gets In Head-on Collision, Killing 5-Year-Old; Cops Think Alcohol May Have Been a Factor in 8 a.m. Crash

By Matthew Hendley Tue., May 1 2012 at 9:06 AM
Categories: Bad Drivers, Drive Hammered...Get Nailed, When Common Sense Takes a Personal Day
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ebaumsworld.com
Unfortunately, it looks like yesterday's crash in Phoenix is leading to all three.
If Phoenix police are right on this one, then just about nothing was appropriate inside the sedan that crashed head-on into a Chevrolet truck Monday morning.

Police say a 5-year-old boy in the sedan died in the crash, as cops believe the boy not only was not restrained by a car seat, but wasn't wearing a seat belt at all. And he possibly was in the front seat of the car, too.

To make matters worse, Phoenix police say, the sedan's driver, a 19-year-old man, did not have a driver's license, and alcohol impairment is suspected in the 8 a.m. crash.

In fact, police say none of the three occupants of the sedan was wearing a seat belt, leaving all three injured or worse.

Five-year-old Angel Alvarez died, and his 21-year-old mother sustained "serious injuries" in the crash.

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Cab Driver Gets Five Years in the Joint for Mowing Over Man at a Gas Station

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Apr. 6 2012 at 1:09 PM
Categories: Bad Drivers, Convicted
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Joseph Goldmeer
Cab driver Joseph Goldmeer was sentenced to five years in prison today for a June incident in which Goldmeer ended an argument at a Phoenix gas station by running a guy over with his cab.

Goldmeer was convicted by a jury in February of three counts of aggravated assault, and received sentences from four to five years on each count, which will run concurrently.

The mowing-over took place around 3 p.m. on June 26, at a Circle K convenience store near 15th Avenue and Indian School Road.

Witnesses told police they watched as the cab driver and the 45-year-old victim argued inside the store before taking the argument to the parking lot -- where Goldmeer ran him over.

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Cab Driver Convicted in Gas Station Argument That Turned Into A Hit And Run

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Feb. 24 2012 at 9:33 AM
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Joseph Goldmeer
​Cab driver Joseph Goldmeer was convicted by a jury yesterday on three counts of aggravated assault, stemming from a July incident in which Goldmeer ended an argument at a Phoenix gas station by running a guy over in his cab, according to a court spokesperson.

Police weren't even sure the 45-year-old victim was going to live the day after the incident, as Phoenix Sergeant Steve Martos said he was "fighting for his life."

The cops were called around 3 p.m. on June 26, as they responded to a hit and run at a Circle K convenience store near 15th Avenue and Indian School Road.

Witnesses told police they watched as the cab driver and the unnamed victim argued inside the store before taking the argument to the parking lot.

Phoenix police did not elaborate on the nature of the dispute at the time, but witnesses gave a couple variations of what happened on the day of the incident.

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SUV Crashes Into House in Mesa After Swideswipe From Suspected Drunk Driver; Both Drivers Fled Scene

By Ray Stern Thu., Jul. 21 2011 at 10:33 AM
Categories: Bad Drivers

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Police say Michael Abbott, 19, crashed his Mazda into an GMC Yukon, sending the SUV careening into a home.

When the tremendous sound and rumble shook the Mesa house at 3:30 a.m., 19-year-old Sepi Tengei's first thought upon awakening was "earthquake."

She and other family members quickly found out what had happened: An SUV had slammed into the home's wall outside the master bedroom and crashed into the bed where her sister, Luisa, and her sister's husband had been sleeping.

The front of the truck had hit the head of the bed, sending it and the couple on top flying across the room.

"The bed is in pieces now," she says, adding that the couple miraculously weren't hurt.




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