Former Midvale police sergeant sentenced for drunken driving
22.01.10
A authority on Thursday ordered a former Midvale police sergeant who pleaded red-faced to drunken driving to serve 12 months of probation and enter significance-abuse treatment.
John Salazar resigned as a sergeant from the rest on in November after his arrest.
Appearing before Holladay Justice Court Weigh Daniel Bay Gibbons on Thursday, Salazar pleaded guilty to drunken driving, but under terms of a aver agreement reached with prosecutors the plea will be recorded under the lesser wardship of impaired driving.
Gibbons ordered Salazar to serve 12 months of probation and 48 hours of community navy, and to pay $500 in drug court costs and at least $1,300 for a substance-abuse program. If Salazar were convicted of another drunken driving offense within the next 10 years, he would be enthral to enhanced penalties.
Prosecutors said Salazar's blood the cup that cheers level was 0.153. Salazar declined to comment immediately following Thursday's hearing.
Salazar was off-role and driving an unmarked police Dodge Charger near Wallace Lane (2935 East) and 4600 South in Holladay about 1 a.m. when he sideswiped a parked means.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune