On Sunday at around noon, a man drove his car into his neighbor's house. At the time, it seemed that he must have been drunk - but he told the court today that - instead - he was under the influence of a much stronger drug: jealousy! KHMH Clerk, Harvin Arriola told the court quite plainly that when he found out that his girlfriend was having an affair, it just sent his temperature up.
Of course, there's no charge for "head-tek", so he was charged with four traffic offenses including, drove motor vehicle without a drivers license, drove unlicense motor vehicle, drove motor vehicle without due care and attention and drove motor vehicle not covered by third party risk insurance.
There is a fifth charge pending for driving drunk, but first police are waiting on the result of a urine test to see what his alcohol level was. According to Arriola, he went to take a drink - his first in 8 years - and then that's when he exploded.
Arriola ran a Mitsubishi Galant into his neighbor's fence - the Ovado residence, broke down a stairway, and then hit a female minor who was sitting on the step, causing a minor injury. He claims to have a driver's license for between the hours of 6:00 am and 6:00 pm, but police say he had no valid driver's permit.
Senior Magistrate, Sharon Fraser accepted his guilty plea, but said his actions were unjustified. He begged the court for leniency. She imposed four fines totaling $550 dollars. Arriola has until June 15, to pay all the fines or face 6 months imprisonment.
Magistrate Fraser held off on passing a sentence for the fifth count of driving under the influence since the result is not yet final.
She questioned how it coms that the police fail to charge Ariolla with the offense of negligent harm since the report made by the police said a minor was injured.
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