Petaluma Police Press Release 
CITY OF PETALUMA, CA
POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/BROADCAST
DATE: MAY 21, 2012
REPORT NUMBER: PPD # 12-2302
OCCURRED DATE AND TIME: MAY 20, 2012 0253 AM
INCIDENT: 23152(B) CVC –DUI, 23154(A) CVC- DUI WHILE ON DUI PROBATION
LOCATION: SKILLMAN @ PETALUMA BLVD N.
SUSPECT: FRANCISCO MENDOZA-CONTRERAS - 19 YEARS OLD. PETALUMA RESIDENT.
SUMMARY: ON THE ABOVE LISTED DATE AND TIME A PETALUMA POLICE OFFICER NOTICED A VEHICLE STOPPED ALONG THE ROAD SIDE WITH ITS BRAKE LIGHTS ON. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET FROM THE CURB LINE. THE OFFICER APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND SAW FRANCISCO MENDOZA-CONTRERAS PASSED OUT BEHIND THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, STILL IN DRIVE, AND MENDOZA-CONTRERAS HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE. NO OTHER PERSONS WERE IN THE VEHICLE WITH MENDOZA-CONTRERAS. THE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO WAKE MENDOZA-CONTRERAS BY KNOCKING ON THE WINDOW AND CALLING OUT TO HIM. THE OFFICER HAD TO OPEN THE VEHICLES DOOR TO GET MENDOZA-CONTRERAS TO RESPOND. THE OFFICER SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL COMING FROM MENDOZA-CONTRERAS. AFTER MENDOZA-CONTRERAS PERFORMED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS HE WAS ARRESTED FOR DUI.
MENDOZA-CONTRERAS WAS CURRENTLY ON DUI PROBATION FROM A PREVIOUS DUI CONVICTION FROM APRIL 2012. MENDOZA-CONTRERAS HAD AN APPROXIMATE BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION OF 0.10%, HE WAS LATER TRANSPORTED TO SONOMA COUNTY JAIL WITH A BAIL OF $25,000.
PREPARED BY: SERGEANT ANDREW URTON
CONTACT NUMBER (707) 778-4372
Sergeant Andrew Urton
Petaluma Police Department
969 Petaluma Blvd N
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 778-4372/ VM (707) 781-1254
Address/Location
Petaluma Police Department
969 Petaluma Blvd N
Petaluma, CA 94952
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 707-778-4372