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Sacramento CHP Injury Charges

YOLO COUNTY:  A man that was arrested last week involving a California Highway Patrol officer that was struck with a motorcycle during a high-speed chase with Police has been arraigned on four felony counts.

Injured from the ordeal and in a wheelchair, the 36 year-old entered a plea of not guilty in a Woodland courtroom.  The man is being charged with evasion of a police officer with causation of injury, assault on a peace officer, driving under the influence, and mayhem.  While the suspect could have easily faced an attempted murder charge, the District Attorney chose to file the lesser charges because he is confident that he can prove them, and avoided the filing of charges that he does not think he can prove beyond a reasonable doubt.  However, this does not mean that the ongoing investigation will not produce any further charges to be added to the four that the suspect is currently facing. 

Reports say that 29 year-old California Highway Patrol officer Eduardo Garcia is recovering from his injuries at UC Davis Medical Center; he suffered multiple injuries that included two broken legs.  The suspect was also injured.  Allegedly, he led police on a high-speed chase with speeds approaching 125 mph through rural roads in both Yolo and Solano counties.  According to the CHP, Patrolman Garcia and another officer had used their vehicles to set up a roadblock on County Road 23.  The suspect tried to split the officer’s cars, but failed and struck Garcia.  After causing the officer’s injuries, the suspect injured himself when he lost control of his Suzuki motorcycle and crashed into a ditch.

Because his prior criminal record and currently being on probation for possession of methamphetamine and receiving stolen property, the suspect is currently in Yolo County Jail with bail set at a half-million dollars.

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