Wednesday, April 11, 2007
California DUI Attorney update / California DUI Lawyer : Drunk Driving Arrest Officer thought car would crush him
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A Coronado police officer told a jury Wednesday he thought he was going to be crushed by a car driven by Lisa Maree Gaut, the female passenger with former Chargers linebacker Steve Foley.
Officer Aaron Mansker was cross-examined Wednesday in the trial of Gaut, 26. She is accused of trying to run Mansker over with a car last Labor Day.
Mansker said he was not in uniform when he followed Foley and Gaut to Poway, but he said he did identify himself as an officer more than once.
Defense attorney Raymond Vecchio questioned Mansker on why he shot Foley.
The officer said Foley got out of his car and began walking toward him, reaching under his shirt. Mansker believed he was reaching for a weapon.
Vecchio asked, "He could have been reaching for other things, other than a handgun, right?"
Mansker replied, "Not that I thought of, no."
The officer also testified that after the shooting, Gaut said, "Oh my God. What have you done?" and started to drive toward him.
"That's when the vehicle came at me and again I thought for sure that I would be crushed between my door and my car and I fired again," Mansker said.
The defense attorney fired back, saying, "The fact of your perception that Ms. Gaut was going to crush you in the door did not happen, right"
Mansker said, "It did not occur because I fired at the vehicle jaunting it either left or right. It went to the left of me."
Also on the stand was a computer forensic expert who testified that Foley might have been alerted to the fact that police were patrolling.
Records from Foley's cell phone showed he received a text that said, "Police are deep, you OK to drive?"
Shortly after the message was received, Mansker began following Foley, who he said was driving erratically on state Route 163.
It was also revealed in court Wednesday that Gaut's blood-alcohol level was 1.7 the night of the shooting.
Gaut faces two charges of felony assault with a deadly weapon and two misdemeanor DUI charges. She is currently free on bail.
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A Coronado police officer told a jury Wednesday he thought he was going to be crushed by a car driven by Lisa Maree Gaut, the female passenger with former Chargers linebacker Steve Foley.
Officer Aaron Mansker was cross-examined Wednesday in the trial of Gaut, 26. She is accused of trying to run Mansker over with a car last Labor Day.
Mansker said he was not in uniform when he followed Foley and Gaut to Poway, but he said he did identify himself as an officer more than once.
Defense attorney Raymond Vecchio questioned Mansker on why he shot Foley.
The officer said Foley got out of his car and began walking toward him, reaching under his shirt. Mansker believed he was reaching for a weapon.
Vecchio asked, "He could have been reaching for other things, other than a handgun, right?"
Mansker replied, "Not that I thought of, no."
The officer also testified that after the shooting, Gaut said, "Oh my God. What have you done?" and started to drive toward him.
"That's when the vehicle came at me and again I thought for sure that I would be crushed between my door and my car and I fired again," Mansker said.
The defense attorney fired back, saying, "The fact of your perception that Ms. Gaut was going to crush you in the door did not happen, right"
Mansker said, "It did not occur because I fired at the vehicle jaunting it either left or right. It went to the left of me."
Also on the stand was a computer forensic expert who testified that Foley might have been alerted to the fact that police were patrolling.
Records from Foley's cell phone showed he received a text that said, "Police are deep, you OK to drive?"
Shortly after the message was received, Mansker began following Foley, who he said was driving erratically on state Route 163.
It was also revealed in court Wednesday that Gaut's blood-alcohol level was 1.7 the night of the shooting.
Gaut faces two charges of felony assault with a deadly weapon and two misdemeanor DUI charges. She is currently free on bail.
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