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San Diego California DUI

EL CAJON, Calif. -- A Ramona woman arrested five times for San Diego California DUI
driving under the influence of drugs -- including a San Diego California DUI
incident when she pinned a 7-year-old boy against a truck -- was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail and a yearlong drug treatment program.

Tiffany Adamo, 26, pleaded guilty Dec. 13 to three misdemeanor counts of San Diego California DUI DUI, two felony San Diego California DUI
DUI charges and one felony count of prescription fraud.

Adamo faced a maximum of four years in state prison.

"This case calls out for rehabilitation," Judge Patricia Cookson said. "Prison will serve nothing. Nothing whatsoever."

Cookson told Adamo -- an emergency medical technician -- that she would have a chance during her five years on probation to straighten her life out.

"The problem is ... you were out of control for five months," Cookson told the defendant.

Cookson said Adamo had a minor criminal record, support of her family and was remorseful for her San Diego California DUI
actions, including pinning the boy between a shopping cart and a truck in a parking lot on Oct. 13.

Cookson also suspended Adamo's driver's license and told her she couldn't own a vehicle while on probation.

Because Adamo had loud music playing at least twice when she was San Diego California DUI driving under the influence, Cookson ordered that she play music at a lower level once she resumed driving.

Cookson said Adamo would have to complete an 18-month program through the Department of Motor Vehicles to get her license back.

Adamo's attorney, A. King Aminpour, told Cookson that his client was involved in a San Diego California DUI car crash two years ago, causing her to become addicted to medications for disc and back problems.

Adamo had aspirations of becoming a firefighter and her goal is to help people, the San Diego California DUI criminal defense attorney said.