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Uploaded: Monday, December 17, 2012, 9:10 AM
Menlo Park: Wrong-way driver pleads not guilty
Menlo Park man allegedly had BAC of .21 percent
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by Sandy Brundage
Almanac Staff
It was a fine Wednesday afternoon in Menlo Park as 26-year-old Efrain Avalos Moreno-Avalos drove along Marsh Road. Trouble was, he was reportedly driving on the wrong side of the street.
Police, responding to a 911 call about the wrong-way driver, arrived to find the Menlo Park man sitting in a car "parked crookedly on the street" with his 10-year-old brother beside him, according to the district attorney's office.
Although Mr. Moreno-Avalos denied being behind the wheel, both the person making the 911 call and his brother contradicted him, the police report said. A breathalyzer allegedly measured a blood alcohol level of .21 percent. In California a level of 0.08 percent is considered above the legal limit for driving.
He pleaded not guilty in San Mateo County Superior Court on Friday, Dec. 14. Mr. Moreno-Avalos remains in custody on $7,500 bail, the district attorney's office said, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Dec. 28.
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Posted by SteveC, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Dec 17, 2012 at 2:14 pm
SteveC is a member (registered user) of Almanac Online Let's see. BA at .21%, wrong side of the roadway, 10 year old broher in he car, and not a clue how the car go where it is. I would think he would be in jail and should be charged with child endangerment as well. But the, not guilty always starts off a criminal case. Hope he get some help.
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