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Designated Driver

Reason Staff | 11.29.2010 6:00 AM

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Kern County, California, detention officer Louise Willis crashed a van into a light pole inside the Lerdo jail facility, injuring two inmates she was transporting to pick up trash. Officers who responded to the accident saw signs she was intoxicated and charged her with felony DUI.

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