I believe none of this would have happened if they gave him a drivers license and insurance.


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Immigrant Behind Bars After Allegedly Causing Crash And Resisting Arrest

Last Updated:
06-13-05 at 7:44AM

An undocumented immigrant was behind bars today after causing a crash and resisting arrest when he was caught with drug paraphernalia, a police lieutenant said.

Bernabe Eliseo Hernandez, 39, is accused of running a stop sign, causing a crash and leaving the scene shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday in the 7300 block of El Cajon Boulevard, La Mesa police Lt. Bobby Barrett said.

About a half-hour later, an officer searching the area spotted Hernandez near a retaining wall, putting something in his mouth, the remnants of a smoking pipe nearby, Barrett said.

The suspect walked toward the officer with a blowtorch-type lighter and pliers, ignoring her commands to put the objects down, Barrett said.

The officer used her baton to force the suspect against the wall, Barrett said.

Another officer saw that the suspect had thrown away the lighter but was still holding the pliers and refusing the officer's commands, the lieutenant said.

The officers shot him three times with a stun gun, hit him several times with their batons and used pepper spray on him, but he continued to resist until five officers managed to subdue him, Barrett said.

Hernandez was treated at UCSD Medical Center for bruises and contusions and and then booked into the county jail on suspicion of hit-and-run, resisting arrest, being under the influence of drugs, DUI, obstruction and possession of drug paraphernalia, a jail clerk said.

He is also being held on an immigration hold pending a scheduled arraignment Wednesday at the El Cajon Courthouse.