On Tuesday, August 5th, officers with the California Highway Patrol in the Merced area of California took a man into custody for doing doughnuts and crashing a stolen car. Salvador Chavez Gonzalez of Atwater would need the assistance of auto accident attorneys.
The report by the CHP revealed that before noon, an officer sat outside their office on Bell Drive speaking with someone. During the conversation, the lawman spotted a white Honda with Gonzalez behind the wheel doing doughnuts in the intersection of Bell Drive and Bell Lane.
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The investigators said that the suspect turned the car in the direction of the officer, and the latter quickly got out of the way. The Honda struck a curb and got stuck on a lawn, and the highway patrol officers came and took the man into custody without further problems.
During the investigation, the CHP discovered that Gonzalez stole the car early that morning from a restaurant on M St. and Olive Avenue in Merced. The officers said that the Merced Police Department informed them that the suspect carjacked the owner of the Honda, who called 911 to make a report.
The MPD was investigating the case when the crash happened. They booked the man into the Merced County Jail on charges of trying to hurt a peace officer, carjacking, robbery, and having a stolen car. Officers determined that the suspect was impaired at the time of the occurrence and charged him with driving under the influence of a controlled substance.
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