Special enforcement by Folsom police on Cinco de Mayo resulted in a variety of arrests, ranging from public intoxication to fighting with bouncers, according to a police spokesman.
The department's special investigations unit, working in plainclothes, covered the entire community. The special enforcement funding was provided by a grant from California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control.
Arrests or citations included:
- Two Sacramento men in their 20s for causing a public disturbance by fist fighting.
- A 21-year-old El Dorado Hills man for being drunk in public and then throwing an object at and hitting a parked car.
- A 19-year-old Plymouth, Amador County, man for possession of a controlled substance after he was stopped for vehicle code violations.
- A 58-year-old Sheridan, Placer County, man for urinating in public.
- Two 21-year-old men cited for possession of an open container in the Historic District.
- A 30-year-old woman cited for battery after fighting with bouncers at the Folsom Hotel.
- A 17-year-old from Folsom cited for possession of marijuana after a traffic stop on East Bidwell.
Sgt. Jason Browning also stated in a news release that additional officers were working to find and arrest drug and alcohol impaired drivers. Those officers targeting impaired driving arrested two men.
One was a 57-year-old Folsom man found passed out in his car in the turn lane from Oak Avenue Parkway at East Bidwell Street.
The other was a 26-year-old man from El Dorado Hills who was involved in a crash on the Folsom Lake Crossing.
Funding for the drunken driving crackdown was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety.
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