Crime & Safety
Imperial Beach Man Arrested for Drunk Driving 3 Times in 5 Days
The most recent arrest occurred Sunday morning at Ye Olde Plank Inn.
An Imperial Beach man was arrested for suspected drunken driving three times in five days, deputies said today.
Sheriff's deputies were called to a report of a drunken driver on Seacoast Drive in Imperial Beach about 6:30 a.m. today. When they arrived they found the driver, David Lakarnafeaux, 44, had walked inside a bar on Palm Avenue and Seacoast Drive, Sgt. Ted Greenwald said.
When deputies arrested him, they discovered that Lakarnafeaux had already been arrested for the same charge twice last week: on Tuesday by San Diego police and on Thursday by the California Highway Patrol, Greenwald said.
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Lakarnafeaux was booked into San Diego Central Jail, where he was held on a $100,000 bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the El Cajon courthouse, according to jail records.
- City News Service
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