Last Updated on January 20, 2023 by C-CAR
A 55-year-old Corona man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and other crimes on Tuesday, Oct. 18, after the California Highway Patrol said he backed his car into a CHP motorcycle officer, who suffered minor injuries.
Prudencio Xajil Alvarado was also accused of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and driving while unlicensed, said Officer Javier Navarro, a CHP spokesman. Alvarado was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside, where bail was set at $50,000.
Just before 9:30 a.m., the officer pulled over Alvarado, driving a Nissan Maxima, on a traffic stop on Indiana Avenue in the unincorporated community of Home Gardens, between Riverside and Corona.
“As the officer began to dismount his motorcycle to contact the driver, Alvarado placed the Nissan into reverse and accelerated toward the officer,” Navarro said in a statement. “The Nissan collided into the motorcycle, disabling it, and subsequently causing minor injuries to the officer.”
Alvarado was given a field sobriety test and was arrested. A photo shot by Loudlabs News, a news agency the Southern California News Group often works with, shows an officer pulling two bottles of Jose Cuervo tequila out of Alvarado’s car.
The CHP asked any witnesses to call its officers at 951-637-8000.
