San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneys have a new story:
A San Diego DUI suspect allegedly tried to drown a police dog that caught up with him Saturday in the lagoon he was hiding in before his arrest, San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneys heard.
The suspect alllegedly also hit another motorist as he fled police, San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneysare told.
At 8:20 p.m., an officer allegedly saw Lavar Toosweet McKiernan, driving without headlights, nearly hit three parked cars in the area of Carlsbad Boulevard and State Street, according to the reports provided San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneys .
McKiernan allegedly hit the gas when the officer tried to pull him over, eventually rear-ending a 44-year-old motorist and hitting a telephone pole, San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneys .
McKiernan’s car allegedly wouldn’t drive after the crashes, so he fled on foot to a lagoon west of Carlsbad Boulevard and hid in water about 4 feet deep, per the information provided to San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneys
Carlsbad police were assisted by a San Diego police helicopter and an Oceanside police dog, which tracked McKiernan to the lagoon, San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneys .
Police said McKiernan tried to drown the police dog by pushing the dog underwater but was quickly apprehended without further incident, San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneys .
The 44-year-old motorist hit by McKiernan was taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneys said.
McKiernan was taken with injuries to Tri-City Medical Center and later booked into the Vista jail, per San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneys
He was being held Sunday on charges including causing great bodily injury while drunken driving, evading a police office and attempting to harm a police dog, according to county booking logs. Bail was set at $230,000, according to San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneys .
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