{"id":1747465,"date":"2022-11-21T21:47:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T02:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1747465"},"modified":"2022-11-21T21:47:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T02:47:54","slug":"driver-who-crashed-into-25-l-a-sheriff-recruits-claims-he-fell-asleep-at-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/driver-who-crashed-into-25-l-a-sheriff-recruits-claims-he-fell-asleep-at-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver Who Crashed Into 25 L.A. Sheriff Recruits Claims He Fell Asleep At Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdriver-who-crashed-into-25-l-a-sheriff-recruits-claims-he-fell-asleep-at-wheel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1747465&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The 22-year-old driver who crashed into 25 Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s recruits last week denied authorities\u2019 claims that investigators had enough evidence to prove the incident was a deliberate act.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Gutierrez was held on suspicion of attempted murder of a peace officer on a $2 million bond for driving his Honda CR-V into 25 cadets about 20 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 16. around 6:30 a.m. during a training exercise with about 75 recruits from the Sheriff\u2019s Department and several local police agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The horrific crash left more than a dozen cadets injured and at least five in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said they later provisionally released Gutierrez because the initial complaint was not enough to hold him in custody.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/driver-crash-law-encforcement-la-county-sheriff-whittier\/3038595\/\">NBC<\/a>, Guiterrez refuted claims made by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who said investigators had enough evidence to conclude that the crash was intentional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t intentionally do it,\u201d Gutierrez said, adding that he fell asleep on his way to work.<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez said he fell asleep at the wheel and woke up to the sound of recruits banging on the windows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish it never happened,\u201d he added. \u201cI feel bad it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Gutierrez had injuries to his face that were suffered at the scene, which he claimed were sustained when the sheriff\u2019s \u201cdragged\u201d him out of the car when he woke up from the impact.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s department declined to comment or elaborate.<\/p>\n<p>The recruits were part of a 22-week program with the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s S.T.A.R.S. Explorer Training Academy in South Whittier, California. At the time of the crash, the cadets ran in four rows while drill instructors and two black-and-white radio cars accompanied them.<\/p>\n<p>According to Villanueva, seven recruits remain in the hospital, with two in critical condition and multiple leg fractures. He said authorities\u2019 biggest concern is one of the recruits is on life support and suffering from serious brain bleeding and swelling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have a long road to recovery happen to them, and we\u2019re just hoping and praying that they can pull through,\u201d he told News Nation.<\/p>\n<p>Villanueva said five recruits are still under observation, and the remaining 20 have been released to their families.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect\u2019s lawyer, Alexandra Kazarian, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-11-21\/driver-asleep-in-crash-that-hurt-sheriffs-recruits-lawyer-says\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a>, Guiterrez fell asleep at the wheel while on his way to work, calling it a \u201ctragic accident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kazarian also denied the preliminary investigation from Villanueva, saying there is no evidence suggesting it was intentional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no idea why the sheriff said that,\u201d Kazarian said.<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez\u2019s attorney issued a statement Friday to NBC saying Gutierrez comes from a law enforcement family. According to the Los Angeles Times, his father is a retired corrections officer. His uncles work in the Los Angeles Police Department, the California Highway Patrol, and the Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNicholas comes from a proud law enforcement family, and the injuries to these recruits is beyond heartbreaking,\u201d attorney Alexandra Kazarian said. \u201cThe Gutierrez family appreciates the Sheriff\u2019s Department taking the time to conduct a full and complete investigation. As many have asked, we want to emphasize that Nicholas was on his way to work and had no drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of this tragic accident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kazarian said Gutierrez \u201charbors absolutely no animosity toward law enforcement,\u201d adding claims that her client was a disgruntled academy recruit or had any association with being a recruit were incorrect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 22-year-old driver who crashed into 25 Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s recruits last week denied authorities\u2019 claims that investigators had enough evidence to prove the incident was a deliberate act. Nicholas Gutierrez was held on suspicion of attempted murder of a peace officer on a $2 million bond for driving his Honda CR-V into 25 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1747468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1747465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1747465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1747468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1747465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1747465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1747465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}