A Morgan Hill man who was arrested three times for driving under the influence during an anti-drinking and driving campaign was arrested twice this summer in San Jose for alcohol-related offenses and was in Santa Clara County Criminal Court Thursday to enter a plea.
Anthony Maher, 20, was arrested June 19 and July 2, according to San Jose police spokesman Enrique Garcia. Thursday, he pleaded no contest to charges of resisting arrest and drunk in public, according to Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office representative Amy Cornell, and is in Santa Clara County Jail. He was sentenced to 10 days in county jail and a $100 fine.
On June 19, he was booked into jail on suspicion of being drunk in public, under the influence of a controlled substance and resisting arrest.
Garcia said that officers responded to a call from a parking officer at 9:52 p.m. that there were five or six men fighting in or near the street at Almaden Road at Woz Way. The group had split up when officers arrived and were fleeing. One of the men was tased, and Maher resisted arrest.
On July 2, at 3:22 a.m., officers responded to the area of 1500 Almaden Road near the Hilton Hotel for a report of four people vandalizing vehicles.
Garcia said officers did not find any damaged vehicles, but did find four people matching the descriptions given them. Maher was one of them, he added, and officers noticed that he appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. He was cited for allegedly being drunk in public and later released.
"According to the officer's report, he was unable to care for himself," Garcia said. "It's a safety issue at that point. We wouldn't want him to stumble into the road and get hit by a car, for example."
Maher, who was 19 at the time, was arrested on Dec. 27 at 9:27 p.m. on East Dunne Avenue with a blood alcohol level of more than twice the adult legal limit. He was arrested twice before, the first on Dec. 16 at 1:37 a.m. on Hale Avenue at Wright Avenue and on Dec. 23 at 12:56 a.m. on Condit Road, both times with a blood alcohol level well above the legal limit.
The Avoid the 13 campaign began on Dec. 14 and ended Jan. 1.
Marilyn Dubil Marilyn Dubil is a freelance writer for The Times.
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