| As an update to a story we carried last month in our | | | | Honnette was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. |
| California drunk driving accident lawyers blog, a former | | | | His blood alcohol level was apparently 0.15 percent. He |
| Stockton police trainee has been arraigned in an | | | | was just a few months away from finishing his police |
| accident case that killed one of his passengers. | | | | officer training, and was placed on paid leave as a |
| According to the Modesto Bee, 27-year-old Ryan | | | | result of the drunk driving accident. He is currently |
| Honnette has been arraigned on charges including | | | | looking at a sentence of more than 10 years, if |
| driving with a blood alcohol percentage of 0.08 percent | | | | convicted. |
| or more, driving under the influence of alcohol causing | | | | This is a classic example of a man throwing his life |
| injury, and gross vehicular manslaughter while | | | | and career away in one instant of lunacy. You would |
| intoxicated. The accident that he has been charged in | | | | expect Honnette to be more aware of the dangers of |
| relation to took place on October 18th. Honnette was | | | | drunk driving. As a police officer in training, he likely had |
| driving a Ford Excursion with four passengers inside. | | | | access to DUI offenders who were looking at |
| As he approached the Highway 132-Lake Junction, | | | | punishments ranging from license suspension to prison |
| Honnette seems to have lost control of the vehicle. He | | | | time. Yet, he chose to get behind the wheel too drunk |
| tried to get the vehicle back on track, and | | | | to drive anyway. His blood alcohol levels were almost |
| over-corrected. The SUV rolled over. 25-year-old | | | | twice the legal limit, which makes you wonder what |
| Matthew Miller, who was sitting in the back seat, was | | | | exactly he took home from his police training program. |
| thrown out of the SUV. He suffered severe injuries, | | | | This sort of behavior would be intolerable from an |
| and was taken to the hospital where he died a while | | | | average motorist – from a man of the law, it’s |
| later. The other passengers in the car escaped with | | | | completely unacceptable. Honnette deserves the |
| minor injuries. Honnette walked away without any | | | | strictest punishment he can get for his negligent |
| injuries. | | | | behavior. |