Tip leads police to real identity of drunken driver
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OGDEN -- A tip from a Standard-Examiner reader means more charges against a woman suspected of ramming several vehicles last week.
A front page story Tuesday headlined "Crash! Bang! Oh, sorry! YOU aren't my boyfriend," generated a call to the newspaper early that morning.
The caller said the woman's name, listed in the news story as Gabriela Macias, 23, was incorrect. The woman's name is actually Jessica Cervantes, the caller stated. The Ogden Police Department, which confirmed the woman had provided false information.
Cervantes will now be charged with providing false information to a police officer, said Lt. Scott Sangberg.
Cervantes has seven outstanding warrants for her arrest, including a felony warrant for escape from official custody earlier this spring, Sangberg said. Those warrants were served on her Tuesday, since Cervantes was still being held at the Weber County Jail Tuesday.
Updated 1:55 p.m.
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Crash! Bang! Oh, sorry! YOU aren't my boyfriend
OGDEN -- An upset woman attacked two vehicles with her car after she allegedly mistook their drivers for her boyfriend.
Gabriela Macias, 23, was drunken driving near the 2900 block of Monroe Boulevard around 11 p.m. Thursday when she intentionally slammed into the back of a vehicle, causing the driver to pull over and call police, said Lt. Scott Sangberg.
Macias kept going, eventually ending up driving south on Washington Boulevard near 28th Street, where she thought she saw her boyfriend again and smashed into the back of another vehicle, this one driven by Juan Vargas, Sangberg said.
Macias had never met either of the drivers, he said.
One car was a sedan; the other vehicle was a small SUV. Police have no idea why Macias thought the two vehicles were being driven by her boyfriend.
Sangberg said Vargas was on the phone with police as he attempted to maneuver away from the angry woman.
"He was trying to get away, but she kept ramming him," he said.
Sangberg said an officer in the area saw Macias smash into Vargas' car, sending sparks across the boulevard. The officer pulled up behind Vargas and Macias and saw Vargas on his cell phone and waving to get his attention, he said.
When the officer turned on his emergency lights, Macias took off, leading police on a chase through downtown that reached speeds of roughly 65 mph, Sangberg said.
The chase ended when Macias pulled over near 29th Street and Monroe Boulevard, Sangberg said.
Macias was booked into Weber County Jail, where she's facing charges of driving under the influence, evading police, operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license and two counts of aggravated assault.
Sangberg said Macias caused several thousand dollars in damage to the two vehicles.
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