Former California assemblyman Richard Robinson was arrested on DUI charges last week while driving a car with retired lawmaker plates, the Sacramento Bee reports:
Robinson, a Democrat who represented Garden Grove in the Assembly from 1975 to 1986 and worked as a lobbyist for many years, was driving an SUV with special plates indicating he's a retired assemblyman when he crashed Wednesday night. Fox 40 TV news caught the aftermath on tape.
Robinson was heading north on Bradshaw Road around 8 p.m. when he made an illegal left turn near the Highway 50 onramp, said CHP Officer Jasper Begay. Robinson was hit by a pickup truck before crashing into a traffic light, Begay said. There were no injuries. The responding CHP officer arrested Robinson on suspicion of a mis- demeanor DUI. [...]
He's no stranger to the law. As a lobbyist until November 2010, Robinson represented the California Correctional Peace Officers Association and the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association.
Fox 40 in Sacramento captured video of the arrest.
