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Off-duty sheriff’s deputy arrested for suspected DUI, hitting parked cars

by City News Service • June 18, 2018

Off-duty Deputy Nicholas Smith sits in the back of a patrol car following the incident. [Image via AV News Crew.]
PALMDALE – A 24-year-old off-duty sheriff’s deputy was allegedly drunk when he smashed his pickup truck into some parked vehicles in Palmdale Sunday, the California Highway Patrol said.

The crash happened about 2:45 a.m. Sunday, June 17, on 30th Street East, north of Avenue Q-6, the CHP reported.

Off-duty Deputy Nicholas Smith, of Palmdale, was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Colorado northbound on 30th Street East when he apparently allowed his pickup truck to drift to the right, the CHP said. Five parked vehicles on 30th Street East were hit.

“Smith remained at the scene for emergency personnel to arrive,” the CHP said.

Deputies from the sheriff’s Palmdale station were dispatched to the scene about 2:45 a.m. and arrested Smith, who was not injured, on suspicion of drunken driving. The Palmdale sheriff’s station then requested that the CHP do the accident investigation.

Deputy Kim Alexander would not name Smith because it was a CHP investigation, but she confirmed he had been a deputy for six months and has since been relieved of duty.

Several parked vehicles on 30th Street East were hit. [AV News Crew]
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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Lancaster

7 comments for "Off-duty sheriff’s deputy arrested for suspected DUI, hitting parked cars"

  1. Ex LEO says

    June 19, 2018 at 6:08 pm

    POS…karma got him finally!!…he was an arrogant cocky SOB with that Rookie attitude.. thank God he didnt hurt or kill anyone else!! Turd bucket should know better than anyone else not to drink nd drive!!!…Take his badge and come down hard on him…Let this be a lesson to All LEOs that THEY are NOT above the law

  2. Lorna says

    June 18, 2018 at 6:41 pm

    … like currency, the thin blue line extends to those, only as far as the officer’s axiom for retaliation or reciprocation. Had this Nicholas Smith character been (a) well-liked, (b) his tenure long enough to have bartered and exchanged favors amongst his peers, (c) had he accumulated goodwill, (d) even better – incriminating or embarrassing evidence on fellow officers, they would not have hesitated intervening on his behalf. None of the above (e), they’ve chummed the water, made him walk the plank.

  3. Bobby Rush says

    June 18, 2018 at 4:37 pm

    Cry some more Tim. The guy was arrested as he should have been. What happened did you get arrested a few times and it’s LASDs fault?? You obviously are biased. Keep grinding your Axe cry baby

  4. F.......k AV says

    June 18, 2018 at 4:24 pm

    The world’s shortest law enforcement career. This dude was obviously special ed. Normally, cops always get a free pass with drinking and driving. DUIs are for the proles to surrender their bank accounts.

    • Eddie says

      June 19, 2018 at 5:54 am

      Special ed? What an ignorant and insensitive comment. Do you or have you ever known a child or adult with special needs, or what they go through in this life? Perfect example of “think before you speak” . Moron.

  5. Tim Scott says

    June 18, 2018 at 4:02 pm

    I guess smashing five cars puts him past the level where the LASD thought they could get away with covering for him.

    • Dugeless Dee. says

      June 19, 2018 at 4:53 pm

      Hahaha ..look at those cars…dude was TANKED ..!!!

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