Newman Police Department
The Newman Police Department received 58 calls for service and reported 77 officer initiated calls for a total of 135 incidents from Jan. 30 to Feb. 5.
The department opened eight cases and made three arrests, including two for driving without a license. The department issued six traffic citations and had one vehicle towed.
Newman man arrested on suspicion of DUI after hit‑and‑run
A Newman man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after allegedly hitting a parked vehicle and fleeing the scene, police said.
Officers responded to the Dollar General parking lot on N Street after a caller reported his parked vehicle had been struck by a gray Honda that left northbound. The caller provided the license plate number, which led officers to an apartment complex where the vehicle was registered.
Police found the Honda with the driver, Demetrio Lopez Mantar, still inside. The reporting party later confirmed Lopez Mantar was the person seen driving at the time of the collision, according to the report.
Officers said Lopez Mantar showed signs of intoxication, including bloodshot, watery eyes and the smell of alcohol. He refused field sobriety tests, but a breath test measured his blood‑alcohol level at 0.28%. His vehicle was towed.
Lopez Mantar was arrested on suspicion of DUI and on an outstanding Stanislaus County warrant. The reporting party declined to press charges for the hit‑and‑run.
Arrests
Demetrio Lopez Mantar, 29, of Newman was arrested on Feb. 2 for DUI, DUI of .08 or more, driving on a license suspended for DUI and a warrant arrest.
Gustine Police Department
Gustine Police respond to suspicious activity, vandalism and warrant arrest
Police handled a series of calls ranging from suspicious circumstances to a misdemeanor warrant arrest during the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, according to department logs.
Officers responded to a suspicious‑circumstances report on Jan. 30 in the 70 block of Via Jodi Drive. The caller reported unusual activity, but officers were unable to locate anyone and cleared the scene. A similar call on Jan. 31 in the 900 block of Grove Avenue also resulted in a “gone on arrival” disposition.
On Feb. 1, officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Via Piedmont for a suspicious‑person report. The incident was documented as a dispatch record only.
Police investigated a misdemeanor vandalism case on Feb. 4 at the Gustine Garden Apartments on Wallis Avenue. Damage was reported at the complex, and the case was assigned a report number.
Later in the week, on Feb. 5, officers contacted a subject near South and Linden avenues and arrested the individual on a misdemeanor bench warrant. Additional violations included driving on a suspended license and an equipment infraction.
The department also responded to a burglar alarm on Feb. 2 at the Gustine Unified School District offices on Meredith Avenue. The alarm was determined to be false.
Arrests
Eleazar Julian Gonzalez, 28, was arrested at 11:49 p.m. Jan. 31 in the area of 6th Street and 5th Avenue for felony DUI with prior convictions, DUI with a blood‑alcohol level of 0.08% or higher with prior convictions, and driving without a license.
Luis Guillermo Trujillo Medina, 35, was arrested at 12:30 a.m. Feb. 1 in the area of 6th Street and 5th Avenue for disorderly conduct involving alcohol and having an open container in a vehicle.
Rosendo Julian Cano, 43, was arrested at 7:21 p.m. Feb. 5 in the area of South and Linden avenues for a misdemeanor bench warrant/failure to appear, driving with a suspended license, and having only one required tail lamp.
