Senator Sues Police Over False DUI Arrest

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State Senators Sabrina Servantes from Riverside County is taking Sacramento and its police department

to court over a DUI ticket from a car crash last May. She was completely sober with blood test

showing zero alcohol or drugs in her system. The crash went down on May 19, 2025, right at 14th

and S streets. Servantes headed to the hospital afterward, but police told reporters she looked

impaired, talking about slurred speech and all that. She's claiming the cops fed false info to a

judge just to get a warrant for that blood draw. The district attorney never pressed charges,

but the whole mess hit her reputation hard with leaked details. Now her lawsuits going after them

for violating her federal rights, false arrest, unlawful search and seizure, plus straight-up

defamation from those. Bad leaks. City officials aren't talking since the case is still pending,

leaving folks watching close to see how police accountability plays out here.