MORENO VALLEY: Drunk PRCS probationer crashes into pole, arrested for third DUI

June 23, 2018 Trevor Montgomery

MORENO VALLEY — A man already on PRCS probation for DUI who was driving on a suspended license for two prior DUI’s was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol once again after wrecking his sedan into a Moreno Valley light pole early this morning. According to sheriff’s officials, this was the man’s third DUI in Riverside County.

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After failing a series of field sobriety tests, 40-year-old, Ameen Bernard Ferguson, was arrested and booked into Robert Presley Detention Center on suspicion of DUI and driving on a suspended license.

Deputies assigned to Moreno Valley Police Department, along with other emergency first responders, were dispatched to the intersection of Pigeon Pass and Swan Street just before 12:45 a.m., after receiving reports of a solo-vehicle traffic collision.

911 callers reported the vehicle, described as a silver Chrysler Sebring had crashed into a light pole.

When officials arrived they found the uninjured driver and observed that he appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, officials explained in a social media release about the crash and arrest.

“Even when he was explained the potential seriousness of his crime, the driver showed no signs of remorse,” wrote officials.

Based on their investigation, deputies arrested Ferguson and impounded his vehicle.

An online jail records search revealed Ferguson was released within hours of his arrest and is scheduled to be arraigned at Riverside’s Hall Of Justice, Nov. 5.

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Trevor Montgomery, 46, recently moved to Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for several other news organizations, including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle and Anza Valley Outlook, as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and The Mountain Echo in Shasta County.

Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center and Lake Elsinore Station, along with other locations.

Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.

Trevor has been married for more than 27 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and has 13 children and 14 – soon to be 15 – grandchildren.