arrested in suspected DUI crash that injured four


Long, 44, who works for the city of Anaheim as a fire battalion chief, was booked into the Southwest Detention Center in French Valley and later released on $50,000 bail. He did not respond to requests for comment. Julie Hoxmeier said.Long showed signs of alcohol impairment, police said, though preliminary results from a breathalyzer test showed a blood alcohol level of 0.07 percent, just below the legal limit of 0.08. After performing field sobriety tests, officers determined Long was impaired, a police news release said.Hoxmeier said the definitive evidence will be the results of a blood sample collected for testing.Long's attorney, Virginia Blumenthal, issued a written statement saying that Long "extends his sincere apologies" for the incident."Mr. Long has never been arrested before and has never been at fault in an accident," Blumenthal said. "It is my firm belief that while there has been an accident, there was no crime committed."The injured girls, ranging in age from 14 to 17, were taken to hospitals for treatment.Karen Parris, spokeswoman for the Murrieta Valley Unified School District, said the students are members of the cheer squad at [url=http://www.fashionshoes.us.com/black-patent-leather-au-palace-120mm-replica... Patent leather Au Palace 120mm Murrieta Valley and had performed in a pep rally Thursday night in anticipation of Friday's football game against Vista Murrieta."Three of the four are already home," she said.Parris declined to offer any specifics regarding the injuries suffered by the fourth girl, who was still receiving treatment.Blumenthal said in the statement that Long rendered aid to the girls at the scene and spoke with their parents when they [url=http://www.fashionshoes.us.com/pink-patent-leather-fifi-sling-80mm-replica.... Patent Leather Fifi Sling 80mm arrived. She said he was traveling about 25 mph at the time of the crash."No special favors were extended to the Murrieta Mayor by the city's police department, and the mayor did not request any special favors in the handling of his case," Blumenthal wrote. "The police did their jobs as Mr. Long would expect them to do."