Lino Isaias Davalos Perez of Fillmore.

District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Lino Isaias Davalos Perez (DOB 12/23/80), of Fillmore, was sentenced to 17 years in state prison following a February 27, 2018, jury conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol, causing injury and driving with a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit causing injury.

On the morning of April 4, 2016, Perez crossed into oncoming traffic hitting two other vehicles and collapsing the front of the vehicle he was driving onto his passenger. Perez’s passenger suffered fractured bones, cuts to internal organs, and several other injuries. The driver and occupants of the second vehicle struck by Perez suffered injuries ranging from bruises and pain, to bone fractures. Perez exhibited alcohol intoxication at the scene and his blood results later showed a blood alcohol concentration of 0.156 percent, almost twice the legal limit.

Perez had prior convictions for driving under the influence and carjacking at the time of the collision. He was driving on a suspended license. The charges for which Perez was sentenced to prison are violent “strike” offenses.