VENTURA, California - District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that a jury found Dean Kellum Louer (DOB 2/10/61), of Anaheim, guilty of felony driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol content above 0.08 percent, causing injury. The jury also found true a special allegation that Louer personally inflicted great bodily injury during the commission of the offense.

On August 18, 2015, Louer reversed a pickup truck on the shoulder of the US-101 freeway and drove into the victim who was standing behind the truck. The collision knocked the victim into a nearby culvert causing significant bodily injuries. Louer’s blood alcohol content was determined to be 0.18 percent. The jury also found that Louer was driving without a valid California driver’s license.

Sentencing for Louer is scheduled on January 5, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. in courtroom 40 of the Ventura Superior Court, County of Ventura. Louer faces a maximum sentence of six years in the California Department of Corrections.