Driver in Valentine’s Day crash was on her way to get fentanyl: docs
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — On Valentine’s Day morning, Joanna Bojorquez-Higuera was in a hurry to get something.
Not candy or flowers, or other items traditionally associated with the holiday.
What she wanted was “something that makes you feel good,” according to her statement contained in newly-released police reports.
She wanted “fetty,” Bojorquez-Higuera said, using the street term for fentanyl.
Bojorquez-Higuera was arrested after allegedly driving under the influence of a drug and speeding through a red light at the intersection of California and Chester avenues, crashing into other vehicles and injuring four people. One person suffered fractured ribs and tailbone, another a broken collarbone.
The 29-year-old has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence of a drug causing injury, resisting arrest, reckless driving and driving on a license that was suspended or revoked for DUI, and is being held on $110,000 bail. She has two prior DUI convictions, police said.
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Questioned at Kern Medical, Bojorquez-Higuera said she last used fentanyl two or three days earlier, according to reports filed in Superior Court. She said she didn’t know the last time she used methamphetamine, but the officer who questioned her noticed signs of possible drug impairment.
The officer wrote she had “jerking extremities, eyelid tremors, watery eyes and dilated pupils.”
Bojorquez-Higuera became aggressive and demanded her cellphone when told she was under arrest, the reports say. She also made bizarre statements, telling the officer, “I have no bones.”
When she tried to leave, the officer handcuffed her to a hospital bed, the documents say. She then spit at him and said, “I guess I’m gonna have to shoot you with an FN,” according to the documents.
The officer noted “FN” refers to a gun manufacturer. Bojorquez-Higuera is due back in court March 1.
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