Victoriano Berduo Garcia

Name:
Berduo Garcia, Victoriano Mauricio

Date of Booking:
09/25/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
DUI – LESS SAFE

PUBLIC INDECENCY/INDECENT EXPOSURE (FEL AFTER 2 PRIOR CONV)

VIOLATION OF HANDICAP PARKING

DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE (MISDEMEANOR)

POSSESSION OF OPEN ALCOHOL CONTAINER

PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS

Officer’s Narrative:
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[NARRATIVE #1 On September 25, 2025]

On Thursday, September 25, 2025, at 11:23 p.m., Clayton Police Sergeant Andy Beck was at the Clipper Store located at 110 Highway 441 North in Clayton, GA 30525. A man named [WITNESS #1] knocked on the window to get the officer’s attention. [WITNESS #1] later informed the officers that a Hispanic male had pulled up in a white van, exited the vehicle, and urinated beside his car in plain view of the public. The male was identified by Beck as Victoriana Mauricio Berduo-Garcia.

Beck observed a white Ford van parked in the handicap spot in front of the store, with a wet puddle beside the back passenger tire. Deputies from the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office had already removed Berduo-Garcia from the driver’s side of the van and had him at the back of the vehicle. Beck noticed a strong odor of alcohol on Berduo-Garcia’s breath. Since Berduo-Garcia did not speak English, Officer Chapman called dispatch and spoke with a Spanish-speaking dispatcher. [REDACTED], the dispatcher, asked him if he would take a handheld breath test, to which Berduo-Garcia agreed. She then provided him with instructions.

Beck administered the breath test, which yielded a positive reading for alcohol at .176 grams. He placed Berduo-Garcia under arrest for driving under the influence, handcuffed him behind his back, checked for tightness, and double-locked the cuffs. Beck then read him the Georgia Implied Consent Notice for suspects aged 21 and over and asked for a state-administered chemical test of his blood. Berduo-Garcia refused by shaking his head no.

He was placed in the back passenger seat of Beck’s patrol car and transported to the Rabun County Detention Center, where he was turned over to jail staff.

Beck charged Berduo-Garcia with driving under the influence of alcohol, public indecency for urinating in public, a handicap parking violation for improperly parking in a handicap spot, public drunkenness for exiting his vehicle intoxicated, driving without a license since he did not possess a valid license, and possession of an open alcohol container for the open beer located in the driver’s side console within his reach. Beck also had the jail conduct a driver’s and criminal history check, which came back clear. He then returned to service.

[End of Narrative]

[NARRATIVE #2 On September 25, 2025]

This is [REDACTED], Operator 918, on the night of September 26, 2025 I assisted the two city units in translating between officers and the subject out on the Clayton Clipper. Durning the conversation when asked the subject agreed to a breathalyzer test and was given the instructions. Following the test the subject informed me that before leaving his hotel room he had drank two beers before heading to the gas station for sodas.

[End of Narrative]