Manhattan Beach dentist gets probation for weapons and DUI
A Manhattan Beach dentist is serving three years probation after pleading guilty to carrying a loaded firearm and driving while intoxicated, a court clerk said Thursday.Dr. Steven Oliveira, 47, was scheduled to go on trial Thursday in Torrance Superior Court, but apparently pleaded guilty to the two misdemeanor counts on Dec. 24.
Oliveira was arrested July 10 after he was spotted in the 2400 block of Pine Avenue in Manhattan Beach. He appeared drunk and had a gun in his pocket, according to officers who testified at his preliminary hearing in September. The officers stopped him while he drove his truck, and saw two guns inside. Oliveira appeared drunk and did not comply with the officers. He later failed field sobriety and blood-alcohol content tests.
In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped a criminal threats charged that stemmed from his telling an officer he was going to "pop" him. He was released after his arrest, and returned at least twice to the police station, demanding his guns back and to see the officer.
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Are you kidding me!! 3 years probation for carrying a loaded gun in a car. We are to easy on crime. Send a message! This losers is a dentist?? He is not only a drunk, he is a misfit.
Big Mo
East Side Torrance
The problem now lies in whether or not this PROBATIONER DENTIST will inform his patients of his actual misconduct. The Dental Board licensing him as a Probationer Dentist and the investigative unit all received fees to reinstate him as a Probationer Dentist and the Probationer Monitor will receive fees to randomly monitor his conduct but each patient in the chair for every appointment won't be informed at the place of treatment of his actual conduct. It's inhumane.
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