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It Gets Worse: What We Know About the Drunk Driver Who Hit Idaho Teen
Townhall ^ | September 26, 2025 | Amy Curtis

Posted on 09/26/2025 2:33:00 PM PDT by fwdude

September 1, 2025, was the day that forever changed the lives of 16-year-old Jennifer Petersen and her family. Petersen was driving her truck into town in Bonners Ferry, ID, when Jose Gonzalez Luna hit her broadside. Jennifer's injuries were so severe that she was flown to Seattle, WA. She's undergone multiple surgeries, including one on September 22, according to a GoFundMe set up by a family friend.

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his was not the first time Gonzalez Luna was arrested for DUI. He pled guilty to felony DUI in 2009 and 2011 and pled guilty to misdemeanor DUI in 2004 and 2006.

Gonzalez Luna was also arrested and charged with a third felony DUI on March 1, 2025. According to the Bonners Ferry Herald, law enforcement caught Gonzalez Luna while he was driving on the wrong side of the highway in Naples, and the paper lists the disposition of that case as "guilty with fines of $33.50 and court costs of $56.50."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: amycurtis; bonnersferry; corruption; fino; idaho; josegonzalezluna
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This causes my blood to boil. This is at the feet of Republicans. The Idaho county that dropped the ball and is refusing to cooperate is solidly red, so there's no excuse.
1 posted on 09/26/2025 2:33:01 PM PDT by fwdude
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To: fwdude

Find a tall tree
and 'decorate' it...



2 posted on 09/26/2025 2:38:46 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Carriage Hill

SPJNK


3 posted on 09/26/2025 2:49:26 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: fwdude

There were 5 opportunities to prevent this and they just released him each time.


4 posted on 09/26/2025 3:00:07 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: fwdude

90 dollars in fines for the latest DUI - SMFH


5 posted on 09/26/2025 3:13:38 PM PDT by atc23
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To: atc23

See what you get if you’re White


6 posted on 09/26/2025 3:25:58 PM PDT by Mastador1
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To: Mastador1

Once she gets out of the hospital, she can sue Gonzalez-Luna for hundreds, well, maybe TENS!


7 posted on 09/26/2025 3:32:15 PM PDT by Does so ("Things will now change in Minneapolis AND AT HOME"....Dem☭¢rat... ∅ ™ ¿ ¡ ☞ ½¼)
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To: fwdude

WTF? Deep state, even in a deep red state? God bless Trump but seriously, we may only have 3 years left.


8 posted on 09/26/2025 3:36:02 PM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: fwdude

My wife has a cousin who lost her husband to a drunk-driving Mexican that was here illegally. He was arrested, later released and disappeared. This was about 25 years ago. I wonder what carnage he has caused since then.


9 posted on 09/26/2025 3:41:24 PM PDT by Freedom_Isn't_Free (in fact, it isn't even cheap)
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To: fwdude

HORRIBLE. Enemies foreign abetted by enemies domestic.


10 posted on 09/26/2025 3:54:04 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: fwdude
Joe Biden Says Drunk Driving "Isn't a Felony"?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ0N73TrTQE

Jose Gonzalez-Luna, 54, is a criminal alien from Mexico with four DUIs, assault and domestic violence who now faces 15 years in prison for this latest aggravated DUI charge. With the seriousness of the charges, Gonzalez will face the full consequences of his actions from the justice system and immigration authorities. Living in the United States as a guest is a privilege and he has abused his privilege.

More American blood on senile brandons hands...

VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS MEMORIAL

11 posted on 09/26/2025 3:54:56 PM PDT by BFW
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To: Carriage Hill

I’ll help


12 posted on 09/26/2025 4:07:04 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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To: BFW

It is time for DOXing and vigilantism needs to fix this. Our government will not, not cannot, THEY WILL NOT.


13 posted on 09/26/2025 4:08:41 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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To: stevio

We have 50 MAGA red states ruled over by 50 Deep State local and state governments.

There’s not a truly MAGA state legislature in the country.

Don’t believe me?

Look at the budgets of all 50.


14 posted on 09/26/2025 4:10:02 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: fwdude

$90 fine for a fifth DUI is criminal in itself.

In MA that would be at least 90 days in jail. With bodily injury…it would be years.


15 posted on 09/26/2025 5:28:57 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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Felony DUI, 3rd offense, is less than $90 in fine and court costs?

I don’t think they take it seriously there...


16 posted on 09/26/2025 5:36:31 PM PDT by heartwood (Please blame all ridiculous or iinappropriate words on autocorrect. Thank you. )
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To: kiryandil
YES2
17 posted on 09/26/2025 5:44:26 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Glad2bnuts

YES!


18 posted on 09/26/2025 5:44:52 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: fwdude

Bang! As the gavel comes down.
“Time served.”


19 posted on 09/26/2025 6:46:09 PM PDT by csn vinnie
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To: fwdude

The article isn’t specific, but this incident happened a little over two miles south of where the Ruby Ridge standoff happened in the Higland Flats area to the east of Naples, Idaho. I live about half mile from the scene, and a couple of my kids were outside and heard it happen.


20 posted on 09/26/2025 8:13:43 PM PDT by The Unknown Republican
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