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# Man given citation for talking on cellphone while driving, no valid driver’s license
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/man-arrested-talking-cellphone-driving-driver/
- Published: 2015-09-07T13:15:39.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:41:44.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Crime, News, cellphone while driving, CRIME WATCH, driver, driver's license, police officer, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Crime, santa monica news, santa monica pd, santa monica police, Santa Monica Police Department, smpd, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 14:44

On August 29 at approximately 6:50 a.m., aSanta Monica police officer was traveling westbound at the 1200 block of California Avenue and saw in the eastbound lane a driver talking on his cellphone. The officer immediately made a U-turn and stopped the driver for the vehicle code violation, then discovered the driver did not have a valid driver's license either. The driver was then transported to the Santa Monica jail so his identity could be verified and later released with a citation.Didier Paolo Ortiz-Rodriguez, 32, of Los Angeles had bail set at $100.