Former Costa Mesa mayor Gary Monahan was arrested Monday on suspicion of hit-and-run while driving under the influence, police said.
Monahan was arrested shortly after Costa Mesa officers responded to a report of property damage near Skosh Monahan’s, the former longtime City Council member’s restaurant and bar in the 2000 block of Newport Boulevard, Police Department spokeswoman Roxi Fyad said.
A car reportedly hit a parked vehicle in front of a neighboring business at about 12:30 p.m., police said. Shortly afterward, police made contact with a suspect who came out of Skosh Monahan’s and later failed a field sobriety test, police said.
Monahan was identified as the suspect by witnesses who contacted authorities, police said.
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