12-time offender arrested for DUI crash

<p>A 12-time drunk driving offender was being held without bail Saturday after his arrest a day earlier in connection with a non-injury crash on Highway 12 at Stony Point Road in Santa Rosa.</p><p>Authorities say he was driving drunk.</p><p>Santa Rosa resident Robert James Feenan, 50, also is suspected of violating parole and driving with a suspended license in connection with Friday’s 5 p.m. collision.</p><p>“This is his 13th arrest,” said Petaluma Police Sgt. Ken Savano, who runs his department’s Habitual DUI Offender Stakeout Program and coordinates Sonoma County’s AVOID the 13 Sonoma County DUI Task Force.</p><p>“Here in Sonoma County, I think he’s holding the record right now,” Savano said. “We’re just glad he’s back in custody. He’s obviously got a problem.”</p><p>Before the accident, authorities had been trying to pinpoint an accurate address for Feenan so they could monitor his driving to ensure he did not present a risk to the public, Savano said.</p><p>Feenan’s DUI records date back to 1983 in Humboldt County. His remaining arrests were in Sonoma County, the last - until Friday - in the summer of 2008.</p><p>No one was injured when Fennan crashed on the Highway 12 off-ramp Friday, Savano said. His car was impounded, however, and Feenan was arrested and jailed.</p><p>-- Mary Callahan</p>