A Contra Costa County jury found 40-year-old Alexander Pedro Mayorga of Antioch guilty on all counts Wednesday in the 2024 crash that killed bicyclist Linda Alize Wooldridge, a case that became the first trial conviction for the District Attorney's newly formed DUI prosecution unit. Wooldridge, 29, was riding in a marked shared bike lane along Lone Tree Way in Antioch on the night of July 27, 2024, when she was struck from behind.
The jury convicted Mayorga of hit-and-run driving resulting in death under Vehicle Code 20001(b)(2), according to contracosta.news. The following day, Judge Hanni Fakhoury found beyond a reasonable doubt that Wooldridge was a particularly vulnerable victim, a finding the same report says stands as an aggravating factor the court can weigh at sentencing. The California Rules of Court note that sentencing decisions must account for the nature of the offense and the offender, with particular regard to the degree of danger both present to society, according to the Judicial Branch of California.
Sentencing is scheduled for December 12 at 8:30 a.m. at the A.F. Bray Courts Building in Martinez, per the same account. Deputy District Attorney MacKenzie Savage prosecuted the case, which the outlet reports marks the first trial and conviction for the District Attorney's Impaired Motorist Prosecution and Crimes, or IMPACT, Team.
A New Unit Built With State Grant Money
The IMPACT Team is funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, provided through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the report notes. Prosecutors with the unit also partner with the statewide Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor Training Program, which trains prosecutors and investigators handling DUI cases.
The funding behind the unit traces back to earlier this year, when the county's District Attorney's Office received an OTS grant of $323,500 to support a specialized prosecution team dedicated to alcohol- and drug-impaired driving cases, according to antiochherald.com. The office said at the time that it was the first year Contra Costa County had received OTS funding for a specialized DUI prosecution program, with the grant program running through September 2026.
First Public Statement From Prosecutors
The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office announced the verdict on Facebook, writing that its Impaired Motorist Prosecution and Crimes Team had secured its first trial conviction. The post, published early Saturday, framed the Mayorga case as the unit's inaugural courtroom win since the grant-funded program launched.
