Charges were filed Monday against a man accused of driving under the influence when he ran a red light and crashed into a San Bernardino police cruiser, killing a veteran officer, prosecutors said.
Archie Green III, 27, of Fontana was charged with one felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, one count of driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury and one count of driving with a .08 percent blood alcohol content causing injury, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office said.
Green was set to be arraigned Tuesday. He was being held on $250,000. Prosecutors say he faces up to 10 years in state prison if convicted.
The victim's brother, also a longtime officer with the police department, said he worked side by side with his brother Bryce Hanes for more than a decade.
"Bryce only applied to this agency and so this is what he wanted to do," retired Det. Jerry Scott Hanes, Bryce's older brother, said.
He also said Bryce actually requested the graveyard shift because he loved his job so much.
He spoke of the family's faith in God as members of the Mormon church and how they have a strong support system that is helping the family.
Bryce's wife, Alice, and their three young children ages seven to 12, continue to deal with heartache that is overwhelming.
"[Alice] is a mess," Jerry said. "She's having a really hard time but that's to be expected. She's got a lot of family and friends that are helping her but you can't really expect her to be OK with it. None of us are OK with it."
On Nov. 4, Green was behind the wheel of a Dodge Charger that blew through a red light in Ontario and smashed into the passenger side of the patrol car, which spun out of control and hit a traffic signal, according to the San Bernardino Police Department.
The Charger went off road, over a dirt embankment, and wound up in a field, police said.
Inside the cruiser was 40-year-old Officer Hanes, who was leaving the West Valley Detention Center after 2 a.m. He was rushed to the hospital, where he died.
Hanes, a Redlands resident and 12-year veteran who spent his entire career with the department's patrol division, was remembered by the chief of police as an "exemplary officer."
Loved ones described Hanes as a devoted Mormon who didn't, drink, smoke or curse.
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Hanes is survived by a wife and three children under the age of 12.
Officer Hanes will be laid to rest on Thursday. A private ceremony will be held for his family in the morning, and public ceremony will be held around noon.
