According to the Angels Camp Police Department, at approximately 5 AM on January 1, 2013, one of their officers was briefed by the CHP regarding a DUI arrest they had made near Copperopolis.
The CHP officer advised that they arrested John Scott Bishion, a 46 year old Citrus Heights resident for driving under the influence.
Bishion was reported by the CHP as driving a "Club Car" golf cart that he admitted taking from a residence in the Greenhorn Creek area of Angels Camp.
Later that morning, at approximately 8:44 AM, an officer from the Angels Camp PD responded to an address on Smith Flat Road to take a report of a stolen golf cart.
The victim reported that sometime after 11:40 PM on New Year's Eve, an unknown suspect entered their garage and took their golf cart, golf clubs and five bottles of champagne.
After taking the burglar report from the victim, the officer drove to the Calaveras County Jail to interview Vishion.
Vishion, who had been staying at the Trendwest Wyndham Resort in Angels Camp, admitted to entering the garage and taking the golf cart.
Vishion said that he left the resort and began walking after being involved in an argument. As he was walking he said that he saw the golf cart in the garage, unplugged it from the wasll charger, loaded several bottles of alcohol into the golf cart and began driving.
Vishion stated that his intent was to drive the golf cart back to Citrus Heights, but he made a wrong turn into Hwy 4 and became.lost.
Vishion admitted that he was lucky that he was not involved in a collision during his approximately 13.5 mile drive in the stolen golf cart.
After completing the interview with Vishion at the jail, the following additional charges were added to the arrest affidavit: Burglary, Theft of a Vehicle, Possession of Stolen Property, and Grand Theft, all felong charges..
The victim is making the necessary arragements to retrieve their golf cart, golf clubs and their champagne.
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