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Eriksson's attorney, Ashley Posner, declined to discuss the crash with the Associated Press.

Eriksson's blood-alcohol level after the crash was .09, slightly more than the legal .08 limit, Brooks said. If it is determined he was the Ferrari driver, he could be charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving and providing false information to authorities, Brooks said.

Then there's the mystery of the loaded gun magazine. According to Brooks, a motorist who stopped to offer help allowed Trevor to use a cell phone in his car. The motorist later discovered the magazine stuck in the driver seat of his vehicle, Brooks said.

In another twist, the second man in the car, Karney, provided deputies with a home address that is a boat slip in Marina Del Rey. The slip houses a $14 million yacht.

Meanwhile, investigators are trying to find two unidentified men who showed up at the site of the crash, claiming to be "homeland security" officers from a nonprofit transit authority.

The two men spoke with Eriksson, who told investigators that he, too, was a deputy commissioner of the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority, which provides free transportation for the disabled in the suburbs east of Los Angeles.

The San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority's Web site lists the agency's address as 148 E. Lemon Ave. in Monrovia. The location is Homer's Auto Service, an auto repair shop.

Brooks said he referred the matter to the sheriff's terrorism unit for investigation. He said detectives believe the two men from "homeland security" received their badges from the transit authority.

The transit authority denied sending anyone to the wreckage.

"To our knowledge, no one from the transit authority went to the scene, and if they did, they were not authorized to do so," said Posner, who also serves as chairman of the transit authority's board of directors.

Officials in cities that the agency serves questioned why a small transit authority would need a police department.

"We warned them that if the police agency operated with them in the city of Monrovia, it would jeopardize their (transit) agreement with us," Monrovia City Manager Scott Ochoa said.

Posner said Eriksson was given an honorary position with the organization after he helped develop a video surveillance system for use in transit buses.

As for the destroyed car, the Ferrari company told Brooks it could be shipped to Italy and fixed for $200,000 to $300,000.

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