Results tagged “child endangerment” from DUI Lawyers & Attorneys News

In Firebaugh, California, authorities pressed criminal charges against a father, 34 year old Aref Kareem Mohamed, whose children died in a car accident this past Tuesday.

According to police, Mohamed was charged with three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, three counts of child endangerment, one count of driving under the influence causing bodily injury and one count of being under the influence of a controlled substance.  At this time, police are waiting on results from Mohamed's blood test to determine which controlled substance he was under the influence of while driving.

Authorities report that while Mohamed was driving a van, he was involved in a head-on collision with another automobile.  At the time of the collision, Mohamed's three children, two sons and one daughter, were riding as passengers in the van.  It was later reported that they died during the DUI accident.

Mohamed was being held at the Madera County Jail, but was later released after posting $100,000 in bail. 

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In Port Richey, Florida, a mother by the name of Lena K. Maki was stopped by police after dropping her 11 year old daughter off at Chasco Elementary School on Monday.  Police say that when they stopped Maki, she was under the influence of a controlled substance and had been DUI with her child.

While driving her daughter, troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol say that Maki hit another car as she pulled up to the school.  Instead of stopping, she ran onto the curb and then hit a nearby fence.  She then proceeded to drive away from the scene of the accident.

Luckily, another driver blocked her car from driving off. 

Florida Highway Patrol charged the mother with DUI related crimes, including leaving the scene of an accident and child neglect after she failed the administered field sobriety tests.

Maki was able to post bail on Monday evening.  Police say that no one was injured during the accident.

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The owner of a day care center in Wichita, Kansas is facing criminal charges after she was caught driving seven children while under the influence of alcohol.

Margaret E Walker, 49, has been charged with DUI, DUI with children under 14, driving without a license, driving on a suspended license, and for not having a child under the age of four in a child restraint.

Since the arrest, Walker's day care license has been suspended and the center has been closed.

Walker has a previous DUI conviction on her record under her maiden name, Margaret Self.  She was arrested in April and eventually pleaded guilty to the DUI charges. The judge sentenced her to probation.

Police were alerted to the most recent incident when Walker came to the center and the staff noticed she smelled strongly of alcohol. But before the police arrived Walker took seven children in a company vehicle on a field trip.  She was arrested as soon as she pulled back into the center's parking lot.

If convicted Walker could be sentenced to an extended probation, fines, license suspension, mandatory DUI school, and incarceration.

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Bluffton resident, 40 year old Rodney L. Galimore, was recently found guilty of felony DUI causing death, reckless homicide, driving on a suspended license and child endangerment for having his two young children with him in his sports utility vehicle while driving drunk.

While driving under the influence in August, Galimore crashed into a motorcyclist.  The motorcyclist, 42 year old Merry C. Deon, was killed and died at the scene of the accident.   Deon was a security guard at Long Cove and was driving home from work at the time the accident occurred.

According to Deputy Solicitor Angela McCall-Tanner, Galimore was portrayed as remorseless throughout his 2 day trial.  She also claims that instead of calling 911 after the accident, Galimore called a friend to complain about being hit.  She told 16th Circuit Judge John Hayes prior to sentencing that Galimore, "had no concern about what happened to the victim. It was all about him."

The jury deliberated for two and a half hours before finding Galimore guilty on all 4 criminal counts.  He was sentenced with 25 years for his felony DUI charge and 10 years for his child endangerment charge.  He also received 10 years for his reckless homicide charge, which is to be served concurrently with his felony DUI charge.  Galimore received a 6 month sentence for his charge of driving with a suspended license, which will also be served concurrently.

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