DUI Crash Involving Child
Last week, a Mesa woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI after she crashed her car and then carried her 1-year-old daughter the rest of the way home.
According to witness accounts, the 33-year-old offender swerved off the road and struck the curb and several trees and boulders at about 4:30 a.m. The crash occurred in a neighborhood near McDowell and Power roads. After the crash, the offender took her daughter out of the back seat and walked into the gated community where she lived, the witness said.
The witness tried to get the offender to stay at the scene and informed authorities she was possibly intoxicated. She ignored the witness and went straight to her home and refused to answer the door when the police arrived. Her boyfriend met the police at the door and let them in for investigation.
Initially, the woman denied driving the car involved in the accident. She also refused to take any sobriety test, while her eyes were bloodshot and her speech was slurred. Police also reported she was swaying from side to side and that her breath smelled of alcohol.
The authorities then placed her under arrest. During the arrest she pretended to not understand in Spanish and claimed to be her sister, and then switched to speaking English. She later claimed in English that she had fallen asleep at the wheel.
After the initial investigation, the Police discovered her license had been revoked and that she had two previous DUI convictions since 2002. She was charged with three counts of aggravated DUI and one count of providing false information to a Police officer.