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“Three young girls are orphans because of the selfish decision of a stranger,” Orange County District Attorney
Todd Spitzer said in a statement. “Children should not have to grow up without their parents because someone decided to make the wrong decision and get behind the wheel while intoxicated.”
Coleman is facing two counts of murder, a count of driving under the influence of alcohol causing bodily injury, a count of driving with a blood alcohol of .08% or more causing bodily injury, and a count of hit and run with injury all felonies. She also faces three felony enhancements of great bodily injury suffered by the couple’s daughters. Coleman has also been charged with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol after her arrest on Aug. 29 in Laguna Beach, per the report.
Ex-Con Charged With Murder for Collision That Killed 12-Year-Old Bicyclist in Costa Mesa
A convicted bank robber was officially charged with second degree murder after a DUI collision killed a 12-year-old bicyclist in Costa Mesa, California.
Richard David Lavalle, 59, of Long Beach was driving a Ford F-150 pickup truck eastbound on Arlington Drive near the intersection of Junipero Drive just before 6 p.m. on Dec. 6 when he failed to halt for a stop sign, striking the autistic youth as he rode his bicycle in a crosswalk.
The victim, Noel Bascon, was riding with his father at the time. A passerby attempted CPR, and first responders continued lifesaving measures, before the youngster was taken to a hospital, where he died.