Illegal immigrant jailed for DUI after boy struck


By Staff and Wire Reports
9/18/2007
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TULSA, OKLAHOMA: An illegal immigrant from Mexico was arrested Sunday on a DUI complaint after police say he struck a child with a car.

The 5-year-old boy reportedly was taken to a hospital in serious condition, but he has since improved, and his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, police said.

Darbin Alejoz-Ramirez, 23, was arrested on complaints of driving under the influence and causing an injury collision, driving with no driver's license, having no proof of insurance and injury to a minor child. He told police that he is an illegal immigrant, so a hold for Immigration and Customs Enforcement was placed on him at the Tulsa Jail.

Police said the child rode his bicycle from between two parked cars into the path of Alejoz-Ramirez's Chevrolet Blazer about 3 p.m. Sunday at the Colonial Park Apartments in the 7600 block of East 21st Street.

Alejoz-Ramirez smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot eyes and failed portions of sobriety tests, an arrest report states. He agreed to a blood test and was taken to a hospital to have blood drawn.