Thread: Jail time for parents who left kids in car while drinking

Parents who left kids in car while drinking margaritas get one year in jail

By Isadora Vail | Monday, February 4, 2008, 11:10 AM

A mother and father who left their children in a car while they drank margaritas in a Hutto restaurant last year were each sentenced to one year in state jail today.

Beatriz Pedroza, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of endangering a child and driving while intoxicated.

She will also have to complete intensive outpatient care for alcoholism, parenting classes and any conditions that child protective services may require.

Pedroza is in the country illegally, according to court records, but will not face deportation.

Miguel Lopez, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of endangering a child.

Since Lopez is in the country illegally, District Judge Ken Anderson said he will be deported after his sentence is served.

On Sept. 30, the couple went into Rio Grande restaurant in Hutto and drank margaritas for about a half-hour, according to an arrest affidavit filed in state District Court in Williamson County.

Passers-by saw two young children in the car and called police, who found a 1-year-old boy and a 5-month-old girl unsupervised in a Ford Expedition, according to the arrest affidavit.

Pedroza said she had been on Sixth Street in Austin earlier in the day before driving to Hutto, according to the affidavit.

Although the children were not injured, the affidavit states that both were crying and covered in sweat.

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/ ... or_le.html

Why do we need more people like this??

Why isn't this "mother" being deported? She should not only be deported but she should have her parental rights terminated. Where is La RAZA when illegal alien kids need protection from their illegal alien parents?

Momma is apparently legal according to the 5pm news on KVUE

Naturalized citizens and legal permanent residents can still be deported if they are convicted of felonies that are deemed "deportable offenses". She can still be deported and should be charged with at minimum child endangerment, reckless abandonment, etc. and have Children Services intervene.

For god sakes!!! Why is this person being allowed to stay in this country. So she can eventually drive drunk and kill an American Citizen. Where is MADD now???

She can complete alcohol education and rehab IN MEXICO ON HER OWN DIME!!!!

Can you please stop this world. I want to get off now....