Mug Alert: Florida Mom Charged With DUI and Child Abuse After Leaving Baby in Wrecked Car

[Sugar Cookie]

Josefina Lopez, 21 was arrested on Thursday after police said she stood by as a baby was trapped in the back of a car she crashed.

An officer found a Jeep rolled onto its side in a ditch with a baby trapped in the back seat, the affidavit says.

Officers were able to rescue the child from the car, but the driver — Josefina Lopez, 21 — was found standing on the sidewalk next to the Jeep, “not attempting to remove him from the overturned vehicle,” investigators wrote.

In addition, officers said they could smell alcohol on Lopez’s breath while speaking with her, and her eyes appeared “glassy and bloodshot.”

“Josefina advised that she was en route to the store, when she missed a turn on her directions to her phone and attempted to U-turn on Hancock Road,” the affidavit reads.

While making the U-turn, Lopez claimed, the vehicle went off the road and flipped over.

And when police asked how fast she’d been driving, Lopez said she wasn’t sure, though “she knew she was not in an area where she should not be travelling over 50-60 mph,” the affidavit states.

Lopez and the child were both taken to the hospital, where the child received medical care. However, police said Lopez told them she was homeless and that she and the child had no place to stay.

“When asked about a current phone number, Josefina advised that she did not have a phone and that it was disabled,” an officer said. “It should be noted that I observed Josefina to have a phone, and she was making calls on it during portions of my interactions with her.”

The affidavit also notes that a witness spoke to police, revealing the following information:

Police added that the child was turned over to a family friend, though Lopez told an employee with the Department of Children and Families that she’s planning to leave the state once she’s released, as she has nowhere else to stay in Florida.

Florida woman left baby trapped in back of crashed car, police say

Officers were able to rescue the child from the car, but the driver was found standing on the sidewalk next to the Jeep, “not attempting to remove him from the overturned vehicle,”

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[thuumpr]

Yup... Had enough money (nature's money?) to get boozed up and rolled her home.

 

[Rebooto]

She looks wrecked herself.

 

[Metalfan]

If she was older she would be busting a move on the Electric slide."It's Electric, boogie woogie woogie.

 

[cubby]

Who needs GPS to drive drunk to the store? Everybody knows where the store is.

She is lucky that her drunk ass remembered to put him in a car seat, otherwise the charges might be murder.

 

[GoneWest]

Definitely not the sharpest crayon in the box. She stated she missed her turn via her phone GPS then states she doesn’t have a phone when ask for her number. Der. Her eyes say it all.

 

[hiitsme]

With a forehead that size, you'd think she'd have a brain in there.

 

[BuffettGirl]

With a forehead that size, you'd think she'd have a brain in there.

Nah, that's where she stores the extra air, in case she runs out and needs a breath...

 

[Crazy Cat Lady]

With a forehead that size, you'd think she'd have a brain in there.

Looks like at least a six-head!