HIT-RUN SUSPECT FREED ON BAIL : VAN NUYS AUTO SHOP MANAGER ARRESTED IN DEATHS OF TOT, MOTHER.Byline: Anne Burke Daily News Staff Writer A Van Nuys auto body shop manager was set free on $50,000 bail after his arrest in a hit-and-run accident that killed a mother and her 3-year-old daughter over the weekend in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. , police said Wednesday. Baltazar ``Mario'' Ramirez, 29, of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. bailed out of jail about six hours after police arrested him Tuesday on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter vehicular manslaughter n. the crime of causing the death of a human being due to illegal driving of an automobile, including gross negligence, drunk driving, reckless driving, or speeding. , said Los Angeles police Detective Rich Leuschner. The preset preset Cardiac pacing A parameter of a pacemaker that is programmed permanently when manufactured bail for a vehicular manslaughter charge is $50,000. Typically, jailed suspects pay 10 percent to a bondsman bondsman n. 1) someone who sells bail bonds. 2) a surety (guarantor or insurance company who/which provides bonds for performance. (See: bail bond, bond, bail bondsman) and put up collateral for the entire amount. ``Five thousand dollars and you're out the door. You would think that (for) this type of crime, the bail would be higher,'' Leuschner said. Police said they also will seek felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. hit-and-run charges against Ramirez. He is scheduled to be arraigned June 10. Six years is the maximum penalty for vehicular manslaughter while the felony hit-and-run charge could bring a sentence up to four years. Leuschner said two other people who knew about the accident, but did not come forward, may face arrest. The accident occurred about 5 p.m. Saturday when Gloria Nunez, 31, was pushing her daughter, Helen Valle, in a laundry cart diagonally across San Pedro Street, outside the crosswalk. One car stopped for the pair, but a pickup truck traveling in the same direction failed to do so, Leuschner said. ``It was too late to stop and he ran them over,'' Leuschner said. The mother was dead at the scene. The daughter died at a hospital. Earlier this week, a caller tipped off police to the truck driver's identity and where to find him, Leuschner said. When police found him at the body shop, Ramirez initially said he knew nothing about the accident and did not drive a truck such as the one involved in the accident, Leuschner said. But when the detective reminded Ramirez that he had received a traffic citation Citation (foaled 1945) U.S. Thoroughbred racehorse. In four seasons he won 32 of 45 races, finished second in ten, and third in two. He won the 1948 Triple Crown, and became the first horse to win $1 million. He set a world record in 1950 by running a mile in 1:33 3/5. two years ago while driving a 1975 Chevrolet truck, ``he admitted to the accident,'' Leuschner said. Ramirez ``took off because he was scared,'' Leuschner said, and later learned from television news reports that both victims died. |
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