MOTHER CHARGED IN TODDLER DROWNING TWO-YEAR-OLD SWEPT AWAY BY RUSHING FLOOD WATERS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - A Lake 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. woman has been charged with felony child abuse in the drowning of her toddler, who fell into a flooded desert wash as a helicopter plucked pluck v. plucked, pluck·ing, plucks v.tr. 1. To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly with the fingers; pick: pluck a flower; pluck feathers from a chicken. her family from their partly submerged sedan Sedan (sədäN`), town (1990 pop. 22,407), Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse River. A noted textile center since the 16th cent., Sedan also has metal and brewing industries. The town became part of French crown lands in 1642. . Tonie Myesha Davis, 34, endangered en·dan·ger tr.v. en·dan·gered, en·dan·ger·ing, en·dan·gers 1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil. 2. To threaten with extinction. the toddler and two other children by steering around two sets of barricades during a torrential Jan. 9 storm and driving into what firefighters said was fast-moving water 3 or 4 feet deep where normally dry Little Rock Wash crosses Avenue N, officials said. ``We allege To state, recite, assert, or charge the existence of particular facts in a Pleading or an indictment; to make an allegation. allege v. that she ignored posted signs that the highway was closed, and she drove an additional 1.5 miles and ignored a second sign,'' Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Jane Robison said Thursday. Exactly how 2-year-old Jamaia Davis fell into the water has not been disclosed. Sheriff's deputies said immediately after the tragedy that the girl fell as she and her mother were being hoisted off the stalled car by a Fire Department helicopter. Davis is charged with one count of child abuse with a special allegation that it resulted in death, and second count of child abuse in connection with a 16-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, who were also in the car. Davis, who was being sought on an arrest warrant, was being represented by an attorney from Johnnie Cochran's law firm, officials said. The attorney could not be reached for comment. The recommended bail is $100,000. Each child abuse count carries a maximum term of six years in prison, and the allegation would bring an additional four years. The toddler's lifeless life·less adj. 1. Having no life; inanimate. 2. Having lost life; dead. See Synonyms at dead. 3. Not inhabited by living beings; not capable of sustaining life. 4. body was found a mile or two downstream from where she fell in. The child was taken to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital and pronounced dead about 1:45 a.m., about five hours after the car got stuck. California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officials after the girl's death said the mother told them she knew the road was closed before she got stuck. She first called her boyfriend, but he couldn't get through to rescue them, officials said. County road department workers and a CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officer reached the stranded family about 9:30 p.m. Jan. 9. They reported they could hear them screaming from the car but couldn't get through the water in the county truck. A firetruck also tried unsuccessfully to reach them. A Fire Department helicopter, whose crew had already rescued more than two dozen storm victims elsewhere around Los Angeles County that day, then began lifting the people off the car, fire officials said. The death illustrates the danger of driving across flooded roads or ignoring traffic barricades, authorities said. At least four other vehicles got stuck at the same crossing where the toddler died, including a sport utility vehicle and a compact submerged up to their roofs. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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