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http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2...-to-drive.html
With tears streaming down her face during a news conference today, Kathie LaFond recalled how she tried to tell a Chicago Heights police officer that her boyfriend was drunk and shouldn't be allowed to drive.
But the officer still gave possession of the car, and her son, to Cecil Conner after she was arrested for allegedly driving with a suspended license in the early morning of May 10, LaFond said. She was handcuffed and sitting in the back of a police car as she watched Conner drive away with her 5-year-old son, Michael Langley Jr., strapped in his booster seat in the back.
"I told him Cecil was drinking," LaFond said, as she stared downward at a table in front of her. "He said don't worry about it. He would make sure he got home.
"I asked him, where he was going with my baby, that he was drinking.
"That was the last I seen my baby."
Shortly after LaFond, 23, was arrested, Conner veered off Steger Road and crashed into a tree. When Steger police arrived on the scene, they said Conner smelled of alcohol and his speech was slurred. Michael was later pronounced dead due to injuries sustained in the crash.
On Tuesday, LaFond spoke publicly for the first time about the night her son was killed. She filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Chicago Heights, the police department and Conner last week.
In previous statements, Chicago Heights police said Conner did not appear intoxicated and LaFond didn't tell the officer that he was.
Although Conner was charged with driving under the influence in connection to the crash, some people have vilified LaFond, saying she shouldn't have been out late with a young child and should have done more to warn the officer her boyfriend was drunk, her attorney, Mark Horwitz said.
On the night she was arrested, LaFond said she took her son with her to pick up Conner from a party.
When she was stopped by police for not using a turn signal, she explained why she was on the road. "I wanted to take my baby home," LaFond said.
She said Chicago Heights police held her for about an hour, handcuffed to a wall, and then released her on a signature bond. Worried about her son after hearing chatter on a police scanner, LaFond said she jogged to the South Chicago Heights Police Department and asked for help. An officer there drove her to the hospital where she learned Michael was dead.
"He was wonderful. He was joy. He was everything that anybody could want," she said.
But the officer still gave possession of the car, and her son, to Cecil Conner after she was arrested for allegedly driving with a suspended license in the early morning of May 10, LaFond said. She was handcuffed and sitting in the back of a police car as she watched Conner drive away with her 5-year-old son, Michael Langley Jr., strapped in his booster seat in the back.
"I told him Cecil was drinking," LaFond said, as she stared downward at a table in front of her. "He said don't worry about it. He would make sure he got home.
"I asked him, where he was going with my baby, that he was drinking.
"That was the last I seen my baby."
Shortly after LaFond, 23, was arrested, Conner veered off Steger Road and crashed into a tree. When Steger police arrived on the scene, they said Conner smelled of alcohol and his speech was slurred. Michael was later pronounced dead due to injuries sustained in the crash.
On Tuesday, LaFond spoke publicly for the first time about the night her son was killed. She filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Chicago Heights, the police department and Conner last week.
In previous statements, Chicago Heights police said Conner did not appear intoxicated and LaFond didn't tell the officer that he was.
Although Conner was charged with driving under the influence in connection to the crash, some people have vilified LaFond, saying she shouldn't have been out late with a young child and should have done more to warn the officer her boyfriend was drunk, her attorney, Mark Horwitz said.
On the night she was arrested, LaFond said she took her son with her to pick up Conner from a party.
When she was stopped by police for not using a turn signal, she explained why she was on the road. "I wanted to take my baby home," LaFond said.
She said Chicago Heights police held her for about an hour, handcuffed to a wall, and then released her on a signature bond. Worried about her son after hearing chatter on a police scanner, LaFond said she jogged to the South Chicago Heights Police Department and asked for help. An officer there drove her to the hospital where she learned Michael was dead.
"He was wonderful. He was joy. He was everything that anybody could want," she said.
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I find it extremely hard to believe that a cop in todays day and age would release a car and child to a drunk man ... but i guess it's possible. fucked up if true, if she's looking for a hand out after the fact thats fucked too.
I don't see how they could have legally handed the child over to his custody without her approval anyways. they aren't married and if it's not her child they would need her permission. even to hand the car over if it was in her name. amirite?
I don't see how they could have legally handed the child over to his custody without her approval anyways. they aren't married and if it's not her child they would need her permission. even to hand the car over if it was in her name. amirite?