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# Suspected drunken driver had child in car
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/suspected-drunken-driver-had-child-in-car/
- Published: 2016-06-24T13:21:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:46:47.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Crime, News, 7-eleven, benny morales, child endangerment, drunk driving, DUI, Santa Monica, santa monica boulevard, santa monica california, Santa Monica Crime, santa monica crime watch, santa monica daily press, santa monica news, santa monica police, smpd, van nuys, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 14:39

On June 10 at about 11:31 p.m., Santa Monica police officers responded to a radio call for service of a family disturbance at the 7-Eleven convenience store at 1600 Santa Monica Blvd.

A man and woman were in an argument over the man locking their child in a vehicle and having driven the child while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage.

Officers arrived and discovered the man in the 7-Eleven parking lot. The woman and child had left prior to officers’ arrival.

Follow-up investigation led to the arrest of the man, later identified as Benny Morales, 31, of Van Nuys, on a charge of child endangerment.

Bail was set at $500,000.

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