SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 36-year-old convicted drunken driver was charged Monday with assaulting a woman who followed her after a collision and suspected drunken driving with a child in the vehicle in La Habra.
Witnesses called police when they saw the property-damage collision about 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Las Lomas Drive and Walnut Street, said La Habra Police Department Lt. Jose Rocha. They followed the car and as they tried to get Antonia Juliomorales to stop she bumped a person with her vehicle, Rocha said.
A boy was in Juliomorales’ car, according to court records. It was not known how the defendant was related to the boy, Rocha said.
Juliomorales was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, child abuse and endangerment, and resisting arrest, all felonies. She was also charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and hit and run with property damage, all misdemeanors.
Juliomorales pleaded not guilty at her arraignment in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana and was ordered to return to court on Dec. 20 in the North Justice Center in Fullerton.
Juliomorales was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in 2013, but the convictions were dismissed in 2017 after she completed terms of probation, according to court records.
