Crime & Safety
New Jersey Man Charged Under Leandra's Law
Jose Antonio Pichazaca Guaman, age 27, of Irvington, NJ, pled guilty on February 24 to Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated with a Child.
District Attorney, Thomas P. Zugibe said he had been driving in Spring Valley at 5:44 a.m. Nov. 3, 2013, while intoxicated, with a child in the vehicle.
According to the Child Passenger Protection Act:
- First-time offenders driving while intoxicated (.08 blood alcohol content or more) or impaired by drugs while a child younger than 16 years old is in the vehicle may be charged with a Class E felony punishable by up to four years in state prison.
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