| For Immediate Release February 7, 2007 |
Contact: Susan Kang Schroeder
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HOMELESS DRIVER SENTENCED
FOR HITTING AND PERMANENTLY INJURING
TWO MOTHERS JOGGING IN DANA POINT
WESTMINSTER – A homeless man pleaded guilty today to felony hit and run causing permanent injury for hitting two joggers with his car in Dana Point. William Todd Bradshaw, 38, pleaded guilty to the court and faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced Friday, February 23, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. in Department W-18, West Justice Center, Westminster.
On April 8, 2006, four female friends belonging to a jogging group were running northbound on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in the bicycle lane just north of Camino Capistrano in Dana Point. Bradshaw was driving his 1981 Buick Park Avenue and hit two of the women, Carol Daniel and Stacy Neria, sending their bodies flying. He then fled the scene heading north on PCH and later abandoned the car, leaving his cell phone and ownership papers inside. Bradshaw was arrested nine days later at a nearby Dana Point Laundromat. Both victims are mothers of three and suffered permanent critical injuries.
Deputy District Attorney Susan Price prosecuted this case.
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