Man accused of DUI with child in car
A West Palm Beach man is accused of driving drunk with a 3-year-old in the car late New Year’s Day, police records show.
M i g u e l A n g e l R i v e r a Morales, 23, is facing DUI and child neglect charges, records show.
Palm Beach Gardens police saw Rivera Morales driving without his lights on shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday. He was in a black Mazda, offiffi- cers said, going west on PGA Boulevard near Prosperity Farms Road.
P o l i c e p u l l e d b e h i n d Rivera Morales and watched him swerve through lanes, records show. He pulled in front of eastbound traffiffic to make a U-turn, according to police records, and caused oncoming traffiffic to have to brake to avoid hitting him.
O f f i c e r s n o t e d R i v e r a Morales strongly smelled of alcohol.
His speech was slurred, r e p e t i t i v e a n d e x c i t e d , records show.
He made multiple statements about a woman, saying she’d ruined his life and led him to drink to ease the pain, records indicate. He blew a 0.094, which is over the state’s legal limit of .08, records show.
Palm Beach Gardens police records don’t indicate his relationship with the young child.
Rivera Morales is out of the Palm Beach County Jail on a $3,000 bond, records show.
A judge ordered that he have no contact with the child.
He is not allowed to drive or consume alcohol or any illegal drugs, court records state.