Lasaro
Columbus police officers arrested a local man on a number of charges on Friday evening including operating a vehicle while intoxicated after he was involved in a leaving the scene crash with his 1-year-old child in the vehicle.
Shortly after 11 p.m., CPD officers responded to the area of 10th Street and Cottage Avenue responding to a leaving-the-scene crash, said Lt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police Department spokesman.
Witnesses reported that one of the drivers involved in the crash fled the scene with a small child inside his car. Officers located the suspect’s damaged vehicle a couple blocks away and made contact with the driver, Pablo A. Calderon Lasaro, 20, of 1245 Eighth St., Columbus.
The officers noted that Lasaro was holding a small child that sustained minor injuries in the crash. While speaking with Lasaro, the officers noted that his speech was slurred and he had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath, Harris said.
Lasaro failed a number of field sobriety exercises administered by officers at the scene and was later transported to Columbus Regional Hospital for a blood alcohol test, Harris said.
Upon his discharge from the hospital he was placed under arrest and transported to the Bartholomew County Jail on preliminary charges of:
- Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (endangerment)
- Child neglect
- Leaving the scene of an accident
- Illegal consumption of an alcoholic beverage
Lasaro was being held in jail in lieu of $27,500 bond, jail officials said.
