Milwaukee teen charged with intoxicated homicide

By ANN MARIE AMES ( Contact ) Saturday, March 28, 2009

ELKHORN — A Milwaukee teen remains in custody after a preliminary hearing Friday afternoon in Walworth County Court.

Donovan N. Espinosa, 17, is charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, possession of marijuana and carrying a concealed weapon, according to court documents.

He is in Walworth County Jail on a $100,000 bond, according to jail records.

Espinosa ran a stop sign at 3:45 a.m. March 10 while driving south on Bowers Road in LaFayette Township. Espinosa struck a pickup truck driven east on Highway 11 by Dean A. Schumacher, 41, of Delavan.

Schumacher was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to court documents:

Espinosa told police he was driving from Milwaukee to California when the crash occurred. He admitted to police he had smoked marijuana at 10 p.m. March 9.

Police found a homemade knife in Espinosa’s backpack and a baggie of marijuana in his pants pocket.

Espinosa is scheduled for arraignment at 1:00 p.m. Thursday.

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mentor397
Mar 29, 2009 at 12:03 a.m.
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I didn't realize knives were so expensive compared to pot and booze. Was he practicing making shanks to get ready for prison then?

joeflint
Mar 29, 2009 at midnight
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I rather doubt that the intoxication charge would be brought to court without some admissable evidence of such behavior.

TrojanVirus187
Mar 28, 2009 at 10:53 p.m.
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He admitted to smoking pot at 10pm the PREVIOUS day? There's NO WAY that at 3:45am the next day, marijuana would have *anything* to do with this crash.
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This kid was just driving stupidly.

916WI
Mar 28, 2009 at 5:54 p.m.
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not drunk, but stoned......

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