Mom: Judge Wrong To Blame Me For DUI Wreck That Killed My Son

January 23, 2012 9:47 PM

Kathie LaFond reacts to a judge’s comments that she helped cause her son’s 2010 death in a car wreck. (CBS)

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Kathie LaFond wasn’t tried for her son’s death, but a published report says a judge threw blame her way.

“It’s trying to make me a bad person that I’m not,” LaFond told CBS 2’s Kristyn Hartman on Monday.

One night in 2010 she went to pick up her boyfriend, Cecil Conner, who had too much to drink. During the trip, a Chicago Heights police officer pulled her over and took her in for a suspended license, leaving her son with Conner.

He later crashed the car, and 5-year-old Michael Langdon Jr. died. LaFond says the officer knew the risk because she told him three times.

It’s one reason she questions why a judge might have said she bore any responsibility. So does her attorney Mark Horwitz.

Conner was sentenced to 9 ½ years in prison for the boy’s death. Horwitz and LaFond say the officer who made the stop should bear some of the burden.

The judge who sentenced Conner did say the officer might have prevented the crash, but didn’t cause it.

LaFond’s lawyer said if the officer doesn’t bear criminal responsibility, then they’ll have their day in civil court.

Chicago Heights police had no comment.

LaFond said she misses Michael terribly.

“My whole world is upside down,” she said. “When I see other kids, it tears me more up inside because I don’t get to hear ‘Mommy and Daddy’ like all the other people get to hear.”

Mom: Judge Wrong To Blame Me For DUI Wreck That Killed My Son

renate

There is something wrong here, the cop leaves the child with a drunk and she gets the penalty! Who in the Heights got paid off on this one!
THE COP NEEDS TO GO TO JAIL!

Larry Fredricks

If the guy appeared sober to the officer and there were no objections, allowing the guy to drive was the right thing to do. We don’t send police to jail for the actions of others!!!!
InalienableWrights

Heck yes the wrong person was blamed. This was 100% the cops fault. If he had not violated this ladies right to travel here son would be alive…

Sepheroth

yes, we should let her continue to drive on a revoked liscense, without insurance… really, and if he was intoxicated, he could’ve simply said, sorry I’m not capable of driving. Further more, the time in which the arrest was made, and the time in which the accident happened, why wasn’t the guy able to take the kid somewhere safe while he continued his partying. Inalienable rights are one thing, but be responsible for yourself.

X

Right, because the cop chose to get drunk without thinking of a way home? The cop chose to drive drunk with a kid in the car? The cop chose to drive on a suspended license?
Yeah, he made a mistake in having the drunk guy drive (he should at least be suspended for a time, maybe loose the job), but if we’re going as severe as the cop serving time, then so should the Mom and the Boyfriend should get the chair.

Dub

I think quite a lot of blame belongs should be placed on the mother. Why was she driving on a suspended license? She could have told her ‘boyfriend’ that she was unable to pick him up and he would need to find his own ride home. This whole sad tale begins with her foolish defiance of the law and now she must live with the consequences.

v

you really are stupid. many cops let you go. instead that pig let a drunk go and let him drive! many cops would just let you go. i had cops let me go plenty of times. this was the cops fault!

tj

To v She will see the cop in civil court! Guess what? Their after money and they will get because of her pathetic initial actions of taking her son out at the hour of the night.
Sepheroth

Wow v, so your saying basically, that a person should be allowed to violate the law from time to time, and the cops should look the other way??? do you really think this should be encouraged and taken advantage of, or do you think that you should take the cop giving you a break as a message of courtesy and get you stuff together… Blame cops all you want, but the law is in place for a reason, and there are consequences when it’s broken. Fault lies with the drivers of the car, her for driving on a suspended and him for driving drunk.

brokenhearted

You are so right. There are alot of people out there that agree with that and even know that, however she is still playing the innocent victim. It makes me angry to know she is free and can make alot of money off of the death of her son. :(

v

she’s not making anything. she lost everything because she was sober and a cop gave the keys to a drunk. it wasnt her fault. the cop should just warned her to not drive next time. he failed to do that and let a drunk drive. it’s the cops fault 100%
Afro

brokenhearted your name should be broken fukn brain. The bottom line is the officer had options and he chose wrong he fukd up period
tmd

like most I2ME PEOPLE,, NOT my fault:

Afro

Why did the officer pull her over in the first place is what I would like to know, then he put a 5 year old boy’s life in the hands of a drunk, and placed a drunk behind the wheel the entire incedent is the cops fault. That little boy would be alive today but arresting her for suspended lisence is more important than a little boy’s life!

Larry Fredricks

You are assuming the guy was falling down drunk. If he didn’t slur his speech and walked fine, he probably didn’t appear drunk. In this case, the officer was not at fault!
Micheal Savage

Hey Afro in your community there is no law,.
Afro

I’m not assuming anything the guys BAC was .18 after the wreck and the girl told the officer he was drunk 3 times
Afro

@Micheal Savage

With dipsh!t child killing police officers like this on the force who needs law

InalienableWrights

Dug – do you have a clue as to the difference between legal and lawful?

I think the Jews in Auschwitz deserved to die Dub. After all it was the law. They could have become Christians after all……..

Sepheroth

So basically IW, you’re saying that laws are optional? So here’s a senerio for ya, Lady, driving a minivan with two kids in the back, has the green light and is following the law. Driver two, decides he doesn’t need to follow the law, cause it isn’t important, so he doesn’t slow down as he approaches the red light at the intersection and plows into the side of the minivan at full speed, killing the mother and her children. But he’s not wrong (according to you), cause the laws in place are unlawful, cause he has places to be…

Same concept. It’s the idea that the laws should only apply when it’s convenient. Driving is a privilege to be EARNED, not an inalienable right. So when a person has their license revoked they’ve done something to have it revoked, and need to make that matter right, by what ever the judge sentenced, so they can regain their right. It’s the whole, you’ve done wrong, now learn from you mistakes mentality. Unless You’re all for anarchy… I mean, cause if that’s the case, let’s just throw all the laws out the window, I give it three hours before ya cry that the cops aren’t doing their jobs. Ya can’t have it both ways, either the cops aren’t doing their jobs, or it’s police brutality, make up your mind.

And Furthermore, go back to that scenario mentioned above, now, place members of you immediate family in that minivan, and place this mother in the drivers seat. Can you sit there and tell me you wouldn’t be demanding the police to arrest her prior to this accident? Or would you still sit here and defend her?

brokenhearted

I agree total with Dub

Troy

Then you be wrong with Dub I agree with Afro on this one

v

the cop let a drunk drive a car with a child in it. it’s not her fault. a warning wouldve done good and to show up in court and the record would be there for later. she even warned the cops that he was drunk. a few blocks later they crashed and kid died. that cop is the one to blame you morons!

brokenhearted

However, if she had a license to begin with or a valid license to begin with, this whole chain of evens would not have happened. That is only common sense. Child endangerment.

Afro

brokenhearted sorry it doesn’t work that way the cop has no justification for removing a sober coherent person from behind the wheel of a car and then allowing a drunk to drive especially when there is a 5 year old boy in the car. He could have called a cab for them, he could have let her go it’s safer than giving the keys to a drunk. I have not heard any justification for pulling her over in the firstplace does anyone know? The cop same as said driving on suspended is worse than driving drunk
Sepheroth

http://www.dmv.org/il-illinois/suspended-license.php#Penalties_for_Driving_on_a_Suspended_License

It was said in a previous report that she was a multiple offense offender for driving on a suspended. She had her chances to do the right thing, I’m sorry for her loss, but she needs to take responsibility for her actions. And if she’s gonna go sue crazy why isn’t she going after her ex??? This is just another attempt to ignore the law, because it’s inconvenient.

righttrack

The primary blame goes to the mother for driving without a license. If she had chosen to obey the law (and stayed at home), none of the other stuff would have happened. That being said – the officer should not have allowed the boyfriend to drive off in the car, especially if what the mother is saying is true (that she told the officer that her boyfriend was drunk).
Karen

There are many things that went wrong that night all which have been brought up with the exception of one – why on earth would she take her son out at that hour to pick up a drunk. That child should have been her primary focus not that lowlife bum..If he had too much to drink, too bad. Let him sleep it off on somebody’s floor or couch.. I will never understand how women will stay with abusers or drunks at the expense of their children’s well being.

tj

You hit the nail right on the head with that comment. Besides the guy was at that party since Friday, so one more night would not have mattered. I’m tired of everybody putting responsibility for their actions on someone else just to justify their pathetic actions.

Hah

The cop is very obviously the ONLY one to blame.

You sick animals are probably friends of the cop.

Woman drives sober with son to get drunk= normal and legal.

Cop pulls over woman, arrests her, gives car keys to drunk person, who he is 100% sure is drunk cuz she told him multiple times who has a child with him and allows him to drive off DISREGARDING the REPEATED warnings from the woman. = Cop shows criminal level of negligence and total disregard for the safety of a child.

How is that her fault again? Oh she drove on a suspended licence. ok.

So the cop should have arrested her and called a cab for the drunk and the child. Or let her drive home sober, with her kid.

Now the woman is alone, the drunk is in prison and the kid is dead.

Thanks Officer you really served and protected. 3 lives ruined. Good job. I hope you and your family know what a disgrace to humanity you are.

And how much were you paid judge? or was it threatened?

PTC

How about when her dumb ass boyfriend calls drunk at 4 in the morning she says no, she can’t pick him up because she has no license and no one to look after her sleeping 5 year old boy. Her dumb ass boyfriend can take a cab. 3 lives not ruined and the cop doesn’t have to be involved at all.
Think about it. The cop is the only person to blame??? You are a moron.

donna oline

Thank you for saying exactly what I wanted to say.

Sepheroth

Hah, can you prove what she said to the police? where you there? have you seen a video proving or disproving what she said? No… huh, then how are you SO sure of what she said, or what warnings she gave? You ever heard of a lie? Its something people tell to incriminate others. Welcome to the real world.

AlanM

There is a lot of blame to go around for all.
The child shouold not have been in the car.
The mother should not have been driving.
The boyfriend should not have been driving,he knew he was drunk, since he called her to pick him up.
Normaly if the driver is arrested the vehicle is impounded by the police as well.
The officer should never have let the boyfriend drive, with or without the child.
The judges comments are slanderous to say the least.
Lots of blame to go around, but none will bring the child back.
There were a lot of bad choices made by everyone involved except the child.
brokenhearted

One last thing from me, does anyone seem to remember the security guard at the hospital overhearing Kathie tell the godmother that she TOLD the officer to let him take her baby home. She didn’t say don’t let him drive, she said to please let him take him home. Why would that security guy come forward and say that if he did not hear that. He wasn’t asked to come to court. He brought the information himself. And everyone is right, it will not bring little Michael back no matter what. :(
April Gadison

Well I’m sorry this happened to her and especially to her son because he is now gone. There’s plenty of blame to go around but it’s too late now.
PTC

What a country. Blame the cops and sue. The only innocent here was the 5 yr old boy. God rest his soul.
Guest

She could have stopped this, by saying she didn’t want her child to be driven by this man, and called someone to pick the child up at the police station. It is her fault. If the police put the child into protective custody, with foster parents, until she bailed out, a lot of people wouldn’t be happy that happened either.

38Special

Uninvited Guest get your ass out! lol just kidding.

Does anyone know why the cop stopped her in the first place? Just wondering.

Gail Upchurch

Thanks Dub,Finally another person with the RARE gift of common sense! Mom should have told the low life boyfriend to stay where he was.
Afro

Gail, the mom was in the back of the police car at the time her botfriend got out and got behind the wheel, she couldn’t say anything. The cop gave the drunk her son and her car. The actions of the cop is what put the boy in immediate danger and took his life.
Sepheroth

Afro, pretty sure if you read what Gail wrote, you would see that she meant when the ex called for a ride from the party, he could stay where he was. That’s just my interpretation, and makes more sense.

Justice

She was pulled over for failure to use her turn signal. She would have been ticketed and let go, had she been driving with a valid license, but she wasn’t….she broke the law, and therefore was taken into custody. She told the cop he could take her baby home (testified by the security guard at the hospital), her boyfriend kept changing his story (someone was after him with a gun, a big truck ran him off the road, etc.)….it’s all about blame.

All 3 are at blame….the driver (who will serve 9 1/2 years as he should, he could have refused and told the cop he was too drunk to drive. He was a passenger in the car while drunk and that wasn’t illegal, it was illegal when he agreed to drive), the mother (who could have prevented the entire thing by being a responsible parent and not driving on a suspended license) and the cop (who should have done a more thorough investigation of the person he was handing the keys of the car over to, but he didn’t even have him get out of the car and walk around to the driver side. he just let him slide over to the drivers side), They all have to live with their horrible choices for the rest of their life.

Afro

The cop is the one in authority, the moment he pulled her over he assumed full responsibility of the little boy and he failed him. You can’t expect a drunk to make a sober decision, you can’t rely on the criminal, the boy was asleep, it all rests on the cop. She told the cop her boyfriend was to drunk to drive thats why she was driving in the first place.
Sepheroth

Ok, again Afro, here’s a scenerio for you. A cop pulls a person over for speeding. gets out walks up to the car, the person in the car takes off, the cop gets back to his car to start pursuit, but by the time he’s in his car, the vehicle he pulled over runs a pedestrian over, and kills them. Is it the cops fault? Cause based on your logic, any time a cop pulls someone over he’s responsible for all the actions that person takes from that point forward…

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juju

What kind of care was it?
PTC

People blame the cop?
How about when her dumb ass boyfriend calls drunk at 4 in the morning she says no, she can’t pick him up because she has no license and no one to look after her sleeping 5 year old boy. Her dumb ass boyfriend can take a cab. 3 lives not ruined and the cop doesn’t have to be involved at all.
It’s an idiot contest.
THE TRUTH

Whose fault is it that she chose to drive on a suspended license? HERS!!! What started this whole mess? She chose to disregard the fact that a judge and the secretary of state told her she is NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE? The cop didn’t make her drive! This story says she has “license issues” instead of saying she was caught committing a class A misdemeanor! Why? Because it sounds better to all of the idiots who are posting anything other than this is HER FAULT!!! Now if we flash back to this incident, it says that there was a 45 minute window between the stop and the crash. Anyone who knows the area knows that where she was stopped and where the crash was, does not take 45 minutes. It takes no more then 5 minutes! So what really happened after the stop? Now to put any blame whatsoever on the police officer is simply ignorant. I do not believe for one second that this lady told the cop that that guy was drinking, and a will county judge also didn’t believe that. If he did then the boyfriend would have beat his case on the grounds of entrapment. There is no way that this cop is going to let some “drunk” just take off with a kid in the car. It’s just not going to happen!! Why? Because police know about and are trained for the possibility of incidents like this!!!!!! If he tows the car, the city gets a ridiculous amount of money for the tow! It only makes the cop look better if he tows the car!!!! People want to say “he was being lazy”!!! Thats RIDICULOUS!!!! A lazy cop is not stopping people for not using their turn signal at 2 in the morning!!!! It does not take a brain surgeon to figure out what happened here!! Lady gets stopped, lady gets arrested, lady pleads for cop not to tow her car, cop cuts her a brake by not towing it and gives it to the passenger who has a valid license, LADY NEVER MENTIONS A WORD ABOUT DRINKING BECAUSE SHE DOESNT WANT TO PAY THE MONEY TO GET HER CAR OUT OF THE POUND!!! Guy takes car and is trying to act as sober as possible by not saying a word. Girl goes to jail, guy goes back out for a nightcap drink,smoke or whatever else he was doing. Crash, and a terrible thing happens. MONEY IS THE ONLY THING THIS LADY IS AFTER .This lady has a class action lawsuit before her child even had a wake!!! Where are her priorities!!!! This is the sole reason that police do no give breaks anymore!!! Because everyone wants to sue them for things that are their own fault!!!!!!

Afro

The truth is when the police officer pulled her over he became the authority and he made the wrong decisions regardless of who did what. After he pulled them over it all falls on him. It was up to him to sort it all out and make the right call. He was informed that the boyfriend was to drunk to drive, but he has the authority to give him the keys and he did just that. The officer stopped a hazardous situation and created an even worse one. All His fault every last ounce of it!

THE TRUTH

If you believe for one second that this lady “told the cop” he was drinking, you are crazy. I simply don’t believe that the cop had any suspicion that this guy was drunk! Its a routine traffic arrest for a cop! Girl is suspended, turns over car to a guy with a valid license. If the guy appears sober, the cop has no reason to look further? On the other hand, if the guy who is ” too drunk to drive” KNOWS this ,why doesn’t he say “IM TOO DRUNK TO DRIVE SIR”!!!!!! This also did not happen!! I’m sorry , If Im hammered and a cop tells me to drive a kid home, I am going to tell him that I’m too drunk. And even if he threatens to arrest me (which would never happen) I would get arrested and then sue the cop!!!
FormerCop

It is obvious if you watch the video and listen to the dispatch and police conversation the officer states she talked to him and he didn’t smell any alcohol. He risk the little boys life based on his sense of smell. I have to say the officer is derelict in the performance of his duty.

THE TRUTH

one more thing…to all the people to say “Why didn’t he just let her go”???? If he lets her go, KNOWING THAT HER LICENSE IS SUSPENDED and then she drives off and some drunk hits her and the same thing happens, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT???? That would partially be the cops fault because he had an opportunity to arrest her but didn’t!!!

FormerCop

Excuse me what are you talking about? It’s not about what the officer could have done but it’s about what he did and didn’t do properly. You certainly have a right to your opinion but stay with the facts here. This was the officers situation no matter who or what caused it, it is up to the officer to get control of it as quickly, efficiently, thoroughly and most of all safely as possible. Then make sure he knows the decisions he is making are the right ones.
Still a private citizen

At least we can all presume to understand why you are a ‘former cop’-you didn’t sign ‘retired cop’. The facts are that an officer is responsible for enforcing laws and arresting those that break laws. And I agree that the ‘idiot drunk’ should and could have easily refused to drive. Isn’t the supposed story, that he called her initially becausehe was too drunk to drive? If he knew he was so drunk as to call his girlfriend, and force her to get her child up and out at that time of night/morning, then he would have known he was too drunk to drive when the officer pulled her over AND would have informed the officer of such.

brokenhearted

@TRUTH, Everything you said above is correct. Really it is. However to prove it is another story. Only the 3 adults that were there can actually testify to what happened and someone or someones is going to lie. I know which one it is. One is already in jail. Cop not saying anything at this time. Girl center of attention right now. I know this person and I know she did not say anything to the cop. Happened just as you said. Really sad but true. They did have the attorney I believe it was in less then 24 hours from the time it happened or real close to 24 hours.

brokenhearted

@TRUTH Infact the child was not even released from the hospital yet and they had their attorney.

THE TRUTH

Control of what “FormerCop” ????A routine traffic arrest with a kid in the car? As a former cop you should know, this is not a complex situation!! If he doesn’t appear intoxicated and has a valid license what is more than that? Does every passenger get field sobriety tests before having a car turned over to them, even if there is no suspicion they had been drinking? THE PASSENGER CHOSE TO DRIVE AWAY!!!!!!!!!! As far as sticking to the facts, what are the facts? Do you think that by her just saying “I told the cop he was drunk” makes that a fact? If you have followed this, you would know that the cop said that she never told him that!! ONE OF THEM IS LYING, that is a fact!! Did you follow the Conner trial? A witness testified that she heard her make comments regarding the entire stop? Weather or not you want to believe him or her is up to you. 45 minutes go by from time of stop till crash!!! As you know being a “former cop” there are binge drinkers and functional alcoholics that you can’t tell that there drunk because they drink so much?? AND your BAC can skyrocket in a matter of 45 minutes. So his impairment can drastically change in a reasonably short time frame. These are FACTS former cop. To say that he did not perform his duty ridiculous.

AlanM

Where was the police camera durring all of this? There should have been one in front of the squad and another inside
. Where did the security guard come from? I would have thought they would have immediately been told to leave by the police. Or was he a friend of the cops?
So many questions so few answers.
It is normal for a person to try and talk their way out of a ticket. The first thing that would have been said is….
I know I shouldn’t be driving but…
I had to pick up my drunk boyfriend and I didn’t know who else to call. I didn’t have money for a cab to pick him up and was afraid to let him stay where he was.
Now that is what I would have said and I’m quite sure she said something along those lines.
Another point I don’t put too much trust in what the security guard says. Cops and security guards (in my oppinion) will lie for each other.
FormerCop

@THE TRUTH

Look your support for the police department is beyond reproach, but when it comes down to the facts this officer was negligible in his duties. It was his responsibility to insure that the individual he was turning that car over to with a minor child in the back was in fact licensed and not intoxicated for this very reason, and yes he should have asked for field or a Breathalyzer from him, it’s not uncommon to do, especially when she has no license and he does yet she is the one driving, that sets off an alarm right there, and the officer said over the radio the girl told him the man was drinking. For whatever reason this officer knowingly allowed an intoxicated individual to assume command of the vehicle.

THE TRUTH

That is simply not true, the officer did not say over a radio the girl told him the man was drinking. I don’t know where that “fact” came from or your source. If you can show me where you received that information, I will gladly apologize and retract my statements. The only thing that was released is officer talking to his dispatcher saying that “He seemed fine”. This officer did not know the man was intoxicated . The cop did not force the man to drive and that was proven when a will county judge ruled conner guilty of agg DUI. The man at any time could have refused to drive! What don’t you understand about that? Your saying that you should give field sobriety test to someone you do not think is intoxicated just because a child is in the car? So every time you stop someone with a child in the car they are required to submit to breath test before you release them? If you have no signs of impairment, why would you ask someone to submit to a breath test? Saying that this guy is negligible? Really? Wow? I don’t understand your logic at all.

Sepheroth

And tagging on to that, does this mean that cops should go to every bar and party and do field sobriety tests on every individual??? The cost of the number of police officers needed to do this would be astronomical. Not to mention, most insurance companies will not insure a person with a suspended license, without a clause stating that they will retain their license shortly following, SO, she was probably also driving without proof of insurance. When will people get it out of their heads that diving isn’t a given right, but a responsibility that is earned.
FormerCop

@THE TRUTH

Why is your argument changing lol here is your statement prior

“it says that there was a 45 minute window between the stop and the crash. Anyone who knows the area knows that where she was stopped and where the crash was, does not take 45 minutes. It takes no more then 5 minutes!”

Here is your statement now.

“45 minutes go by from time of stop till crash!!!”

“AND your BAC can skyrocket in a matter of 45 minutes.”

First you argue that it only takes 5 minutes and now you argue along with the 45 minute window Case closed

Sepheroth

Correct me if I’m wrong (and I’m sure someone will), but what I read of what the truth wrote was that it only takes 5 minutes to get from where the arrest to place to where the accident happened. The part of the 45 minutes was with regard to the skyrocketed BAC.
Sepheroth

So basically, we have an irresponsible individual, who didn’t tell the officer he was impaired, who had 45 minutes between the time of the arrest, to the time of the crash, whom has already proven himself irresponsibility, simply by not driving the kid straight home, then goes to continue his party with this 5 yr old in the back seat, gets some more drinks in his system, not to mention the acceleration of BAC by other drugs, which he had time for and there you have it and innocent has to pay for TWO irresponsible people… Now it’s ok to blame the cop… … … Ummm no.
THE TRUTH

Formercop, the argument does not change at all? What on earth are you talking about? That makes perfect sense. From where conner was stopped by chicago heights to the crash site takes 5 minutes normally to drive. From the time he was stopped till the time of the crash was not 5 minutes later, it was 45 minutes later!!! Leaving that window of time for him to go out and do whatever he was doing besides driving that kid home!!! So yes the 45 minutes that went by from the time he left the stop, till the crash, his BAC could have severely increased during that time. I would certainly think you would understand how blood alcohol works being a former cop and all?
FormerCop

@THE TRUTH
Now you’re babbling on case was closed and Chicago will pay through the nose in civil court and I will agree with the ruling watch and see.

InalienableWrights

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THE TRUTH

Case was not closed at all, your just wrong..sepheroth was able to understand what I put..You obviously couldn’t comprehend my post and FYI this is Chicago Heights not Chicago. The only way she will get money is if they settle, which more than likely will happen because thats what everyone in Cook County does. The city would rather pay a settled amount now, not because their officer is at fault but its just simply cheaper for them than racking up lawyer fees and court cost on some lengthy trial. This is what is wrong with this country is that people sue the police when they are the blame and win!!
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