San Francisco Man Gets 2 Years In Prison For Endangering Infant
REDWOOD CITY (CBS SF) -- A San Francisco man was sentenced Wednesday to two years in state prison after pleading no contest to felony child endangerment and misdemeanor drunk driving, San Mateo County prosecutors said.
Ronald Glaze was stopped by a California Highway Patrol officer at 4 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2016, on U.S. Highway 101 in Redwood City for speeding at 90 mph and weaving on the road.
Prosecutors said Glaze was drunk and the officer arrested him for DUI.
Glaze's 18-month-old son was in the back seat of the car with the window down. The child had a seatbelt on but was not in a child seat, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors were seeking four years in state prison in the case but Lee struck a prior strike conviction that occurred 27 years ago, which reduced the sentence to two years.
San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said Glaze can have no contact with his child. The court did not specify how long Glaze must stay away from his child, but generally it's three years in child endangerment cases, prosecutors said.
Glaze's attorney Tom Kelley and Wagstaffe said the sentence was fair.
"It was completely fair," Kelley said. "I thought it was the right thing to do."
About a year ago, Glaze was convicted of felony domestic violence, felony assault and misdemeanor child endangerment.
Prosecutors said Glaze had an argument with his girlfriend on Dec. 30, 2014, when he struck her several times in the chest and pushed her over a playpen.
She fell and hit her head on a fireplace grate. Then he got on top of her and grabbed her neck.
The woman's 9-year-old daughter thought Glaze was going to kill her mother and intervened.
The judge in that case reduced the felonies to misdemeanors, ordered child abuse counseling and released Glaze.
