Man Charged With Leading Police on Chase With 11-Mo-Old Daughter Inside Car

Man Charged With Leading Police on Chase With 11-Mo-Old Daughter Inside Car

by Contributing Editor

A Los Angeles man is set to be arraigned May 28 on charges that he led police on a chase with his 11-month-old daughter in his car.

Michael Callender, 29, is charged with one felony count each of assault with a deadly weapon, child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death and fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s motor vehicle while driving recklessly, along with one misdemeanor count of battery on a girlfriend or child’s parent, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Callender allegedly took his daughter from her mother on Tuesday and nearly ran the woman over as she tried to prevent him from leaving with the girl. Police began chasing him in East Los Angeles, with the pursuit ending with Callender safely surrendering the girl in South Los Angeles.

Callender, who remains behind bars in lieu of $100,000 bail, could face a potential maximum sentence of more than eight years in state prison if convicted as charged, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

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