Two Texas women have been arrested in separate cases involving fatal crashes, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
In West Texas, DPS troopers arrested Jessica Moncallo, 30, on May 11 in connection with a single-vehicle crash in Dawson County that killed a 16-year-old driver last month.
According to DPS, Moncallo was booked into the Dawson County Jail on a charge of purchasing or furnishing alcohol to a minor related to the April 15 crash along County Road 18.
Investigators said toxicology results later showed the teenage driver had a blood alcohol content of 0.081 at the time of the crash.
The Texas Highway Patrol said the investigation remains active and that no additional details were being released.
“DPS would like to remind the public that purchasing or furnishing alcohol to a minor is a serious offense that can have tragic, life-altering consequences,” the agency said in a statement. “In addition to placing lives at risk, individuals who provide alcohol to a minor may face additional criminal penalties.”
The agency added that if prosecutors determine at trial that furnishing alcohol contributed to a crash causing serious bodily injury or death, the person responsible could face state jail felony charges.
In a separate North Texas case, Gracie Yates was re-arrested on Monday after authorities upgraded charges stemming from a March crash in Stephenville that killed a mother and her young son.
Yates now faces first-degree felony intoxication manslaughter charges and a state jail felony charge of injury to a child, according to DPS.
Authorities said the charges are tied to a March 22 crash in which Yates allegedly drove into a home near the intersection of North Ollie and West Green streets around 3:30 a.m.
The crash killed 47-year-old Barbara Rocha and her 7-year-old son, Alex, while they were inside the residence, investigators said.
Stephenville police previously arrested Yates in March on charges of criminally negligent homicide. Investigators said they believed she was intoxicated at the time of the crash.
Yates is being held in the Ellis County jail on a bond totaling more than $1.5 million.
