PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Katherine and Alex Yepes are the parents of three little girls. One of them is a special needs child.
The Yepes family's public social media posts show a loving, happy and very busy family. There are pictures of the girls in cheerleader outfits, playing soccer and learning karate. And mom is in graduate school.
"10 [years] into parenting ... Tough job nonetheless," the Broward County-area mom said in the caption of a photo she recently took while in the car with her daughter.
A Broward County judge told the mom Friday that she had made some serious mistakes. Miramar police officers stopped her while driving down the wrong side of the road Thursday.
Yepes, 30, was drunk while driving with her three children, police said. Police stopped her before she crashed. They handcuffed her and took her to jail.
When Yepes appeared in bond court, Judge John Hurley said he was really concerned about the safety of the girls.
"That could have been a disaster," Hurley said.
Yepes was facing charges for driving under the influence, while accompanied by a child and child neglect.
It was her first offense. Her lawyer told Hurley that the mom was coming home from a beach day and was not a regular drinker. Hurley ordered her to undergo weekly drug and alcohol tests.
"Hopefully that's the wake-up call," Hurley said.
Pembroke Pines police is conducting the DUI investigation.
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