Florida mother arrested after DUI crash with children inside

May 12, 2026

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A 33-year-old woman was arrested in Miami after police say she crashed her car while driving drunk with her two young children in the vehicle. The car caught fire following the Mother's Day incident.

Iris Damaris Ruiz faces charges of DUI, two counts of DUI with property damage or injuries, and two counts of child abuse. According to the arrest affidavit, a 12-year-old boy flagged down a Florida Highway Patrol trooper at the scene while carrying his 2-year-old sister. The trooper found a smoking gray Nissan with heavy front-end damage and extinguished a fire in the engine after Ruiz exited the vehicle reluctantly.

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Florida mother arrested for leaving 5-year-old son alone

March 12, 2026 Reported by AI

A 5-year-old boy in North Miami Beach, Florida, flagged down police officers after his mother left him home alone to go to Walmart. The boy told officers she did not specify when she would return. Authorities arrested the mother the next day on child neglect charges.

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