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Children battled mom’s boyfriend to keep him from driving drunk

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Children battled their mother’s boyfriend for trying to drive drunk in Lake Havasu City last spring. The story was detailed during a July 8 change of plea hearing for Taj James.

The 25-year-old defendant from San Diego, his girlfriend from Yuma and her five children were visiting and spent much of April 7 at the lake when the adults were reportedly intoxicated, and James told the kids to get in the car at about 10 p.m.

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