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Shawndeeia Bowen, Young Mom, Spotted Texting While Driving on 405 -- With Infant in Her Lap

Categories: Traffic

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Shawndeeia Bowen via Facebook
On the third day of Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the Torrance Police Department hit the distracted-driving jackpot.

Not only do cops say that 29-year-old Hawthorne resident Shawndeeia Bowen was texting while driving on Tuesday afternoon, but she was allegedly doing so while carrying her baby daughter on her lap. With a suspended license, no less.

Gen-Y multitasking at its ugliest! And as for the driver's other two kids:

"... The woman's 4-year-old daughter was not wearing a seat belt, and her 2-year-old son was in an unsecured car seat," reports the Larry Altman for the Daily Breeze.

Bowen's apparent Facebook profile is filled with photos of her children, ironically taken via cellphone. She obviously loves them to pieces -- just couldn't seem to get the traffic-safety thing together.

After a fellow driver on the 405 called the cops on Bowen for allegedly texting with her phone against the steering wheel, she exited the freeway and was pulled over at Hawthorne and Torrance Boulevards. Police then arrested the 29-year-old for child endangerment.

DMV records obtained by the Breeze show Bowen had a rocky driving record. Her previous citations reportedly include:

  • having a defective windshield or rear window
  • having no insurance
  • failing to use safety belts
  • failing to use child restraints
  • failing to stop behind a limit line
  • making an illegal turn against a posted sign
  • driving with defective lighting equipment
  • driving with a missing license plate
  • driving with a suspended license

Ouch.

The young woman on Facebook who looks to be Bowen lists herself as a graduate of Cabrillo High School in Long Beach and a native of Bakersfield.

[@simone_electra / swilson@laweekly.com / @LAWeeklyNews]

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Ben Hines
Ben Hines

why do i see all these stories from america where someone has been dobbed on to the coppers do people really think police are there to help, ooooh how naive coppers are there to control us no other reason. because when they are off duty they break as many laws as everyone else. people need to wake up to this fact

Ben Hines
Ben Hines

wow now you get a traffic ticket and all of a sudden your whole life is reported on for the world to see, how pathetic has journalism become, what would it do with out facebook to find out about people how pathetic

Lilscooby
Lilscooby

Shawndeeia....aka Dumbideeia, Stupidideeia, Lameideeia, she has 6 KIDS!!!! WTF. On her Facebook page says her status is "in a relationship"  again WTF...figures she is not married. I wonder how many baby daddies are there, I bet 6. I bet she is not collecting child support for any of them. Only this she is collecting is welfare

Pretty_izah
Pretty_izah

my buddy's aunt got paid $15674 last month. she is making cash on the computer and got a $452900 house. All she did was get fortunate and putin action the tips leaked on this siteMakeCash10.comONLY

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kana_mae
kana_mae

@271b2cdd5139050b5c2224ef985965b4:disqus my best friend's step-aunt brought home $17215 a week ago. she has been working on the internet and moved in a $451700 condo. All she did was get fortunate and put into use the instructions explained on this link  ..MakeCash10.comONLY

Guest
Guest

there is a certain group of people that i need not specifically name which are completely keeping the cellular companies thriving...they can't get off the phone...last night while at work a co-worker phoned in to base that he'd been in an accident in a parking lot at Ralphs...he hit a light pole, says a bicycle pulled out in front of him...it was 2:45AM...i checked his twitter acct immediately...he posted there before he called us...

Cdub2160
Cdub2160

LOL...back in the day ppl used to hide behind sheets, now they hide behind message boards

Brown over Black
Brown over Black

Are you talking about yourself? And is it so hard to spell the word "people", or are you as ignorant as Shawndeeia? FYO

Julie
Julie

All of these comments about how terrible this woman is and how many different fathers the kids must have... it's kind of ridiculous.  Yes, this woman is obviously careless.  There are a lot of dumb people out there... but making presumptions about her lifestyle is not only rude, it's beside the point.  Who knows what kind of home this woman grew up in?  It could be a miracle that she's chosen to step up and is *trying* to take care of her three kids by herself.  I don't think this woman wanted to put her kid's lives in danger.  She just sounds naive and a little (okay, maybe a lot) stupid.  I know she's responsible for her actions but, honestly, I feel sorry for the woman.

Shapirobrendan
Shapirobrendan

Julie  is too stupid to realize the reason she's apologizing for this lowlife is because she's just like her. You both need to be neutered.

Working
Working

With all due respect, Julie if you read other news sources regarding this story, she doesn't have just the 3 kids that were in the car with her....she actually has 6 kids.  29 years old and six kids.  Read that and repeat it to yourself.  Taking that and her actions, and her past actions into consideration, do you still feel sorry for her?

Theyuckyone
Theyuckyone

Yep, she has 6 kids and she missed 9 court appearances! The over and under is 4 baby daddies.....I am betting the farm on the over

Theyuckyone
Theyuckyone

This woman is stupid. She does not want to pay for car insurance, to fix a defective windshield & defective lighting equipment and to get her 4 year old a car seat, but she has money to get that nasty tattoo on her chest and feed her face (she has a big ole' gut) and I bet she has a nice cell phone She is so damn lazy she could not go the DMV to get a license plate and to properly have her kids restrained in the car (she was ticketed before on this issue). I feed sorry for her kids, Grasshopper had Master Po, but her kids have Shawndeeia......my god help us all.

SomePeople
SomePeople

SMDH @ her irresponsibility and some of the ignorant immature comments below that have nothing to do with her driving responsibly. :(

The_Yeti_Knows
The_Yeti_Knows

She probably practice by driving around with triple cheeseburger in one hand, ample zucchini in other.

Theyuckyone
Theyuckyone

 and hitting the crack pipe, oh no I saw her Facebook page she is too fat to be hitting a crack pipe......toking on a joint and getting the munchies

Anonymous
Anonymous

a white man from torrance spotted her and tattle taled to the cops.... another George Zimmerman!!

Brown over Black
Brown over Black

Zimmerman wasn't white, but thanks for being a disgusting racist.

Sylvesterthekat
Sylvesterthekat

I'm not sure what's worse here. The story of her idiotic behaviour or the bigoted comments below it.

Working
Working

If you are not sure which is worse, then you are part of the problem.  The comments posted on this board have only commented on the situation this woman has gotten herself into.  Unfortunately, we see it all the time.  The people that have painted themselves into a corner do nothing to get themselves out of it.  This woman apparently doesn't think the law applies to her in any way.  I find it amusing that you would even try to defend her.  People need to stop throwing out 'racist' and 'bigoted' left and right.  This has nothing to do with race or gender or anything other than this person is a moron.  If she had dogs in the car with her, more than likely you would be all upset, because she was endangering a poor little cute fuzzy dog.

Ilovemikey3
Ilovemikey3

In the high desert a 'man' beat the crap out of an 8 week old infant.  Broken ribs, and collarbone , it's hard to break babies bones.  They're so soft and new, this dude beat the CRAP out of this defenseless little baby, and he admitted it.  He some how gets only SIX MONTHS in jail, all because he admitted to beating a defenseless innocent child.  Where is the justice in that?  When it involves abusing children the max should be LIFE in prison.  The system is broken!  http://www.vvdailypress.com/ne...

Theyuckyone
Theyuckyone

What the hell kinda name is Shawndeeia??? I bet one of the kids names is Diahreeia

The_Yeti_Knows
The_Yeti_Knows

Almost as funny as theyuckyone.... seriously though she probably has a sister name valvoline and her nephew vaseline .

Theyuckyone
Theyuckyone

I bet all 3 of her kids have different fathers & they are either unemployed or in jail, she is on welfare and she was stopped because of racial profiling

sb
sb

And 2013's Mother of the Year goes to...

Dean
Dean

I can't imagine what names she gave to her kids

Disgusted
Disgusted

This is why guys like Santorum can get away their hateful rhetoric

Working
Working

I am not sure what 'hateful rhetoric' you are referring to, as i am not a Santorum follower.  But let me ask you this: if this woman's behavior would have resulted in a car crash that killed one of her children, or you or one of your loved ones, how would you feel?  Hateful behavior is such if the person does not deserve it; however from the facts presented in this story, this woman deserves people bagging on her, and quite frankly perhaps she needs people being honest with her if she is ever going to improve herself, and her life.  My guess is she is where she is at because she had done whatever she wants for most of her life and has gotten away with it, either from her parents, the government or school.

JoanDarque
JoanDarque

Isn't she lovely? Wow, they couldn't find any of the children's fathers to come pick up their tots? Any of the three? 

Latinteach951
Latinteach951

What is this ladies deal?! Seriously.....texting with an infant in her lap and a driving history such as what's been shown....why is she not in jail or doing community service hours?? How disgusting!

Working
Working

What are the chances she is also on government assistance, doesn't work, and at least one of those kids has a different father from the others.  Our society is going down the tubes.  Thankfully she had the time and sense to get all prettied-up to take a sexy photo of herself for Facebook...as any good mother of three children should.

JoanDarque
JoanDarque

Sexy? Yeah, especially the tattoo that wraps around her chest. Too gross for words. 

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