A judge has denied bond for a man whose car struck and killed a 5-year-old boy while he was fleeing police in Palm Beach County.
Judge Caroline Shepherd ordered Monday for 20-year-old Lex Lugard Eugene to be held without bond on a vehicular homicide charge.
Palm Beach County jail records did not show whether Eugene has an attorney.
The sheriff's office says Eugene was fleeing Boynton Beach police Saturday after they tried to stop him for reckless driving. Eugene's Buick struck 5-year-old Jayden Readon, who was on a sidewalk near his home with his grandfather and brother.
The Palm Beach Post reports that Jayden's mother addressed Shepherd in tears at Eugene's hearing Monday. His mother didn't want to speak after the hearing.
"I hope he never comes out of prison or whatever the judge decides," Jayden's grandfather, Henry Readon, told reporters after the hearing. "It was difficult, very difficult to be in there with him."
Eugene also faces additional charges, including fleeing police, drug possession and failing to stop at the scene of a crash.
Local
Authorities said Eugene was just released from prison in December and was driving without a license.
