Feb. 23, 2023 Recently released video footage shows a bystander chase and hold down a drunk driver as he ran from the scene of a November 2021 crash that killed off-duty Euless Police Det. Alex Cervantes.
By Domingo Ramirez Jr. Source Fort Worth Star-Telegram Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
An intoxicated Lake Worth man who had just crashed and killed a Euless detective in November 2021 tried to flee the scene, but he fell and he was pinned to the ground by a witness, according to a video released this week by police.
Dylan Molina can be seen standing by his wrecked Jeep Wrangler as witnesses tried to help off-duty Euless Detective Alex Cervantes and his family, who were trapped in their crashed car, the video shows.
“Stay right there!” a witness yelled at Molina. The witness was not publicly identified by Lake Worth police.
The witness started walking toward the Cervantes family’s car, and then Molina started to run.
“You killed someone, (expletive), get your (expletive) back here!” the witness yelled. “Look what the (expletive) you did!”
Molina ran a short distance, but he fell to the ground and stayed pinned down by the man who had chased him, the video shows. Minutes later, Lake Worth police officers arrived and arrested Molina.
Molina was indicted in February 2022 and pleaded guilty in January to intoxication manslaughter and three counts of intoxication assault. He was sentenced to 15 years on the manslaughter charge and 10 years each on the assaults. The sentences will be served at the same time.
On the morning of Nov. 27, 2021, Cala Richardson served eight double vodka cocktails to Molina in less than three hours at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop in Lake Worth, according to police.
Molina left Fuzzy’s at 1:30 p.m. that day and started his 2021 Jeep Wrangler and left the taco shop at 6010 Azle Ave.
Molina ran a red light and hit a 2013 Chevrolet Impala at the intersection of Boat Club Road and Rocky Point Trail, killing Cervantes and severely injuring the detective’s wife and two children, according to an arrest warrant affidavit released this week by Lake Worth police.
Richardson, 26, of Sansom Park, ignored signs that Molina was intoxicated and she didn’t keep him from leaving the bar and driving away, police said more video shows.
The video with the bartender also was released this week.
Richardson surrendered to authorities in Parker County earlier this month after a warrant was issued for her in the 2021 case.
She is charged with one count of sale to certain persons, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a $4,000 fine if convicted.
Richardson along with her attorney, Robert Wilson, met with Lake Worth police on Jan. 18, 2022, according to a warrant.
She recalled what drinks Molina had that day and initially said he had had six drinks, but she later admitted it was eight, according to the warrant. The bartender, however, did not know if Molina had consumed his seventh drink and she said she poured out his eighth, partially consumed drink.
Richardson told police she did not notice any indicators that Molina was intoxicated until he walked through an employees only area and that he left the restaurant shortly after that.