I disagree with the author of this piece. The public has a right to wonder why this case has been handled differently from the outset, regardless of what the outcome will be. A five year old child has died, remember.

I do not like the tone of your article, very very cold, poorly written !! There are the concerned loving people of our community supporting and grieving with Jaclyn Santos-Sacramento's family. There is a mother dealing with the loss of her beautiful child, almost loosing the 2 boys. Imagine !! Then there is Carly, who obviously is in so much pain at such a young age to be that messed up driving her fathers car..something her privileged family has to deal with unfortunatly after this horrific accident... or somehow missed the severity of her pain of her young life...sad all the way around. Lets have some respect please. Please.

C'mon Jguigli, his article is not about feel good it is about plain facts

It is my understanding that the police and prosecutor are under no legal obligation to release any names in any case.

Lake County states attorneys office is so corrupt. I will be holding a protest at the County building This Fri.....I will expose them for what,they are...

All cases are public records...

First of all, it's department policy for just about ALL police departments not to release personally identifying information. Even with a subpoena. Toxicology tests take time to come back... Even though somebody died, you can't just assume the person at fault was criminally responsible. Last time I checked, 660 people have died this year on Illinois roads. Certainly, many of those had no criminal charges.

Also, being that its an election year, I'm sure Ms. Rousso is going to get more heat from the Lake County SA than she would otherwise. This is a piece of public interest now, and an example is going to be made.

Also, white male HP resident here... Didn't get a DUI because I wasn't drunk, but I had to do the whole song and dance for HPPD. They definitely did not provide me with any preferential treatment. In fact, they brought out 3 squad cars and gave me a BS speeding ticket even though they wasted my time and scared the crap out of me with the field sobriety test.

P.S. - can anyone else balance on 1 foot with their other foot extended forward about a foot off the ground while counting 1 thousand 1, 1 thousand 2..... up to 1 thousand 30?!?! Whether sober or drunk??? I should have gone into gymnastics, oh well.

Thats all fine and dandy, I have worked hand in hand for all of the court houses in Illinois have sat in, in a bunch of homicide and dui trials....look at the police blotters they ll have James king and Jose Sanchez getting charged with a simple DUI..YET THERE WAS A 5 yr old girl that died and it wasnt till I spoke to the chief and they knew that a walk was going to happen in HP WAS WHEN THE NAME WAS RELEASED! Shame on the States Attorneys office!

I know the records are public record. I am saying that the police do not have to release the names for any case. I don't remember the police saying that it was confidential....in that case they were wrong to say that as the records are public. I am aware of the police blotters in all of the papers. All I was saying is that legally the police are under no obligation for release names. If the papers want to find out names and publish the info than so be it. I am also aware that published names are innocent until proven guilty. Maybe some people who comment here should remember that. As far as this community goes, Carly has already been tried, convicted and sent away. I think everyone needs to relax and let the judicial system handle this case. She needs to be punished for her actions. And she certainly shouldn't be getting special treatment. As for her name being removed from the Highland park Patch, could that have been because Patch didn't want to publish anything that hadn't been 100% confirmed?

Maybe I dont know but u brought up a good point

People want to assume and jump to conlcusions that things are being handled differently because this is a 'wealthyHP family vs. hispanic family' issue. Class envy is rearing its ugly head. I'd like the next person who jumps to that conclusion to provide facts (compared to other investigations) where this investigation is being mishandled or handled differently than usual.

Juan Rivera, Waukegan pd arrested him for being a slow hispanic. They convected him 3 times with the DNA that proved he was innocent!

My husband got a dui 7 yrs ago in Gurnee was.arrested, and his name was on the police blotter the next day....

Sandra Vasquez oswego il charged with 5 counts of reckless homicide while still in the hospital recovering from injuries, 2 days after the accident.

Two juveniles from Waukegan in 2007 took there moms car, hit a utility pole on Washington st. Killing one of the boys in the car and there names were released to the public the next day ...

Are system is corrupt.....plan and simple....if it isnt a hush hush case then what is it!?

And there is no envy here ....I lived and conducted businesss and rasing my kids here in lake County..so I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCES. EVEN IF I HAVE TO STEP ON A FEW TOES WHILE DOING IT!

https://mobile.twitter.com/carlyrousso here is this girl's twitter page. She is arrogant and makes it very clear that she is proud to be a ”good” drunk driver. She deserves to serve time. She is a spoiled ass kid who only cares about herself.

it's funny that the author of this article would say carly is "innocent until proven guilty". sure, technically she is, but it's obvious she's guilty as sin. the girl RAN OVER AND KILLED a 5 year old. if that's not an obvious example of someone who is guilty....i don't know what is.

Good comment "Its me"...

To the author... I have never posted on one of these boards before, but I have a question: What is a "hoity-toity art center"? That's actually a phrase you used in the article you wrote. Are you a "fancy pants lawyer"? If only media organizations could afford editors

http://wlsam.com/Article.asp?id=2461943&spid=

The author of this article has it sooooooooooo backwards, its not even funny! Seriously she killed an innocent five year old, and almost the entire family. In my opinion and so many others, she us guilty! Justice shall be served, we want justice, and this girl should spend the rest of her life in prison for her idiocy!

15 years no parole.....20 years for the parents for being so blind and not knowing she was a mess and actually letting her out of their sight let alone drive!

"So, can we please calm down with the race and privilege cards, at least for now?"
I find your article rude, inconsiderate, & unprofessional. The community is entitled to their opinions & feelings. Something about an innocent life really gets people wound up. You expect everyone to just simmer down & look the other way? I'm very disappointed in this.

And to top it off mayor of HP IS FRIENDS WITH DAVID ROUSSO...YEAH IF THERE ISNT A COVER UP I DONT KNOW WHAT IS...I WILL BE EXPOSING all these crooked ppl one by one on.Fri....

Why do I have to be clown? I exercises my freedom of speech..if its too much for ppl to handle please dont read...like,it or not I will not keep hush.....so like it or not my opinion will be said

Latina raised Jewish. I really did not want to bring race into it, but lets clear things up. If you look at her you can not tell if she is Jewish or Latina.

What difference is it if she is a Latina raised Jewish or a Latina raised Mormon? I don't understand what the point of that is.

Walk a mile in Sandra's shoes before you condemn her. Sandra keep the faith and keep up the fight, I support you! Si se puede!

This "lawyer" has no credibility to post on this forum or has ties to this community whatsoever. He's not licensed in Illinois and is a "blogger" for FindLaw according to his LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/williampeacockesq This "repost" was from some Chicago DUI web site probably just so those people searching for DUI lawyers or DUI crimes can get higher rankings in Google.

Regardless, I do have a question for any Illinois-licensed lawyer out there: Had she refused the Blood test under her 5th amendment privilege against self-incrimination, she would only be looking at an automatic 6-month suspension, right? I'm curious if they could have forced that test on her or not regardless. I was hit by a drunk driver 3 years ago and she refused a breathalyzer and received a automatic 6-month suspension of her drivers license.

In the other article about the Skokie driver. She admitted to smoking marijuana hours before. We do not know if that is the case with Carley as the police and State's Atty have been dead silent on many details.

...and Jacob, please remove Mr. Peacock's "article" (or SEO spam) from our major headline on the home page..... his credibility reeks, and so does this article, as it's just a blog post from his Los Angeles pad. Thanks.

@Justin,
Your statement: " HP is probably the single most progressive community on the north shore. " Really?
Why? Because you state, "Roussos run the HP Art Center, where they have been praised". Really?
By a financially growing community, do you mean an improvement, change, or reform, as opposed to one wishing to maintain things as they are, or a form of quid pro quo. Which is it, sir? This is your opinion, nothing more. No hard stats, then your "assumption" is meaningless.

You stating that the mayor "threw the Roussos under the bus" even tho, "they were pillars of the community and not at all a flight risk", is so telling of the preferential treatment YOU believe they (Roussos) should have been given.
"Progressive" in what aspect? Preferential favoritism?

You, sir, are the Clown, a.k.a. Bozo.

---Semper Fi!

For those interested in seeing the Police Citation that was removed from Patch, here is a link to it: http://www.scribd.com/doc/105558276/Carly-Rousso-Highland-Park-Citation

Thanks, TJ. Unbelievable, recognizance bond for running down a family while under the influence. $50K bond is a step in the right direction. If it's upgraded to felony charge the Judge should make it a Mil so the Roussos have to pledge their house and Carly doesn't flee looking down the barrel of a 14 year jail sentence. I say "should," but he probably won't, because the family will report what a good girl she has been, staying out of the liquor cabinet and doing her CLC homework.

for all those talking poorly of JEWISH people. Thats a religion. shes an alcoholic its a real medical condition. carly is adopted yes she is hispanic, and she would never hurt a fly. I FEEL TERRIBLE FOR THE 5 YEAR OLD GIRL THAT WAS KILLED AND THE FAMILY. BUT. CARLY ROUSSO IS A VERY SMART, GOOD, SWEET, LOVING GIRL. SHE DIDNT AIM AT THE FAMILY AND TRY TO HURT ANYONE. Leave the girl alone your all sick. Shes going through enough with all of this. I grew up with her my whole life, think of how many DUIs per year there are, all of them could have resulted in a death. ITS NOT LIKE SHE TRIED TO KILL THE LITTLE GIRL FOR YOU IGNORANT PEOPLE.

once again, i pray for the family of that little girl. I really do. But carly is a good person, and didnt intentionally hurt anyone. I guess most of you want to take carlys life, the psychological damage, jail, her face everywhere, the hate, and for all anyone knows she doesnt even remember crashing! So much hate.

This should not be about race. This should be about equal rights. The people we hire to protect our streets govern our towns should be doing their jobs without self-interest. If we don't stop corruption in our justice system we will just end up like most third world countries. I believe at 18 year's old your fully aware of the dangers, consequences and the risks of your actions. Teenagers do make stupid mistakes but as patents

But as parents we are suppose to be aware of their actions at all times especially when stupid mistakes have been done.

SHE KILL ANOTHER HUMAN BEING OMG! I HATE HER AND WANT HER TO PAY FOR A CHOICE SHE AND ONLY SHE MADE, I DO NOT CARE ABOUT HER OR HER WEALTHY FAMILY SHE HAS TO ASUME THE CONSEQUENCES REGARDLESS OF REMEMBERING THE ACCIDENT OR NOT..... WHY SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER "CAUSE SHE WAS STONED" AND IS HER FAULT NO ONE ELSE...BESIDES THAT ABOUT NOT REMENBERING WHAT SHE DID THAT WAS MURDER A LITTLE INNOCENT CHILD I DO NOT BELIEVE IT A BIT...ALL CRIMINALS COME UP WITH THAT STORY... ROTTE IN JAIL AND IN HELL CARLY SNUB ROUSSO

You state you feel terrible for the 5 year old girl. Truth is your sorrow for one is completely biased and towards Miss Rousso. I will venture to say you are a close friend. I will also say you have been in a vehicle with Miss Rousso while she was under the influence, and her vice-verse.
News flash!
She has killed a 5 year old girl. But wait a minute, I forgot, "she would never hurt a fly."
She almost took the life of the little girl's mother, whom is still hospitalized. But wait a minute, I forgot, "she would never hurt a fly."
Two other children were injured and escaped death's roll call. But wait a minute, I forgot, "she would never hurt a fly."

Your statement: "I grew up with her my whole life." Really? All 18 years of your whole life. Wow, that's a long time, Joey.
Joey, you need not post. You sound like the child you are. But by your use and expressionist of words when using adjectives and adverbs you sound like a 12 year old. Stay home and play some more video games, ok? You make no sense at all.
---Semper Fi!

She is in a dark place OMG I dont care she is alive and well probably someday she will marry and have kids, little Jacklyn will never do that her life has been cut way to short and her parents never will see her walking down the isle going to prom or graduating from collegue and having babies. ... What a friend you have, if I were you I will run the other way she is a murder a criminal that need to pay for what she has done.

The actions of an 18-year old adult killed an innocent child and traumatized a family for life. At the least, she should be charged with involuntary man slaughter -- especially considering her illegal underage drinking (and/or huffing) and driving. SHE ALSO TRIED TO FLEE THE SCENE - I spoke to one of the eye witnesses. One of the eye witnesses had to tackle, and pin her down to the ground. Her family's socio-economic status should have no bearing on the consequences received for such a crime - which undoubtedly led to this 18 year old's minimal charges. Look at her tweet describing her pride in her drunk driving abilities when she was 16 years old... Her behavior has clearly been reckless for years and has a complete disregard for other people's lives. Carly may think she's invincible, but a 5 year old walking down the street is not. The court and the public must demonstrate to this girl that she is not invincible to the law.

Joey zinksky or whatever ur name is, you probably are like your friend, drink alcohol smoke pot and sniff spray cans so hope this serve as a good sample not to follow her habits, so you wont find yourself keeping company to your friend in the slammer.

I bet she will serve a couple of months in jail and they probably let her out for school.

Joe:

While you may not agree with Marine Sniper's comments, I take offense to “Uncle Sam's Misguided Children”. I would hope that you would have some respect for the men and women who served to give us all the right to publicly debate and disagree.

Just the other morning as we pulled over to let an Ambulance pass my 4 year old said. "Dad, ambulance men help us when we are hurt, firemen come if your house is on fire, policemen take away bad people and soldiers help our country." Frankly, I was surprised about her comment on soldiers as I did not think she was really aware of them but we can all learn from children.

I also showed her the flowers at the scene of this horrific tragedy and told her a little girl got hurt there. She said "maybe she forgot to look both ways, I hope the ambulance man took her to get better." I admit to teary eyes at that moment as Jaclyn was about the same age and likely could have had the same thoughts in a similar situation.

Joe:

Ok, got it:) Also served in the Army but did not know that acronym.

Lima Charlie, pulling it, at least I did not say "jarhead" as we all know you can keep things in a Jar:)

Justice was served when they changed the charges. However, she bonded out immediately. This girl will NEVER learn a lesson if her parents keep rescuing her. And I don't want to hear that post traumatic stress syndrome 'made her do this.' I had an oven blow up in my face and I'm not going out huffing or driving my car on the sidewalk. If this happened anywhere else but on the North Shore, the person would have been arrested immediately. Sad commentary on life in the fast lane...

so much hate. do you not think she doesnt think about that little girl every day of her life? do you not think she doesnt wish she could do anything to take it back? you all do not know her. what shes done is absolutely horrible and i hope she gets what she deserves but remember one thing. she is human too.

I haven't heard any statements from HER about remorse for this horrific accident. I know that her parents made a statement. Perhaps it's time for her to say something to the effect of "I'm sorry." I am not implying she did this on purpose, but I hope that she understands that her lack of judgment caused a terrible accident to happen. There are a lot of 'victims' in this situation - some are alive and some are not...

Sorry that I'm not up on the legalese. I guess I just looked at it from a human perspective - but you're clearly more up on the legal issues...

@marine sniper
you can say what you wish. maybe im not as good as you are with adjectives and adverbs, but im at a university currently studying psychology so i can one day be a physical dependency councilor and help people like carly before these things happen. i want to help our future generations to come with drug problems. carly was physically and psychologically dependent on substance and she was to deep in. I want to prevent this so ive been in school studying my tail off so i can help this cause and maybe save a future family from the same thing reoccurring. Your negativity is really doing jack. My uncle was a proud Marine himself but he does not brag about it he is a proud, modest man. Just because your a marine does not mean your right.