16 Year Old's Life Changed by DUI Driver with Possible Early Release

Listen: Sac County DA Thien Ho, Angel’s mother Kelly Carr and MADD Victim Advocate Rhonda Campbell. 

The DA's office has a petition on our website for people to sign to stop this early release. https://www.sacda.org/early-prison-releases/justice-for-angel/.

Angel’s Story:

On March 14, 2022, 16-year-old Angel’s life was tragically altered. Galt Police were dispatched to the intersection of Ayers Lane and Trellis Lane in Galt. Upon arrival, they found Angel, lying in a pool of blood in the roadway, actively bleeding from her head. Around her, officers located shards of a broken car headlight. Angel was rushed to the hospital and taken into surgery with a brain bleed. She was placed on life support in a medically induced coma with brain swelling and severe brain trauma. Angel now resides in a long-term rehabilitation center in San Francisco. She cannot communicate and must be in a wheelchair or in bed. Angel can breathe on her own, but needs to be fed with a tube in her stomach.

Through their investigation, detectives identified defendant Devin Calderon as the culprit. Calderon drove with a 0.22% blood-alcohol-content when she drove her Dodge Ram truck into Angel as she was walking her dog. The truck had a high lift kit, large off-road tires, and a diesel engine. Calderon then fled the scene. She later returned while officers were investigating and collided into a marked patrol vehicle. Through their investigation, detectives further learned Calderon and her husband began drinking earlier in the day, after Calderon attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

Case: 22FE014337 Devin Calderon

Convicted: Felony DUI w/injury, Felony DUI with .08% or higher, Felony hit and run causing serious/permanent injury on 1/17/23

Sentenced: 8 years in prison on 3/27/23, of which she would be required to serve a minimum of 4 years

Scheduled Early Release: February 21, 2025

Actual Time Served: 22 months