Day care owner accused of driving kids while drunk

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A Wichita day care owner accused of driving children around town while drunk faces charges of her second DUI offense this year.

Margaret E. Walker, 49, of Derby, was charged Tuesday with driving under the influence-second offense, DUI with children under 14, no driver's license, driving on a suspended license and not having a child under 4 in a child restraint, City Attorney Gary Rebenstorf said.

A DUI conviction with children involved is a mandatory one-month jail sentence, he said.

When Walker was arrested Friday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment suspended the license of her day care, Creative Connections Learning Center, 11818 W. Central.

"She should've gotten more than that because she put my children in danger," said Cindy Cocannouer, who thinks her twin 3-year-old boys were in the van with Walker.

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