Racine teen back in jail after allegedly jumping bond

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RACINE - A Racine teenager is back in jail after allegedly jumping bond to see a Waterford girl.

Daniel F. Gomez, 17, was out on bond for first-degree recklessly endangerment while using a dangerous weapon, being a minor in possession of a firearm and selling a firearm to a minor charges. He was released in April on a $5,000 cash and $15,000 signature bond, co-signed by his parents.

On June 24, Gomez came before Judge Charles Constantine for a bond review hearing. His parents were willing to keep their cash posted, but asked that their names be removed from the signature bond. Instead they asked that his boss be allowed to sign the bond. Gomez's mother said she had more contact with Gomez than they did, and would better be able to control his activities.

One condition of his bond was that he not see a 15-year-old girl, a witness in his case. However, on Sunday, five days after the bond was changed, Gomez allegedly saw the girl.

His boss, the new co-signer on his bond, is accused of driving him to Waterford to see the girl. The girl's mother said her daughter was present when Gomez shot himself in the leg with a gun. The mother said that while the two are not supposed to have contact, Gomez has continued to call her daughter.

On Sunday, the mother said she heard her daughter talking on the phone. A minute later, she said she was going to walk to the gas station to meet her friends. The mother was suspicious, so she called a friend to drive her to the area. There, she said she saw Gomez in the passenger seat of a black Suburban. The mother then called 911. The mother said Gomez saw her and immediately stopped and let her daughter out.

The mother said she called Gomez's boss and asked why she did this after all the conversations they had about the mother's desire to keep her daughter away from Gomez. She said the other woman had no real explanation, but said she was scared of Gomez and didn't want him to go to prison.

The felony bail jumping charge carries a $10,000 fine and potential six-year term of imprisonment. Gomez faces more than 56 years imprisonment and $95,000 in fines for the three reckless endangerment charges, plus the possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor and providing a dangerous weapon to a minor charges.

In March, he allegedly shot himself in the leg while in a car with the Waterford girl and another teenage girl after a party. The gun reportedly went off as he was playing with it.

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