A Long Beach man appeared in court today for the first time since he was charged with drunkenly backing his SUV over a sidewalk, killing a toddler and seriously injuring two other people outside a Willmore apartment.
Prosecutors say Lamont Russell, 55, was reversing and turning his 2013 Chevrolet SUV shortly before 11:30 a.m. on March 2, when he rolled over the curb at high speed and hit people sitting on the stairs in front of the apartment building on Maine Avenue near Fourth Street.
On Monday, wearing a blue prison-issued T-shirt and pants, Russell agreed to have his arraignment delayed until March 17. He is charged with one count of murder, three felony counts of DUI causing great bodily injury and one count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated…