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The parents of a teen who was severely injured after crashing his electronic motorbike have been charged with misdemeanor child abuse, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office.
Benicia residents Steven Leroy Crews, 58, and Jeanna Marie Gabellini, 58, are scheduled to be arraigned on one count each of child abuse in Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez on Friday morning.
The charges stem from a Sept. 18, 2025 collision in which their son allegedly crashed his Surron Light Bee e-Moto bike into a minivan on Treat Boulevard and Arkell Road in Walnut Creek, according to prosecutors.
The teen was allegedly unlicensed and riding “in an unsafe manner and at unsafe speeds” prior to the collision.
He suffered severe injuries and required emergency care, prosecutors said in a news release Thursday.
“Mr. Crews and Ms. Gabellini are alleged to have willfully and unlawfully permitted a child to be injured or placed in a situation where the child’s health is endangered,” prosecutors said.
The pair allegedly allowed the boy to ride the bike from age 14 to 17 and ignored repeated citations and warnings from police.
