UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Sunday Joseph, 66, will be held without bond, a judge ordered Wednesday. He’s accused of hitting 14 people with his car Saturday night, including eight children. Ashley Hernandez Gutierrez, 31, was killed in the crash.

Joseph faces eight charges, including one felony of Grossly Negligent Manslaughter by vehicle.

The prosecution alleges Joseph traveled full speed in reverse from Annapolis Road into the front yard of a home on 56th Avenue in Bladensburg, where a child's birthday party was taking place. He then reportedly got out of the car, staggered, and ran from the scene.

The defense claims Joseph has no criminal record whatsoever and turned himself in around 8 a.m. Sunday morning, but the prosecution says Joseph only turned himself in after a police officer calle

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