$5 million bond set in 7-year-old boy’s death in Cleveland

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A judge Friday set the bond at $5 million for a man accused of driving the SUV that struck and killed a 7-year-old boy as he rode his skateboard in a parking lot.

Cleveland Municipal Judge Ann Clare Oakar ordered the bond during Donald Mynatt’s first appearance. Federal marshals arrested Mynatt, 32, of Cleveland, in Willoughby on Tuesday.

Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer reached out to Mynatt’s attorney, Bret Jordan, for a comment.

Mynatt is accused of leaving the scene of an accident involving a death. Authorities said Mynatt was at the wheel of a black Mercedes Benz SUV when it struck Amir Prewitt in the parking lot of Lakeshore Beach Apartments in North Collinwood on Aug. 16 as the boy rode his skateboard.

Police said Mynatt dragged Amir underneath the vehicle and refused to stop.

Amir was transported to Euclid Hospital in a private vehicle, where he later died. The SUV later was found abandoned.

Cuyahoga County prosecutors are expected to take Mynatt’s case to a grand jury in a matter of days. The charges are expected to be upgraded to first-degree felonies.

The high bond that Oakar set is somewhat typical for those charged with serious felonies, according to court documents. Authorities had filed a request for a high bond in the case, as Mynatt had eluded authorities for weeks.

Amir would have been a second-grader at St. Thomas Aquinas School in Cleveland this fall, according to published reports.