There's a sign at the entrance of the Legend Hollow neighborhood in west Cobb County: "Caution! Children Everywhere."

It didn't protect Elliot Savary.

Janette L. Eason, 44, of Dallas has been charged in the death of Elliot Savary, 14.

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The teenager died early Sunday morning when a Ford F-250 pickup plowed through his home.

Cobb police charged Janette L. Eason, who has a criminal record, with first-degree vehicular homicide and DUI, criminal trespass, and criminal damage to property.

She careened into the neighborhood, knocking down mailboxes at four homes on both sides of Legend Hollow Lane before hitting Elliot's house, police say. The car went from one end of the house to the other.

Her bond was originally set at $35,000, but Cobb Chief Magistrate Judge Frank Cox raised the bond to $100,000 Monday morning after seeing news of the accident.

Cox said he checked Eason's criminal record and found convictions for two prior DUIs, driving without a license, and making terroristic threats. The record confirmed his decision to raise her bond amount, Cox said.

"I felt like the original bond was not sufficiently high," Cox said.

Family spokesman Addison LePlatte said a private funeral service for Elliot, 14, will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Thomas the Apostle in Smyrna. Details of a fund will be released today.

"We can't speak about the specifics of the case at this time," LePlatte said. "The family is still grieving."

The deadly night began less than a mile away on Commodore Road where Janette Eason and her husband, David Eason, were visiting.

James Greenwalt said the couple had come over to his house to play "penny ante poker" and have a few beers. The couple was supposed to spend the night.

Greenwalt didn't know there was anything wrong between the couple.

"I thought everything was fine. We were sitting here laughing," Greenwalt said.

Then the couple started "whispering back and forth. ... The next thing I knew she was storming out the door."

Greenwalt and David Eason went out to the driveway to talk to her. She went back inside and headed for the bathroom.

When she went into the bathroom, Greenwalt said he locked the door to the house.

When she came out of the bathroom, Greenwalt blocked the door with his body. She pushed him out of the way and unlocked the door.

When she made it outside, she told Greenwalt she was going for walk.

Instead, she got into her husband's truck. David Eason tried to get in the way, but she kept going, Greenwalt said.

"I didn't think she was that bad," said Greenwalt, who has been friends with David Eason for about 10 years. He's known Janette Eason, 44, for about two years.

"Evidently, she had [been] drinking before she even came to see us. .... That's the whole thing, they were supposed to spend the night."

Greenwalt broke down in tears as he spoke.

They called 911 and waited for Powder Springs police.

By then, Janette Eason had plowed into the Savary home, but Greenwalt didn't find out until Sunday afternoon that there had been an accident and the teenager had died.

"I tried to stop her," said Greenwalt, wiping away tears. "I just want the family to know how devastating ...how devastated my wife and I are."

Homeowners on Legend Hollow heard the noise as Janette Eason entered the neighborhood.

Celeste Ekokobe was sleeping when she heard a "big bang" about 3 a.m.

Ekokobe's mailbox and her next-door neighbor's mailbox were destroyed. The mailboxes of two other houses on the opposite side of the street also were damaged.

Maud Bienaime's barking dog woke her up. She heard one bang and then another bang, which sounded like a gun to her, she said.

When she looked outside, police were arriving.

Next door to Bienaime, Jed Nwankohwoh, 14, heard lots of noise and thought someone had crashed into his home.

"It was like boom, boom, boom and, then, a big boom," said Jed, who had known Elliot since both waited for the school bus together in elementary school.

Jed saw a broken mailbox. Then, he saw the "big hole" in Elliot's house.

"I was just looking, hoping [and] praying that Elliot got out," Jed said.

The out-of-control truck killed Elliot as he slept. His sister, Leah, 13, was injured.

Jed sent a text message to their friends.

They described Elliot, who had completed eighth grade at Tapp Middle School, as a teenager who loved cars, liked girls, told goofy jokes, and didn't like to see his friends down.

"He was a great guy," said Dalton Murfin, 14.

On Monday, members of the Cobb police Selective Traffic Enforcement Program Unit took measurements of the places Janette Eason hit for an aerial map of the crime scene.

Tiny orange flags marked the path the truck took.

Elliot's friends left their own marks: a cork board covered with words of love and appreciation; flowers; and stuffed animals.

"Whenever you were down, he would bring you up and make you happy," said Tori Baker, 14.

-- Staff writers Mike Morris, Karen Rosen and Tom Opdyke contributed to this article.