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Joe Boone
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
What???
NYDaily News reports:
The devastated mother of a 4-year-old boy who was killed in a drunken hit-and-run accident is facing more jail time than her son's killer because she was jaywalking during the accident.
Raquel Nelson, 30, could get up to three years behind bars after being convicted on July 12 of second-degree vehicular homicide, reckless conduct, and failure to use a crosswalk during the incident in April 2010.
Nelson and her three children had gotten off a bus in Marietta, Ga., after a shopping trip. They were hurrying across a four-lane highway when drunken ex-con Jerry Guy plowed into the family with his van, killing 4-year-old A.J.
Nelson and another daughter were injured, while another daughter was unhurt.
Guy, who already had two other hit-and-run convictions, pleaded guilty last year and has already served six months in the slammer.
He was released on Oct. 29 and he's on probation for five years.
Nelson will be sentenced on Tuesday.
"I've had to accept that he's gotten six months,'' Nelson said Monday in an emotional interview on NBC's "Today" show. "There's nothing I can do about it."
"I've had to forgive that portion of it. However, I think to come after me so much harder than they did him, it's a slap in the face. This will never end for me,'' she said.
Guy, 47, who is partially blind in one eye, admitting to boozing and taking painkillers the day of the accident.
He had served less than a year in jail for two hit-and-run convictions in 1997.
During the hearing, Nelson said she and her children were waiting on the median when A.J. ran into traffic and was struck.
She told NBC that she was crossing in the middle of the road because the nearest crosswalk was too far away - nearly a half a mile - and it was getting dark out.
Nelson suspects she got a raw deal from the jury because none of them admitted to riding busses or subways in the Atlanta area.
"All stated that they've never ridden public transportation and they've never really been in my shoes, so I think there was maybe not a jury of my peers,'' she said.
Nelson's family said they were praying that the judge shows mercy.
"We're just hoping as a family that she is compassionate and lets my niece remain with her other children,'' Nelson's aunt, Loretta Williams, told NBC.
"She hasn't really had a chance to grieve yet, and I believe that she needs to be able to continue with her life"
Sunday, July 24, 2011
In the Local News
State Budget Secretary Charles Zogby’s wife was stopped by police in Cumberland County early Sunday only after officers placed a “spike strip” on Trindle Road to deflate the tires on the Volvo she was driving. Shortly after, Georgina D. Zogby’s car – which state officials stressed Monday was not a state vehicle – was boxed in by patrol cars and brought to a halt, ending a pursuit that sources said covered several miles in Monroe and Silver Spring townships in Cumberland County. But Georgina Zogby, of the 600 block of Moore’s Mountain Road, Fairview Township, refused to voluntarily exit her car, and ultimately had to be forcibly removed by responding officers, police said. Georgina Zogby, 47-year-old mother of three, will face a felony count of fleeing or attempting to elude police, state police said today, in addition to a driving while under the influence charge.
The fighter
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -
A woman arrested on DUI charges became physically violent when police transported her to a hospital, authorities said.
Police said Leah Ellison, 30, of Greencastle, Pa., was pulled over in Chambersburg early Friday for driving erratically. After arresting her on DUI charges, state police said they took Ellison to Chambersburg Hospital, where she physically antagonized them.
Ellison kicked one trooper, spit on others, and head butted another, according to police. She also reportedly knocked over a sign in the hospital lobby.
Ellison has been charged with DUI, two counts of aggravated assault, and disorderly conduct. She was taken to Franklin County Prison
Wow DUI in a wheelchair??
The Middlesex Township Police Department has charged a woman for driving under the influence of alcohol while operating a motorized wheelchair. Police say on Wednesday morning, an intoxicated Connie Lebo, 63, was riding around the Country Manor Mobile Home Park.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Pennsylvania DUI Quick Facts...
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- PA Troopers made 17,695 DUI arrests in 2010
- DUI arrests are up over 5% in one year alone
- Last year, there were 4,595 accidents in Pennsylvania resulting from drunk drivers
- Drunk Driving is the leading cause of motor vehicle accidents in Pennsylvania.
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