DWI Hit Parade!

Another Maryland Memory from one of the state’s Judges…the land of winkin’, blinkin’ and nod!

From Annapolis Gazette
Surrounded by family and friends, a Jessup man received a six-month sentence Thursday for striking and killing his neighbor with his truck while driving drunk.
Keith Edward Harrell, 24, of 2054 Citrus Ave., will spend the first 60 days in jail. The remainder of his sentence will be served under house arrest. He will be on probation for two years and is prohibited from driving any vehicle that does not have a breath-alcohol ignition interlock device.
The sentence was handed down by Judge William C. Mulford II in county Circuit Court in Annapolis.
Harrell pleaded guilty to felony negligent homicide while driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
The case stems from a fatal pedestrian crash less than a mile from Harrell’s home on July 13, 2011, that killed neighbor Robert Ashworth Brown, 50, also of the …MORE

Judge Mullford has some folks who like him

From WTNH
WATERBURY, Conn. (Nov. 10, 2012) — An arrest has been made in a deadly crash after some questions over who was behind the wheel.
A Waterbury woman said she was the passenger and the victim who died in the crash was driving, but investigators say they found out that wasn’t true.
“I remember hearing the screams, help me, help me, she is too heavy, I can’t get her out,” said accident victim Donna Pelletier. “I couldn’t help anybody, I couldn’t even stand up.”
Pelletier remembers that February night, it’s clear in her mind. The first car came straight at her, driving the wrong way on I-84. Pelletier narrowly missed that car, but couldn’t avoid a second wrong-way driver.
“I thought I was going to die right there, because I couldn’t take a breath in or out,” said Pelletier, “I think it was from the air bag.”
Two wrong-way drivers and two separate accidents.
Police say Kaleigh Morgan was behind the wheel of the first car, which also crashed. Her passenger, Amanda Grenier, died in the accident.
At the time, police believed Grenier was driving, based on statements provided by Morgan. ….MORE

From Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe police have confirmed that alcohol was a factor in a one-vehicle fatal crash Thursday evening that killed Manuel Vigil, 66.
According to Capt. Aric Wheeler, Vigil and another man were driving south on U.S. 84/285 and got off at the N.M. 599 exit at about 7 p.m. The driver lost control of the 2004 white Chevy Tahoe on the exit ramp, and the SUV rolled once.
Vigil was not ejected from the vehicle but died at the scene. The other man, according to Wheeler, was transported to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for minor injuries.
Police are trying to confirm if the survivor, identified in the police report as Henry Baca of Rio Rancho, was the driver of the vehicle or the passenger. …MORE