Rhode Island: Johnny Sak charged with DUI death of Alexandra Paten Parenteau; grandmother says she was murdered

Johnny Sak charged with DUI resulting in death Woonsocket Police R.I. 120815

Johnny Sak charged with DUI resulting in death Woonsocket Police R.I. 120815

 

WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND – 12/10/2015 — Woonsocket Police Department report that on December 8, 2015, at approximately 1:40 AM, there was an accident in the 1600 block of Mendon Road. A motor vehicle struck a telephone pole.

There were five people in the car. Four sustained non-life threatening injuries and one passed away at Landmark Medical Center as a result of her injuries from the crash.

The deceased was identified at Alexandra Patten Parenteau; age twenty-two, of Woonsocket.

As a result of the investigation, Woonsocket Police have charged Johnny Sak, 23, of Providence. Sak is being charged with;

DUI- Death Resulting
Reckless Driving – Death Resulting
DUI-Serious Bodily Injury
Reckless Driving – Serious Bodily Injury
Reckless Driving- Personal Injury
Driving while in Possession of Controlled Substance
Refusal to Submit to Chemical Test
Driving W/O A License
Several Motor Vehicle Violations

Sak was also wanted on a Woonsocket PD warrant for;

Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon
Eluding a Police Officer
Driving W/O a License


From ABC 6

Mother killed by Johnny Sak in DUI crash Woonsooket

Alexandra Patten: Mother killed by Johnny Sak in DUI crash Woonsocket

 

Family and friends surrounded a growing memorial in Woonsocket where a 22-year-old mother was killed in a car accident early Tuesday morning.

The driver, who is the father of the woman’s 4-month-old baby, is charged with driving drunk. The family of the Woonsocket mother, Alexandra Patten, tells ABC6 News the two were fighting when the car crashed into a telephone pole on Mendon Road.

“It hurts to my soul. I am empty and I am asking for help from something greater than me,” says Patten’s grandmother, Muriel Grady.

Patten’s baby is just fourth months old, and the father, 23-year-old Johnny Sak, is charged with the young mother’s death, accused of driving drunk.

“He robbed me and all of us that love her. He took something so precious,” Grady cries, saying she wants to see Sak behind bars.

Grady tells ABC6 News that she still can’t wrap her head around what she was told about the moments leading up to the accident.

“I found out that he had slapped her. They were arguing when the accident occurred, and she was crying,” says Grady. “I believe now that he murdered my granddaughter.” … MORE