ADAM IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS TENACIOUS APPROACH TO CHALLENGING IMPAIRED DRIVING CHARGES AND HE HAS ENJOYED TREMENDOUS RESULTS FOR HIS CLIENTS.
Vince Vaughn arrested at DUI stop
Actor Vince Vaughn was arrested Sunday on suspicion of drunk driving and resisting arrest in a Southern California beach town, police said.
Vaughn was busted early in the morning at a sobriety checkpoint in Manhattan Beach. He was released from custody later in the morning, police employee Nisha Bhagat said.
Vaughn, 48, is best known for his roles in comedies like “Dodgeball” and “Wedding Crashers,” but has landed more dramatic roles in recent years such as the drill sergeant in the Oscar-winning “Hacksaw Ridge.”
A spokesman for Vaughn had no immediate comment when contacted by The Associated Press.
This getaway attempt was more of a swimaway, possibly fueled by Fireball whiskey.
Nicholas James Tralka, 31, led deputies on a high-speed chase and crashed his pickup before 4 a.m. Sunday, then jumped into the ocean and swam off in an attempt to elude police, said Adam Linhardt, spokesman for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
Now the Marathon man has been charged with hit-and-run, fleeing and eluding, DUI charges, DUI with property damage and resisting arrest.
Tralka’s troubles began when a deputy spotted him at 3:52 a.m. Sunday zooming out of the JJ’s Dog House bar parking lot in Marathon, Linhardt said.
When the truck hit the concrete median separating the north and southbound lanes of U.S. 1, the deputy tried to pull Tralka over. But he just kept on going, police say, swerving from lane to lane while hitting speeds of more than 100 mph.
Deputies laid tire spikes to stop a speeding Marathon driver they later arrested on DUI charges. (Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, courtesy)
To stop Tralka, deputies laid tire spikes near Mile Marker 60.5. When he hit them, he lost control of his truck and crashed into a light post, palm tree and entrance sign to Duck Key.
Tralka still wasn’t about to give up.
He jumped over a seawall and into the water, making his way south toward the Toms Harbor Channel Bridge, Linhardt said.
A good Samaritan told police he saw a man hiding underneath the bridge and holding onto a piling.
Key Colony Beach Police and officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission arrived and threw Tralka a rope.
Deputies searched his truck and found four Fireball whiskey bottles. Three were empty.
Tralka was taken to jail, where his blood-alcohol level was recorded at 0.214 percent, deputies said. The legal limit in Florida is 0.08 percent.
Susannah Bryan can be reached at [email protected] or 954-356-4554. Find her on Twitter @Susannah_Bryan.
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A judge ordered three years of probation and 100 hours of community service for Renata Ford, and also issued a two-year driving ban and a $1,100 fine for the 2016 incident.
Her lawyer had argued for no jail time and a minimal fine, while the Crown had asked for 45 days behind bars and a license suspension for one to three years.
Ford kept a relatively low profile during her late husband’s tumultuous term as mayor from 2010 to 2014 but entered the spotlight earlier this month when, in the final days of Ontario’s election campaign, she filed a lawsuit against her brother-in-law, Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford.
That suit claims Doug Ford, now Ontario’s premier-designate, and his brother Randy Ford mishandled Rob Ford’s estate and destroyed the value of the family business, depriving Renata Ford and her children of income.
Doug Ford has called the allegations in the suit false and said he has always stood by his brother’s wife and children.
During sentencing submissions in Renata Ford’s impaired driving case, an agreed statement of facts presented in court said she was turning into an LCBO parking lot on Dec. 28, 2016, when her vehicle “rubbed up against” another vehicle.
After being helped from her vehicle by witnesses, and asking them not to call the police, Ford tried to buy a bottle of wine at the LCBO but was denied service, court heard. Police found her sitting in the passenger seat of her vehicle and administered a breathalyzer test, which she failed.
In court on Wednesday, Renata Ford issued an apology.
“I just want to say that I’m truly sorry for my actions,” she said. “I’ve tried to do what I could to prevent (this) from happening again.”
Her lawyer, Dennis Morris, told the court that his client has been in therapy and undergone treatment at an addiction facility, that she no longer consumes alcohol and has an anti-drunk driving lock in her vehicle.
Law enforcement officials call on public to help curb DUI crashes
A recent uptick in deadly DUI crashes across the Las Vegas Valley has left local law enforcement agencies frustrated and calling on the public to step up.
“Law enforcement can’t fix this all on our own,” Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Jason Buratczuk said Friday at the agency’s southern command headquarters, where representatives from the Highway Patrol, Metropolitan and North Las Vegas police departments and the state’s Office of Traffic Safety gathered to speak up about impaired driving. “It really comes down to personal responsibility. We need the public’s help.”
The state was plagued with 16 fatal crashes between Aug. 31 and Friday afternoon, according to the Office of Traffic Safety. At least nine of those were in Clark County, and officials suspect about half were DUI-related, Las Vegas Review-Journal records show.
During that period, Metro investigated five fatal crashes. At least four involved suspected impairment, police said. At the same time, the Highway Patrol’s southern command investigated one deadly crash and one critical-injury collision — both believed to be DUI-related. Days before the deadly weeklong stretch, the Highway Patrol investigated a double fatal crash Aug. 28 at Interstate 11 south of Las Vegas. The collision killed a man and a woman after their sedan was rear-ended by an alleged DUI driver.
Those numbers are expected to rise as toxicology and blood test results come in.
North Las Vegas police investigated two deadly collisions during that week, while Henderson police investigated one. None was related to impairment, officials from both police departments confirmed Friday.
The particularly deadly stretch on valley roads began Aug. 31 with two crashes in Metro’s jurisdiction, one of which killed 8-year-old Levi Echenique. The suspect in the crash, Aylin Alderette, 25, was going 103 mph in a 45 mph zone, police have said.
“We’ve completely turned into a selfish driving community,” Metro traffic Sgt. Paul McCullough said Friday, his arms folded. Capt. Nick Farese, who responded Friday to the scene of the crash that killed Levi, nodded in agreement.
“Let’s just start with the uncomfortable conversation. We start as a community, talking about the selfishness.” Farese said. “If one person hears our message and talks to their family or friends, or has the intestinal fortitude to stop one of their friends or loved ones from getting behind the wheel after they’ve had a few drinks, that’s a start.”
Although North Las Vegas police did not investigate any fatal DUI crashes during the deadly stretch, spokesman Eric Leavitt chimed in Friday, imploring the public to “always have a plan in place” before a night out drinking — or even smoking. People should choose a designated driver or decide ahead of time that they will order a ride home, he said.
“That way you have something to follow when your decision-making skills go out the window,” Leavitt said.
As a last-ditch effort, Farese, the Metro traffic investigator, also warned the public that prison time for DUI is “not a slap on the wrist.”
“Our detectives have put people in prison for 20 to 60 years for their actions,” he said.
“Driving is not only a privilege, but it’s a risk,” Farese added. “Vehicles are deadly weapons if not operated safely and efficiently.”
Contact Rio Lacanlale at [email protected] or 702-383-0381. Follow @riolacanlale on Twitter.
Fatal suspected DUI crashes in the valley between Aug. 31 and Friday
— Aug. 31: John Kaleimamhu, 27, crash his pickup truck on the 9500 block of Russell Road. He died a day later from his injuries and is suspected of drunk driving.
— Aug. 31: Levi Echenique, 8, was killed near Eastern and Harmon avenues when a suspected impaired driver, going 103 mph in a 45 mph zone, allegedly plowed into the car carrying Levi and his parents.
— Sept. 2: Suspected impaired driver Brandie Rossow, 28, fatally crashed her car near Frank Sinatra Drive and Jay Sarno Way. Investigators said she was speeding and weaving between vehicles before the crash.
— Sept. 3: An unidentified man suspected of impaired driving left the marked travel lanes on U.S. Highway 95 near the Tropicana Avenue exit and struck the concrete median barrier. The vehicle rolled over, eventually coming to a stop on its driver’s side.
— Sept. 6: Matthew Hammond, 41, was killed when a suspected DUI driver collided head-on with Hammond’s vehicle on the 215 Beltway near the Cheyenne Avenue exit. The suspect was driving the wrong way on the highway with his headlights off, officials said.
— Sept. 6: Two Idaho residents, George Cangro, 68, and Linda Cangro, 67, were struck by a suspected impaired driver while crossing Las Vegas Boulevard South in front of South Point.
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Dozens accused of drunken driving arrested during ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ campaign
Law enforcement officers across the state took suspected drunken drivers off the road during a special “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign.
Nebraska state troopers arrested 43 drivers they suspected of being impaired during the 18-day effort. Omaha police officers made 27 DUI arrests during that time.
The campaign ran from Aug. 17 to Sept. 3. Its focus was on reducing the potential for serious injury or fatal crashes caused by people driving under the influence.
In addition to the DUI arrests, troopers also issued more than 1,600 citations for speeding, driving under suspension, no proof of insurance, minor in possession, open container, no seat belt and improper child safety restraint. Omaha officers made 64 arrests for operating during suspension and no driver’s license and issued 44 citations for seat belt/child restraint violations and 348 speeding tickets.
Troopers also arrested or issued citations to nine people for reckless driving, while 64 people were arrested for driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license. Approximately 1,758 citations were given during the highway safety campaign for driving violations including speeding, violating the state’s hands-free law, texting while driving and failing to use a turn signal.
According to Assumpico, troopers will continue to vigilantly enforce all laws on the road.
“Our message is clear, no drinking and driving. No speeding. No distracted driving. No aggressive driving. We will be out there doing our jobs, enforcing the laws. We want motorists to do their jobs by driving safely,” she said.
Police said anyone who witnesses someone driving recklessly should call 911 immediately.
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Prisma Rodriguez-RamirezAdams County District AttorneyPrisma Rodriguez-Ramirez
Rodriguez-Ramirez was convicted by a jury in March of the two felony charges.
At about 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 30, Rodriguez-Ramirez was driving a black Land Rover SUV near East Colfax Avenue and Nome Street when she hit 36-year-old Antonio Colson who was crossing the street with his wife. Colson died of his injuries. His wife was not injured.
Rodriguez-Ramirez sped away, but turned off her headlights and returned to the scene, according to a news release. “She claimed to not know she had hit anyone, but the impact was so hard it
caused Colson to fly 60 feet into the air, broke one of her headlights and crushed her car door,” prosecutors said.
Rodriguez-Ramirez had been drinking beer and tequila. She had a blood alcohol content of 0.172.
In imposing the maximum 12-year sentence, Quick questioned whether Rodriguez-Ramirez had taken responsibility for her actions, the news release said. Quick noted that after her arrest, Rodriguez-Ramirez told police she didn’t want to spend New Year’s Eve in jail.
On the eve of legalization, Canada’s pot frontier goes ‘wild, wild west’
George Metropoulos grew tired of the ‘whack-a-mole’ pot scene in Toronto, where retail dispensaries selling illegal recreational marijuana have been sprouting up alongside regular businesses, only to be raided and shut down by drug squads before reopening again a short time later.
“We came to Windsor… to get away,” he said.
Originally from Windsor, Metropoulos said his Toronto pot shop was no “pop-up crap place,” but, rather, something nice, with a café and even a community church attached. “I wanted to stay around.”
Sure, it was illegal, but so too were several other pot dispensaries in the immediate Bloor West area, among an estimated more than 100 others across Toronto. Vancouver has already thrown in the towel, registering and handing out municipal development permits to 46 pot dispensaries or compassion clubs as of last month.
Even in Vancouver, however, there are almost twice as many such businesses operating illegally outside the city’s licensing regime, with millions of dollars in outstanding fines as city officials ticket them on a weekly basis.
When it came to finding a new place to chill, Metropoulos and his partner Yodite Woldeselassie chose his hometown of Windsor.
“We left Toronto for our peace of mind,” said Woldeselassie.
Their recently opened CBD Emporium at 469 Pelissier St. — advertised as “Windsor’s first CBD boutique shop” — still focuses entirely on cannabis-derived products, but this time, their downtown enterprise has nothing that will get you high.
All the health and beauty products on sale, including oils, creams, tinctures and capsules, contain CBD, or cannabidiol, as the active ingredient. Like THC, it interacts with a variety of different biological targets in the body, but CBD has no intoxicating effects like those caused by THC.
According to Health Canada, “CBD is a component of cannabis and is currently illegal unless authorized for medical purposes.”
Helping deal with arthritis, cancer, anxiety, depression and chronic pain are among a long list of ailments for which advocates tout the benefits of using CBD.
Working in the Toronto pot market, with clients seeking out the high of weed’s THC, Metropoulos said he was skeptical about using purely CBD products for his own nerve pain, but it worked, and his switch to natural CBD meant an end to doctor-prescribed opiates.
Customers who wanted the relief but not the high of THC were told to try CBD, and they would “talk about how much better they were feeling,” said Woldeselassie, who takes CBD for her own anxiety and depression.
“People were coming back in and hugging me,” said Metropoulos. “It blew our minds, the feedback,” said Woldeselassie.
In Canada, cannabis use for recreational purposes becomes legal for adults on Oct. 17. The pot market is expected to be huge, but in Ontario and elsewhere the rules remain unclear. Even the implications on impaired driving laws are a grey area when it comes to marijuana.
Earlier this month, Ontario Provincial Police raided a dispensary in downtown Essex that was openly selling recreational marijuana to anyone with ID showing they were 19 years of age or older. The operators vowed to reopen but that hasn’t happened — yet.
In Harrow, Kingsville and Leamington, new businesses have sprung up where adults with medical marijuana prescriptions can purchase products containing THC, a commercial activity that is illegal under current federal regulations.
“We’re operating in a bit of a grey area,” said Peter Nicol, one of the co-owners of E-Liberation in Kingsville.
After three years of operating the town’s only vape shop and helping smokers turn off their addictions to cigarettes, Nicol and Loire Taylor relocated their business to a Main Street location in July and expanded its offerings to include cannabis and other alternative health and wellness products. In its first 20 days, E-Liberation signed up more than 400 medical marijuana customers, all of whom must be 19 and over and sign a code of conduct form.
“There’s clearly a gap in terms of service, and we try to fill that gap, in the most responsible way possible,” said Nicol. Added Taylor: “This is medicine.”
As with the proprietors of CBD Emporium, the owners and employees at E-Liberation said they don’t dispense medical advice. Customers come in, and, if they don’t know what they’re looking for but have a medical marijuana prescription, Taylor said they’re told what has worked for others and what might work for them. In addition to a whole section for vapers, there are cannabis-infused bath balms, epsom salts, massage oils and edibles.
“It’s not just about the products but the awareness. So many people tell us, ‘You guys changed my life,’” said Nicol. “That’s what this is about — it’s been so gratifying,” said Taylor, adding that the community response to E-Liberation, which pays taxes like any other business, has been “overwhelmingly positive.”
Sabrina Ulch is convinced that cannabis oil would have saved her father if he’d only had access to it before skin cancer claimed his life. Last March, almost a year after her father’s death in Windsor, Ulch opened Sabrina’s Café and Wellness on Harrow’s King Street, with Essex Mayor Ron McDermott at the grand opening.
“It’s changing people’s lives,” Ulch said of her business, which also sells pot to medical cannabis patients. A retired former casino dealer and server, she said taking CBD weaned her off pills for her own arthritis, asthma, anxiety and hypertension. Opening Sabrina’s Café, she added, has helped her cope with her father’s death by helping others.
CBD infused coconut oil is shown at the CBD Emporium store on Pelissier St. in Windsor on July 25, 2018. The store sells CBD-infused health and beauty products. DAN JANISSE / WINDSOR STAR
“There’s a big difference between medical and recreational,” she said, adding most of her customers are “baby boomers or older” and seeking relief for various health ailments, fibromyalgia being a current main one. She hosts seminars and guest speakers and says she’s had “great support” from the community.
Even when the production, distribution, sale, possession and use of marijuana for recreational purposes becomes legal in October, adults will only be permitted to purchase pot at government-run stores, although it is expected that the newly-elected Ford government will announce next week that private-sector retailers in Ontario will be allowed to own and operate cannabis shops.
Medical marijuana — for which approximately 300,000 Canadians are currently approved — can only be legally supplied by Health Canada-approved licensed producers, like Leamington’s Aphria.
Nic Nedin, a Windsor-based cannabis consultant, is among industry insiders convinced that the 40 government-run retail outlets that Ontario has approved for the first year of legalization — including one store in Windsor — will be inadequate for the anticipated consumer demand. If Ford decides that, like in B.C. and Alberta, there will be some private sector involvement in Ontario’s pot marketplace, then “Windsor is going to be taken overnight” by private dispensaries, Nedin predicts. “And then how will the city react? How will the police react?”
Windsor police spokesman Const. Andrew Drouillard said the department’s mandate is clear: “We enforce the laws that are in place at the time. If we receive information of someone selling drugs illegally, we will definitely investigate.”
In other cities, including Hamilton, as soon as police raid one place, another seems to immediately open to take its place.
“You cannot believe the number of people who want to get into this,” said Windsor pot activist Leo Lucier. “Hamilton has 80 of them — it’s the wild, wild west.” Given the current lack of clarity so close to Ottawa’s target date for legalization, “the doors are wide open … we know it’s going to go into private hands,” he said.
Former Ohio State assistant coach Zach Smith, who was fired last month after a history of domestic violence allegations became public, was arrested on a drunken-driving charge in 2013 but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
Documents obtained by the Blade in Toledo showed that Smith was stopped for speeding in Dublin, north of Columbus, in the early hours of Feb. 23, 2013.
In April 2013, Smith pleaded guilty to an amended charge of failure to control and paid a $375 fine.
It’s not clear whether the misdemeanor was reported to the university. Smith’s attorney declined to comment, and Ohio State didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
Smith was fired July 23. The university is investigating coach Urban Meyer’s handling of the domestic abuse allegations against Smith. Smith has never been criminally charged.
BASKETBALL
Anthony signs with Rockets
Veteran forward Carmelo Anthony signed a one-year, $2.4 million deal with the Houston Rockets. Anthony was traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Atlanta Hawks last month before the Hawks released him.
Lynx star Whalen plans to retire
Minnesota Lynx star Lindsay Whalen says she’ll retire at the end of the season. Whalen has been balancing a new job as coach of the Minnesota Gophers with playing point for the Lynx. Her retirement will end a 15-year career that includes four championships with the Lynx, where the former Gophers star returned in 2010 after beginning her WNBA career in Connecticut. Whalen, 36, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. She led the Gophers to their only Final Four in 2004.
FOOTBALL
2 more arrested in Frost burglary
Police in Lincoln, Nebraska, arrested two more people in connection with a burglary at the home of Nebraska football coach Scott Frost. Lincoln police said a 20-year-old man was taken into custody Saturday and a 16-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday. A 17-year-old girl also was arrested last week. Officer Angela Sands said investigators recovered several pairs of athletic shoes believed to have been stolen. Frost told police July 29 that burglars entered an unlocked garage door at his house, which is unoccupied while being renovated.
COLLEGES
Mastodons picked 8th
The Mastodons were picked to finish 8th in the 2018 Summit League Women’s Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll. Purdue Fort Wayne tied with Western Illinois, each receiving 12 votes to round out the poll. The leagues nine head coaches selected Denver to finish first with 61 points..
GOLF
PGA ratings up 69% from 2017
The charge by Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship and the two-shot victory by Brooks Koepka drew the highest final-round coverage for the major in nine years. CBS Sports said Sunday’s round at Bellerive in St. Louis drew a rating of 6.1 and share of 14 – up 69 percent from last year. The top viewership market was St. Louis (11.5/24), site of the year’s last major. Ratings represent the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned to a program. Shares represent the percentage of all homes with TVs in use at the time.
HIGH SCHOOLS
Warsaw names tennis coach
Warsaw announced Stacy Lind as its boys tennis coach, pending approval by the Warsaw Community Schools board. Lind replaces Rick Orban, who coached the Tigers to their sixth consecutive sectional final last fall. The Tigers have won 30 sectional titles in boys tennis since 1979. Lind coached at Tippecanoe Valley for three seasons and has worked at the Warsaw Tennis and Fitness Center for six years.
TENNIS
Murray loses 1st-round match
In Mason, Ohio, Andy Murray lost to Lucas Pouille 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Western & Southern Open, clearing another obstacle for Roger Federer in this U.S. Open tuneup north of Cincinnati. Top-seeded Rafael Nadal dropped out Sunday night to prepare for the U.S. Open after winning his fifth title of the year in Toronto. On the women’s side, 13th-seeded Madison Keys held off Bethanie Mattek-Sands 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 to reach the second round. Wild card Victoria Azarenka, a two-time Australian Open champion, also came from behind to beat Carla Suarez Navarro 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4.
On May 27 at 12:40 a.m., officers with the East Algoma detachment of the OPP were on general patrol on Mississauga Avenue and Hillside Drive South in Elliot Lake when they observed an e-bike being operated in an erratic manner.
The bike looked like it was out of control. There were no lights on the e-bike and it failed to stop at the intersection. Police initiated a vehicle stop at which time the female driver pulled to the side of the roadway and fell over. A strong odour alcoholic beverage was detected on her breath. She was subsequently arrested and charged for impaired driving and control of a motor vehicle.
Tina Rebellato, 50, from Elliot Lake has been charged with driving a motor vehicle while impaired and driving with more than 80 mg of alcohol in the blood. She is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on July 3.
The OPP remind motorists that no amount of alcohol or drug is acceptable when driving. Report impaired drivers. Should you observe a suspected impaired driver, please dial 911 or contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
DUI driver sentenced to 16 years for crash that killed Lyft driver
A drunken driver who crashed into a Lyft car, killing the driver and badly injuring three passengers on a San Diego freeway two years ago, was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in state prison.
Steven Quintero, 26, initially was charged with murder for the Oct. 1, 2016 collision that killed Henry Reyes, 41, of Escondido, a dental student and father of a then-2-year-old son.
In the course of two trials earlier this year, jurors deadlocked on murder and gross vehicular manslaughter charges.
The District Attorney’s Office made a deal to not try Quintero a third time in exchange for his agreement to a 16-year prison term.
Reyes’ sister and his three passengers who survived the crash laid into Quintero in court, saying he had shown no regret and was getting off easy.
“You are receiving a slap on the wrist,” Evette Roux, Reyes’ younger sister, told Quintero. “My mother could not participate today because she has not received justice. Steven, it may not be on your record, but in my heart you are a murderer.”
San Diego Superior Court Judge Amelia Meza said she would adhere to the sentencing deal.
Quintero had a 2015 DUI conviction, and Deputy District Attorney Cally Bright said in trial that he was on notice of the dangers of drunken driving.
Deputy Public Defender Suesan Gerard argued that Quintero’s severe learning disability made it unlikely he would have processed that message or formed an intent to drive drunk again.
Moments before the fatal collision, Reyes had pulled to the shoulder of eastbound state Route 94 near 28th Street to help one of his three passengers who was sick.
Quintero, with a female passenger, entered the freeway at a nearby on-ramp and slammed into Reyes’ Kia at an estimated 70 mph. Reyes, who was walking in front of his car, was struck, and died of severe injuries at a hospital.
Quintero and the passenger ran from his car, but were caught nearby.
Three San Diego State University students had called for the Lyft ride home after going out together for drinks downtown.
In court Thursday, the three described the continuing physical and emotional toll the crash has had on them, filling their lives with medical and therapy appointments, pain and nightmares.
“I don’t like to show emotion, I see it as a sign of weakness, but this car crash and the aftermath has broken me,” Jessica Techel, 23, read from a statement.
Sarah Smith, 24, said that night “changed everything about me,” as she was the one who got sick and needed help from Reyes that night.
“I owe my life to that man and I know he is watching over me,” Smith said.
She said she has dealt with survivor’s guilt along with panic attacks, bursts of crying, memory loss and increased irritability.
“I have carried this guilt for entirely too long and today, I’m giving it back to you,” Smith said to Quintero. “You can live with it. I want my life back.”
Kelly Hoffman, 24, said she can’t forget that night, with the sound of crunching metal, shattering glass and the sight of Reyes dying on the ground.
She told the judge she couldn’t believe that a learning disability could be used as a defense in someone’s second DUI case.
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