Before sentencing the 27-year-old driver who was high on medical marijuana when he struck and killed a Portland bicyclist, Judge Michael Greenlick talked to him about the dangers of driving under the influence of pot — medicinal or not. “One of the things that greatly concerned me when marijuana was legalized … was that we’d see…
Families of three teenagers who were killed in a Jan. 11 car crash expressed anguished sorrow about the loss of their children during sentencing of the driver. Around 90 people packed the Kitsap juvenile courtroom on Feb. 19 to listen as the families broke down in tears as they spoke about their lost children, Kassidy…
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A teen who admitted using marijuana shortly before he caused a crash that killed two people in Brown County has been sentenced to five years in prison. Devon Robley was 17 when he ran a stop sign after smoking marijuana at a county park in Ledgeview in July 2016 and…
EVERETT, WA – Marijuana intoxication was a major factor in a July crash that left three teenagers dead. The driver of the SUV had a THC level above the legal limit and had only recently obtained a driver’s license, according to a report released Friday by the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. The teens died around…
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A Las Vegas family is left without their father right before Christmas. Police say Kelvin Flowers was killed by a driver who was high on marijuana. The collision happened just after 4 a.m. Saturday near Washington and Eastern.Two cars crashed into a cinder block wall, coming just feet from a home. A small…
DOWNEY – An 18-year-old Downey woman was reportedly killed in a traffic collision Sunday night in Downey. The crash occurred at approximately 9 p.m. when a BMW SUV traveling eastbound on Firestone Boulevard rear-ended another vehicle stopped at a traffic light. The driver of the SUV, 21-year-old Lise Moreno Arredondo, of Whittier, was arrested for driving…
Missoula County District Court Judge Robert “Dusty” Deschamps started a Thursday sentencing by saying he would not follow the plea agreement in the case. He called the prosecution’s sentence request for a woman who killed her boyfriend in a crash while driving after smoking marijuana “beyond the realm of reasonableness.” Trai Ann Dewey pleaded guilty…
Before the recent fatal pot DUI accident in Fremont that left three people dead, another deadly crash involving a driver under the influence of marijuana killed a 16-year-old San Jose girl. This case happened in March and involved the death of Isabelle Gonzalez. Alcohol was also involved in this case. Family members of Gonzalez are demanding that more…
CHARLESTOWN, IN (WAVE) – An Indiana woman has been charged with a felony months after a crash that killed her 13-year-old cousin. Jordan Abbott, 20, was charged with one count of causing death in a motor vehicle accident with a schedule one controlled substance in her blood. Police said toxicology reports indicated THC, an active…
A man facing charges for killing two teenage boys walking on a sidewalk near Ferndale on Wednesday, June 10, told investigators he was sleepy but not under the influence of drugs during the crash, according to attorneys working the case. William J. Klein, 34, was driving a black SUV on West Smith Road with his…
A veteran airboat captain had a high level of marijuana in his blood when his boat flipped in the Everglades, hurling tourists into the swamp and drowning a recent University of Miami graduate pinned under the craft. But nearly a year after the crash, prosecutors this week ruled out charging Steve George Gagne with any…
A 27-year-old driver who was seen puffing away on a marijuana pipe — then blocks later fatally struck a pedestrian in a Gresham crosswalk last October — was sentenced Tuesday to nearly four years in prison. Jacob McLeod Walters’ case has captured public attention particularly because he is one of the first defendants in Oregon…