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Driver who killed cop was drunk, test shows
Driver who killed cop was drunk, test shows
Web-posted Sep 7, 2007
By STEPHEN FRYE
Of The Oakland Press
INDEPENDENCE TWP. - An illegal immigrant accused of running over and killing an off-duty Flint police officer in Independence Township had a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit, blood test results showed.
His attorney said Friday that second-degree murder is not an appropriate charge for the Mexican national, Ramon Felix Pineda, who has lived in the United States for more than a decade.
Attorneys on both sides stipulated to the blood results Friday morning as the preliminary examination for Pineda, 25, was adjourned until Sept. 28 by 52nd-2nd District Judge Kelley Kostin at the request of the defense.
Pineda, of Clarkston, is charged with second-degree murder in the Aug. 26 crash that killed Flint police Officer Vincent Owen D'Anna, 26, who died the following morning at Genysis Health Park in Grand Blanc.
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/090707/loc_20070907156.shtml
Driver who killed cop was drunk, test shows
Web-posted Sep 7, 2007
By STEPHEN FRYE
Of The Oakland Press
INDEPENDENCE TWP. - An illegal immigrant accused of running over and killing an off-duty Flint police officer in Independence Township had a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit, blood test results showed.
His attorney said Friday that second-degree murder is not an appropriate charge for the Mexican national, Ramon Felix Pineda, who has lived in the United States for more than a decade.
Attorneys on both sides stipulated to the blood results Friday morning as the preliminary examination for Pineda, 25, was adjourned until Sept. 28 by 52nd-2nd District Judge Kelley Kostin at the request of the defense.
Pineda, of Clarkston, is charged with second-degree murder in the Aug. 26 crash that killed Flint police Officer Vincent Owen D'Anna, 26, who died the following morning at Genysis Health Park in Grand Blanc.
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/090707/loc_20070907156.shtml