An Oxford House man subjected a woman to hours of terror, violence and sexual degradation in a twisted drive to hurt another woman — his ex-girlfriend, a judge has ruled.
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A woman who is highly allergic to bees was stung recently and a friend offered to take her to the emergency room, according to the bee sting victim. The woman was struggling to get air and needed medical attention for an allergic reaction, she says. Her friend thought that he could get the woman to the hospital faster than waiting for emergency responders. The woman says she lost consciousness while en route to the hospital.
It was later that she learned her good friend was carted off by police from the hospital. The man reportedly had crashed his car at the entrance to the emergency department at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He hit a planter that authorities say smashed into a large window at the hospital. After police arrived, the man was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.
Police subjected the driver to an alcohol test that authorities say registered 0.10 percent blood alcohol concentration, slightly over the 0.08 percent legal limit in North Carolina. The man is facing charges of DWI, reckless driving and driving with a revoked license for his trip to take an ailing friend to the emergency room.
The Gaston County Sheriff’s Office reportedly claims that the driver was previously charged with DWI August 7, just weeks before his DWI arrest at Gaston Memorial.
The woman was treated at the hospital and released the same day she was rushed to the emergency room. She says that she is grateful her friend rushed her to the emergency room. However, she says that she is upset that police arrested her friend that day.
Source: Gaston Gazette, “Driver crashes into hospital, charged with DWI,” Dianne Turbyfill, Aug. 30, 2012
North Carolina State troopers say that a man was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired twice within a four-to-five-hour period July 5. After the first DWI arrest in Maysville, North Carolina, the man bonded out of jail, and was arrested just a few hours later on suspicion of DWI in Jones County. Troopers say that the accused was impaired by pills. News reports do not identify what substance law enforcement believes impaired the man while driving.
A friend of the accused had gone to the jail after the 1:30 a.m. arrest to sign the man out of jail. Police claim that the man who had bonded out of jail later wrecked his pickup truck and was arrested again on a slate of charges, including DWI, resisting arrest and drug possession charges within hours of his first DWI arrest.
Now, law enforcement is seeking charges against the friend who signed and bonded the man out of jail after the first DWI arrest. The investigating North Carolina trooper reportedly has issued a warrant, charging the friend with aiding and abetting DWI. The trooper believes that the friend had enabled the man originally accused of DWI to get behind the wheel of his pickup truck while impaired a second time within hours of the first DWI arrest.
Greenville DWI defense lawyers know that aiding and abetting charges are serious matters. Many Pitt County area residents may be surprised by aiding and abetting alcohol offense or DWI charges. In some cases, the person charges with aiding and abetting may not have been present at the time that the principle offense allegedly occurred. This blog has previously discussed aiding and abetting underage alcohol offense cases in prior entries.
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