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Man Admits to Being High and Drunk When Crashing into Officer

Man Admits to Being High and Drunk When Crashing into Officer

Judge Gives Maximum Sentence To Man Who Crashed into Officer

 

A judge has given the maximum sentence to a young man (twenty four years old) who admitted to being drunk and high at the time he crashed into a Phoenix Police Officer. The police Officer Daryl Raetz was killed by the twenty-four year old last year. After the crash Officer Raetz was taken to the hospital where he sadly died.

 

Jesus Cabrera-Molina has been sentenced to only eight years in prison, as well as seven years of probation for negligent homicide and deadly hit and run. At first Molina pleaded not guilty however he quickly changed his plea to no contest.

 

According to the police report, Officer Raetz was conducting a DUI stop back in May 2013. That is when another vehicle had hit him at about three:thirty in the morning, and then fled towards 51st Avenue and Cambridge. Officer Raetz was only twenty-nine years old. He was also veteran from the Iraq war and had been a Phoenix Police Officer for six years. Molina is an undocumented immigrant.

 

Officer Raetz Wife’s Question to Molina

Why did you do drugs, kill my husband and drive away? No more saying you don’t remember.

 

 

Officer Raetz might be gone, but his wife, Stephanie wants his little girl to remember him as the hero that he was.

Stephanie’s Statement to the Judge

How does a 7-year-old know to ask questions about someone else’s actions? ‘Mom, why did he choose to kill my dad?

The officers on scene said that they heard some very “chilling accounts” of what had happened that night.

Officer Jennifer Moore’s Statement

The gut-wrenching high low tone is a sound that makes every officer stop in their tracks. And their heart skips a beat. There is nothing like a friend getting on the radio and saying ‘officer down. I saw Daryl laying in the middle of the road. He wasn’t moving. As Daryl layed (sic) on the road, it proved to be his final battle. I knew Darryl was dead. So we will make sure that they are great ones for her, by always telling her her dad lived as only a hero could.

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/jesus-cabrera-molina-sentenced-to-8-years-in-prison-in-death-of-phoenix-police-officer-daryl-raetz

 

 

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Pedestrian Suffers Injures From Collision

Pedestrian Suffers Injures From Collision

Police Close Intersection for Pedestrian Crash

The Phoenix Police close the intersection at 27th Avenue and Bethany Home Road on last Thursday Morning. There was a serious collision at the intersection.

According to Phoenix Police Spokesman, Sgt. Tommy Thompson, A pedestrian man was walking across the 27th Avenue at 8:15 in the morning, that is when the thirty-nine year old woman driver of a 1999 Ford Mustang struck the man.

Sgt. Thompson said that the pedestrian man suffered some critical injuries and was taken to the local hospital. The woman driver of the Mustang stayed at the scene and cooperated with the the authorities.

The closure of the intersection was expected to last throughout the morning.

Update on the Pedestrian that Was Hit

The pedestrian has been identified as a twenty year old young man,Victor Lee Squire. Sadly, Victor Squire died later that Thursday at the hospital. The driver of the yellow Mustang isn’t expected to face any charges in the incident.

Source: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/05/02/police-identify-pedestrian-killed-crossing-street-abrk/8618725/

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Group of Bicyclists Injured in Hit-and-Run Incident

Group of Bicyclists Injured in Hit-and-Run Incident

 Multiple Injuries in Group Bicyclists Hit-and-Run Incident

On Saturday night a group of bicyclists were injured after a hit-and-run accident. There is now an investigation about the incident through the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

The MCSO stated that there were three bicyclists that were walking their bikes on a dirt shoulder of 115th Avenue when they were hit by a vehicle around ten o’clock that evening.

The victims were identified as Cam Nelson, Lance Taylor, and Cam’s six year old son. Cam was air-lifted to a local hospital for his life-threatening injuries. Cam’s son and Lance were also taken to the hospital, treated then later released.

The vehicle that hit the three people was described as a new Chevrolet or GMC pickup truck. That truck did not stop after he/she hit the bicyclists. The truck immediately fled the scene. There are no descriptions of the suspect inside of the vehicle as of this time, there is also no license plate number known.

According to the report, the incident had caused some damage to the passenger side of the pickup. The truck reportedly has a broken right headlight and turn-signal assembly. There is some speculation  that the right side of the hood, right grill, and or bumper might also be damaged. 

Anyone with information about the hit-and-run

Anyone with with information should contact the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office at (602) 876-1000 or Det. D. Labenz #1773 at (602) 876-2440 or (602) 876-1958. Please reference Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Report #14-007951.

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/mcso-looking-for-pickup-truck-driver-who-hit-a-group-of-bicyclists-saturday-night