Monday At The Gym

[legion]

I'm on the treadmill Monday and the power flickers a few times. The gym doesn't have many outside windows and I knew there might be storms in the area, so I thought nothing of it.

Over an hour later, I go to leave the gym and am SHOCKED by the scene outside. College Ave runs east/west and ends in the gym parking lot. I see fire trucks and police cars--LOTS of fire trucks and police cars. The most shocking thing, is a 15' thick wooden power pole has a 10' chunk missing from it from the ground up. The top is hanging from the attached power lines. Something hit it with a LOT of force to knock a big chunk out of the middle.

A few hundred yards beyond the broken power pole is the vehicle in question. It seemed like he plowed through the pole and just kept going. Sounds like the driver is a real piece of work:

Prosecutor: Driver issued DUI day before B-N crash | Local Crime & Courts | pantagraph.com

BLOOMINGTON — A man charged with driving under the influence of drugs in Monday’s single-vehicle crash that took out two utility poles on Airport Road in Bloomington was arrested Sunday on a DUI charge in Woodford County, has outstanding warrants in five other states and reportedly may be involved in a financial fraud scheme.

Joshua Brewster, 33, of Washington remained in McLean County jail Wednesday in lieu of posting $50,035 on charges of aggravated DUI causing bodily harm, aggravated DUI causing injuries to someone under the age of 18 and endangering the life of a child.

Brewster, wearing a sling on his left arm, appeared Wednesday before McLean County Associate Judge David Butler in McLean County Circuit Court via a video link with the jail.

Assistant State’s Attorney Ashley Scarborough told the judge that around 5 p.m. Monday, Brewster was driving a sport utility vehicle at high speed on Airport Road near College Avenue.

He was traveling over 60 mph in a 45 mph zone, she said.

“He collided with a utility pole that was struck so hard that it caused a second pole to collapse," she said. "There were no skid marks anywhere, and it appears that he did not attempt to brake before the collision.”

Scarborough said Brewster’s wife, Melonie, and their three children, ages, 4, 3 and 2, were passengers in the SUV. The 4-year-old was not restrained and was found by first-responders on the SUV's center console, Scarborough said.

At the scene, police reported that Brewster was exhibiting odd behavior.

“He was more concerned about his cellphone and cash than he was about his family,” she said.

Scarborough also reported that Brewster admitted taking Adderall, a prescription amphetamine, prior to driving.

According to court documents, Brewster was charged on Sunday with driving under the influence of alcohol in Woodford County. In that incident, he posted $300 bond and faces a 9 a.m. arraignment on May 10.

Scarborough also told the court that Brewster has previous sex offense-related charges in the state of Washington and has active warrants for his arrest there and in Idaho, Florida, Arkansas and Texas.

Further, Scarborough said, authorities are investigating a financial fraud scheme in Indiana.

“It’s possible that he is cashing fraudulent paychecks from companies that don’t exist,” Scarborough said.

Because of that claim, Butler ordered a hearing to determine Brewster's source of bail money prior to Brewster’s release from custody to make sure the money is not from illegal sources.

The judge also approved a public defender for Brewster, even though Brewster reported making $6,500 per month as an over-the-road truck driver.

“I’m not sure of the circumstances of your job or how long you are going to be employed because of this,” Butler said.

Brewster attempted to argue briefly during the hearing.

“I have no idea what you are talking about with all of that financial stuff,” he said.

The judge then advised him that anything he said could be used against him in court.

Brewster is scheduled to be arraigned at 10 a.m. April 21 in McLean County Court.

[flipper35]

The wife must be a piece of work as well.

[GH85Carrera]

How is it that the drunks can destroy so much in a car crash, kill entire families in other cars and they walk away. And they do it over and over.

[sammyg2]

Motorcycle rider beheaded in San Bernardino freak accident
Published April 13, 2017

A motorcycle rider has been decapitated in a freak accident in San Bernardino.

Authorities say 27-year-old Fabian Zepeda was killed Tuesday morning when he drove into a wire stretched across a road from a snapped utility pole.

Police told the Riverside Press-Enterprise that minutes earlier, a driver lost control of a Ford Taurus, which hit a mailbox and ran across a lawn. Coroner's officials say the car then hit a wooden telephone pole that snapped in half, and a tension wire fell across Macy Street.

Zepeda drove into it and was beheaded. The motorcycle reportedly continued south until it crashed separately.

An investigation was under way.

The driver didn't appear to be intoxicated and wasn't immediately arrested pending further investigation, police said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report

San Berdoo is the "Florida" of So Cal

[Tobra]

Glen, they are just totally relaxed on impact. My wife was first on scene at a head on collision, mini van full of kids vs lincoln continental with a booze jockey at the wheel. 6 dead kids and dead mom, 1 drunkenese speaking a-hole. After she got done figuring out the occupants of the van were past helping, she went to slapping the hell out of the drunk until the DPS guys showed up.

[Joe Bob]

God favors the drunk, just sayin'.....

[Rikao4]

lol..

'According to court documents, Brewster was charged on Sunday with driving under the influence of alcohol in Woodford County. In that incident, he posted $300 bond and faces a 9 a.m. arraignment on May 10.'

if they would have raised the bond 301 dollars..
and checked him out the first time while in custody..
this could have been avoided..

Rika

[kach22i]

About 30 years ago there was one of those glass phone booths for a coin operated public phone located in front of the mixed-use building I was living in.

One night I heard a loud crash from inside my third floor apartment, looked outside and didn't see anything.

The next morning I noticed the phone booth had been wiped out buy a drunk driver that just kept on going, some tire tracks, oil and radiator fluid but the car/truck made it out of the area.

Had someone been making a phone call, there would have been a dead body.

[legion]

Originally Posted by Rikao4

lol..

'According to court documents, Brewster was charged on Sunday with driving under the influence of alcohol in Woodford County. In that incident, he posted $300 bond and faces a 9 a.m. arraignment on May 10.'

if they would have raised the bond 301 dollars..
and checked him out the first time while in custody..
this could have been avoided..

Rika

Yep, we debated this very thing at lunch today. We also noted that he currently stands accused of 8 different crimes (5 warrants, 2 DUIs, 1 investigation in Indiana). We also couldn't believe that our local judge granted him bail at all. Shouldn't he be considered a flight risk with the geographic disbursement of his various warrants?

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

God favors the drunk, just sayin'.....

I watched a drunk guy fall down an entire flight of concrete steps and land face first onto a concrete patio. He stood up completely unscathed. Later that evening a friend and I were walking down the street, and found him fallen in a ditch and unable to get up. Not injured, just inebriated.




Real life quote from another drinker, ''I had to drive. I was too drunk to walk.''.