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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSober driver arrested after cop runs through stop sign and smashes into her car
Tanya Weyker of Milwaukee, Wisconsin has been fighting for over a year to clear her name and get her medical bills paid following a serious car accident with a Milwaukee County Sheriffs Deputy.
WITI Fox6 investigated Weykers story in depth and reported about her ongoing struggle. It all started on the night of February 20, 2013, when Deputy Joseph Quiles, with the airport division of the Sheriffs Office, T-boned Weykers Camry, sending it spinning into a tree. It would be discovered later that Weyker broke her neck in four places. She told the station, It was a miracle I wasnt paralyzed.
After the accident, police and sheriffs deputies interviewed those on the scene. Weyker recalled, One deputy asked if I had anything to drink that night and I told him how I just had a few sips of a friends drink. The deputy noted that she had a light odor of alcohol on her breath and that her speech was slurred. Another note said her eyes looked red and glassy. But Weyker, a 25-year-old with a spotless record said, I explained to him my eyes were red and glassy because I was crying. When asked about any prescription medication she had taken, Weyker told the deputy that she last took Vicodin the previous week when she had her wisdom teeth pulled.
Ms. Weykers injuries were too severe for officers to issue a field sobriety test and even get a breath sample. However, Weyker was arrested anyway on five charges including, drunk driving causing injury. Tests would later prove Weykers innocence finding no trace of alcohol or drugs in her system.
So why was she arrested? Todd Korb, Weykers lawyer, told WITI that the arrest was surprising because the authorities had virtually no evidence she was drunk. Korb said, I cant say it is necessarily a cover up, but it is suspicious. Andrew Mishlove, a drunk driving defense expert, told the station that the only cause to arrest Weyker would have been if Deputy Quiles pointed the finger at her. I think he was trying to protect himself and his department, to be honest, said Weyker.
WITI Fox6 investigated Weykers story in depth and reported about her ongoing struggle. It all started on the night of February 20, 2013, when Deputy Joseph Quiles, with the airport division of the Sheriffs Office, T-boned Weykers Camry, sending it spinning into a tree. It would be discovered later that Weyker broke her neck in four places. She told the station, It was a miracle I wasnt paralyzed.
After the accident, police and sheriffs deputies interviewed those on the scene. Weyker recalled, One deputy asked if I had anything to drink that night and I told him how I just had a few sips of a friends drink. The deputy noted that she had a light odor of alcohol on her breath and that her speech was slurred. Another note said her eyes looked red and glassy. But Weyker, a 25-year-old with a spotless record said, I explained to him my eyes were red and glassy because I was crying. When asked about any prescription medication she had taken, Weyker told the deputy that she last took Vicodin the previous week when she had her wisdom teeth pulled.
Ms. Weykers injuries were too severe for officers to issue a field sobriety test and even get a breath sample. However, Weyker was arrested anyway on five charges including, drunk driving causing injury. Tests would later prove Weykers innocence finding no trace of alcohol or drugs in her system.
So why was she arrested? Todd Korb, Weykers lawyer, told WITI that the arrest was surprising because the authorities had virtually no evidence she was drunk. Korb said, I cant say it is necessarily a cover up, but it is suspicious. Andrew Mishlove, a drunk driving defense expert, told the station that the only cause to arrest Weyker would have been if Deputy Quiles pointed the finger at her. I think he was trying to protect himself and his department, to be honest, said Weyker.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/%E2%80%98suspicious%E2%80%99--sober-driver-arrested-for-drunk-driving-after-deputy-runs-stop-sign-and-crashes-into-her-car-213839328.html
In the original report, the officer claimed he came to a full stop at the stop sign. It wasn't until a surveillance camera showed his cop car go through the stop sign and cause the accident. After that he admitted the original report was incorrect and was suspended for 9 days.
Prosecutors declined to press charges against Weyker. But so far the county has refused to pay her medical bills.
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Sober driver arrested after cop runs through stop sign and smashes into her car (Original Post)
davidn3600
May 2014
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mackerel
(4,412 posts)1. It's too bad and lawsuits cost a lot of money so it might be hard for her to file anything.
A lot of attorneys don't like to take on law enforcement.
frylock
(34,825 posts)2. fuck tha police