Long Road to Justice

It's done. Finally.

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=11027330

TULSA, OK -- On Tuesday, convicted drunk driver Kimberly Graham learned she'll spend the rest of her life behind bars.

Funny how she got more disgustingly self-absorbed as the trial progressed, to the point that the defense lawyer actually tried to claim that the people she killed must have been drunk and therefore absolved Little Miss Graham of any responsibility for killing them.

I just love this:

Graham's attorneys said she didn't see the victims because they were crouched low in the street in the dark and they had also been drinking that night in the bar.

"What am I to take from that argument? That the victims had it coming?" asked Judge Thornbrugh.

Crouched low? Even though everyone there says that she drove around someone who was flagging traffic around the down rider? Suuuure.

Good Riddance to Ms. Graham.

And with this last bit, I'll be "turning off" for awhile. Let's just say that Corporate America isn't too fond of bloggers nowadays.

T - 7 Days until Departure

Time for another road trip.

It's been a very strange June, with radically warm temperatures to contrast with the very cold and overdue spring that didn't happen until Mid-May. But I'm more than ready for riding season to arrive and it looks to be a good one so far.

Most of the stuff is already packed with just a few sundries left to go.

The rear wheel needs to be removed and the new rear tire mounted this weekend. Thankfully I'm getting to be an old pro at pulling and re-mounting the rear wheel on the Strom.

I think I'll be posting status messages on Facebook as connectivity permits and will be posting my daily reports here as time permits.

Won't be any photos from each day, unfortunately. I don't have a netbook to bring along and the 1st Gen. Itouch won't talk to digital cameras.

Only Maybe?

I love this little bit here North Illinois & Southern Wisconsin's MyStateLine.com news site.

A Decatur man will likely face DUI Charges after he is released from the hospital, for allegedly crashing his motorcycle twice within a matter of minutes early Sunday morning.

The Christian County Sheriff's Department says 22-year-old Cody J. Plopper was found unconscious, trapped under his motorcycle in unincorporated Christian County just after 5 a.m. Sunday.

I encourage you to go read the full article. It gets even better.

Top-full of stupidity and lose, to mis-use the current vernacular. Perhaps they can amputate his brain while he's in at the hospital since he apparently doesn't use it for anything.

His quote upon being awakened by responding emergency services personnel is the absolute BEST.

Drunk Anderson Cop Suspended

Excellent news.

It looks like the Mayor of Anderson(Indiana) finally got the message and told his police chief to get his department straightened out or else. Our drunk police officer appears to be just one of a number of miscreants harbored by the Anderson Police Department if the Muncie Star-Press is at all accurate.

At least something seems to be getting done somewhere. As opposed to rewarding their drunk cops with free transportation via city-owned vehicles even before their court dates.

Remember folks: if the cop pulling you over more closely resembles Santa Claus than a police officer, with his red nose and cheeks, he MIGHT just be a drunk.

Long Time

Yes, it's been quite awhile since my last update.

We're still waiting on the sentencing phase for Ms. Graham down there in Tulsa. I'm keenly interested in hearing what kind of sentence she gets, though I'm one of the folks who's be happy enough at this point if she serves the 20 years a concurrent sentence would get.

On another story that I covered awhile back, it looks like Custom Bike Builder and murderous drunk driver Billy Lane is getting 9 years as part of a plea deal stemming from his alcohol-induced collision and killing of Gerald Morelock.

A new one from Eastern Central Indiana's Star Press:

MUNCIE — An Anderson police officer who was reportedly riding his motorcycle down south Muncie streets at nearly 100 mph was arrested Saturday night for drunken driving.

Marty D. Dulworth, 32, Middletown was stopped near 29th Street and Macedonia Avenue by David Fidler, an Indiana State Police trooper.

Fidler reported smelling the odor of alcohol, and Dulworth admitted he had been drinking, but refused to take a field sobriety test, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Dulworth’s blood-alcohol content was later measured at 0.19 percent. In Indiana, motorists with a BAC of 0.08 percent or higher are considered intoxicated.

Now let's break this down and analyze the various shades of stupidity and negligence.

Police Officer:

Given. Everybody knows this (except perhaps the cops themselves). Person sworn to uphold and enforce the law.

100 mph:

I know of no roads anywhere in the state of Indiana that allow this rate of travel. Can possible be safe on a sufficiently lonely back road, however.

100mph on city streets:

Nope. No way. Not on city streets. Too many things to pull out and toss you off the bike. Not to mention really irritating your neighbors.

100mph on city streets AFTER DARK:

Now he's just being an asshole. Unmitigated.

100mph on city streets after dark and refusing to cooperate:

Here's where words fail me. Trying to game the system and use his good old boy network to avoid consequences for his stupidity.

At least the stater who pulled him exercised some ethical and moral cojones and processed him like any other stupid reckless drunk. Kudos to Officer Fidler.

I see he made it out on bail within 12 hours tough. No surprise. And I'm sure he probably won't even lose his job let alone get a real sentence commensurate with the risks he represented to other motorists.

Criminally Stupid: Stuart Douglas Larson of Minnetonka, MN

There's another one from last summer that's finally being prosecuted in Minnesota. We've had a long wait to get here but justice needs to be necessarily thorough.

The raw facts (all courtesy of Twin Cities Fox News):

Stuart Douglas Larson, 46, is charged with three counts of criminal vehicular homicide for rear-ending Shelly MacGillivray on her motorcycle.

Pretty straight-forward.

According to the criminal complaint, MacGillivray was riding her motorcycle home from visiting her sister in Lindstrom one night last June when she was rear-ended by a pickup truck near Highway 7 and Highway 101 in Minnetonka.

Place & Time. Also straight-forward.

The impact sent MacGillivray and her motorcycle 66 feet before separating.

MacGillivray was found in the westbound lane of Highway 7 near Saddlewood Road in Minnetonka. Officers found her heavily damaged motorcycle in the ditch just north of the body.

That's a hell of a hit. That's either one very large truck or it was moving extremely fast.

Police said the pickup driver didn’t stop after the crash, but his engine was leaking antifreeze.

Leaving the Scene == Scumbag. No ifs, ands, or buts. Full stop.

Investigators followed a fluid trail from the scene of the crash several blocks to the 19000 block of Kingswood Terrace in Minnetonka, where a damaged pickup was parked outside, with Larson sleeping in a basement bedroom.

Officers arrested Larson and administered a breathalyzer test, which registered a .139. Blood tests later revealed Larson's blood alcohol level was .15 -- almost twice the legal limit to drive -- and that was hours after the crash.

Nice. Get your booze on, drive around like a crazy Mofo, kill somebody with your huge truck, and then go get a good night's sleep?

Disgusting.

Stuart Larson was convicted of drunk driving ten years ago, and he's been arrested for driving with a suspended license since this latest incident. His first court appearance is scheduled for Thursday. If convicted, Larson could face up to 30 years in prison.

Yup. Another Killer Drunk. Another Repeat Offender. Time to re-institute hangings, folks.

Kim Graham Sentencing Scheduled for April 13th

Looks like we may be just a few weeks away from hearing the last of Ms. Graham for a good long time. I think I'll crack open a nice Chardonnay once that sentencing is finalized.