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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 10:52 AM Feb 2019

Deputy fined for off-duty crash that left woman comatose

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida deputy has been fined $500 and had his driver license suspended for three months for causing an off-duty crash that left a young woman comatose for more than a month.

The Palm Beach Post reports 25-year-old Michael D’Avanzo was sentenced Wednesday after pleading no contest to two traffic citations. He has also been placed on administrative leave by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities say D’Avanzo was driving more than double the 25-mph speed limit in a Delray Beach neighborhood last July when he ran a stop sign and crashed into an SUV that then-18-year-old Farrah Fox was riding in.

Delray Beach police had recommended felony reckless driving charges for D’Avanzo, but prosecutors decided not to pursue the more serious charges.

https://www.apnews.com/f005046884f344f7a4f81ab2b76c0923

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Deputy fined for off-duty crash that left woman comatose (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Feb 2019 OP
Was he on a beer run..... ? magicarpet Feb 2019 #1
What the hell? Stargazer09 Feb 2019 #2
Becasue he is a policeman is the only reason I can see for not getting Merlot Feb 2019 #3
+1 Stargazer09 Feb 2019 #4

Stargazer09

(2,132 posts)
2. What the hell?
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:27 AM
Feb 2019

The prosecutors decided not to pursue more serious charges? Why not???

If someone is injured that seriously, that should automatically mean felony charges, especially if he was speeding and obviously at fault.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
3. Becasue he is a policeman is the only reason I can see for not getting
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 12:01 PM
Feb 2019

serious charges. Be interesting to a compairson case of someone who is not a police officer causing so much damage.

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