Seems a lot has changed since 2017 - other than appearances.
Posted on 09/19/2022 3:28:50 PM PDT by simpson96
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Bloomington police arrested Madelyn Howard, 22, early Sunday morning for allegedly running over an IU student riding on a scooter northbound on Walnut Street approaching 12th Street.
Nate Stratton, 20, suffered fatal injuries.
Seventeen hours later, Howard bonded out of the Monroe County Jail after posting $2,000 in bail.
”That’s just incomprehensible. It’s one thing if she stopped and had some remorse but the fact that she kept going,” said Brad Stratton as he huddled with family members at the site where his son was struck and killed.
“The detective told us she drove four blocks forward, two blocks to the right and then took another right, so she drove six-to-eight blocks trying to evade the situation and had her windshield cracked, her car was destroyed, she was dragging a scooter. I mean, give me a break.”
An Accident Report filed by BPD illustrates that Howard’s Mercedes Benz swerved onto the bike path while traveling an estimated 50-70 miles per hour, struck Stratton and continued north.
A video shared by an Uber driver shows the car turning eastbound on 17th Street moments later, dragging the unoccupied scooter beneath it, spewing out sparks.
”She tried to get bystanders to take the scooter out from under her car so she could keep driving and luckily the police showed up in time,” said Cecilia Stratton, Nate’s sister, who was briefed by a detective.
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Seems a lot has changed since 2017 - other than appearances.
Having a hard time understanding why a dead person would be sent to jail but, on the bright side, they did bond him out, presumably to attend his own funeral.
Or am I reading the headline wrong?
Title is misleading, it infers the dead student bonded out of jail,,,,
Her parents must be so proud.
Is it just me, or is that headline pretty well effed-up?
Chickenlips. Guilty.
OK, I guess it isn’t just me after all. Yep, the headline is FUBAR
No. I have seen some pretty stupid headlines around lately. Sounds like the dead student bonded out of jail.
Maybe these journalists need to go to college and get educated.
Yes, the headline is goofy. It sounds like the dead person bonded out of jail. Maybe that’s how Democrats plan to win in November.
It is not just the headline. The beginning of the article itself could be read as if the she-perp was riding on a scooter when she ran over the victim.
Personally, my view is that is if we think she will show up for court and is unlikely to do this or something similar in the interim (yes and yes), then bail is probably appropriate.
Bonds out dead?? Wow! That’s a neat trick!
Yes
The bail is acceptable if she shows up for trial (she will because she is guaranteed a cream puff sentence), AND if she gets an appropriate sentence (it is also guaranteed she will not).
Sad story.
She was drunk and killed a young man.
One life gone, another ruined.
“she was dragging a scooter…”
It’s the new fad.
Driving a Mercedes and photo is probably at the private golf course. She’ll probably get the Pelosi treatment.
My alma mater. Strange days indeed.
That’s the problem. They went to college, but didn’t get educated. 🙂
Having a hard time understanding why a dead person would be sent to jail but, on the bright side, they did bond him out, presumably to attend his own funeral.
Or am I reading the headline wrong?
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You’re not alone. I could only decode the headline after reading the story, and even then it’s incredibly confusing who is being referenced.
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