Posted on 03/09/2002 2:34:29 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
Windshield death suspect back in jail
Bail raised to $250,000; FW woman taken into custody for third time
03/09/2002
FORT WORTH - A woman accused of hitting a man with her car and leaving him to die, entangled in her windshield, returned to jail Friday when a judge raised her bail from $10,000 to $250,000.
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Even if the bail is met, Ms. Mallard will spend the weekend in jail. Probation officers in charge of monitoring bond conditions cannot pick her up until Monday morning, said Lt. Mack West, jail supervisor.
Her bond conditions, which 371st District Judge James Wilson set during a hearing, include being under house arrest at her parents' Fort Worth home, wearing an electronic monitor, no driving, no alcohol use, and drug testing three times a week.
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Judge Wilson also placed a gag order on Ms. Mallard's lawyer and on prosecutors in the case. Her parents attended the hearing but declined to comment.
Ms. Mallard, a nurse's aide who was fired Thursday after the murder charge became public, sobbed in the courtroom and continually dabbed her eyes with a tissue before sheriff's deputies led her away.
During the hourlong hearing, defense attorney Mike Heiskell brought Ms. Mallard's parents and her brother, a lieutenant with the Fort Worth Fire Department, to testify about the former Girl Scout's willingness to attend future court proceedings.
"I guarantee you she's not going anywhere. She doesn't have anywhere to go and doesn't know where to go," Mr. Heiskell said, asking the judge to "look past the emotion and determine what is right and just."
But Assistant District Attorney Richard Alpert argued that the $10,000 bond Ms. Mallard posted Wednesday was insufficient and that she has an unstable work history and sought counseling only after she was charged in Mr. Biggs' death.
"It's no secret the community is outraged by her actions," Mr. Alpert said. "This defendant has friends who helped her cover up the crime."
Police said Ms. Mallard struck Mr. Biggs in October as he walked along U.S. Highway 287 near the Loop 820 split, and then drove home with him entangled in her windshield.
Although he was severely injured, Mr. Biggs, a former school bus driver and bricklayer who was homeless at the time of the accident, was not dead, police said. Ms. Mallard left him trapped in her car, which she hid in the garage of her home on the south side of Fort Worth, investigators said.
Police said that Ms. Mallard repeatedly apologized to the injured man, checking on him several times over a two- or three-day period, but that she never summoned help. After Mr. Biggs died, Ms. Mallard and at least one friend dumped his body in a nearby park, where he was found Oct. 27, police said.
A woman came to police in February, saying Ms. Mallard admitted to the crime at a party, police said. Investigators questioned Ms. Mallard and arrested her Feb. 26 on a felony charge of failure to stop and render aid.
Mrs. Mallard posted a $5,000 bond that day, but she was arrested a second time after police upgraded the charge to murder Wednesday. She was released that day after posting a $10,000 bond.
A trial date has not been set.
Police said Friday that they are continuing to investigate the case and are looking for anyone else who may have helped dump Mr. Biggs' body.
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Additionally I think that it came out that they guys joined up with racists while in prison. This longstanding aspect of prison culture doesn't get much coverage in the news. G. Gordon Liddy has discussed it at times on his radio show.
Liddy recommends not joining up with any gangs in prison, yet he acknowledges that the different power groups will all try to establish their pecking order over anyone new in the system. Liddy made a ring in the metal shop that he used to win a few fights and pretty much stayed unaffiliated. Timothy Leary stayed independent by working on a prisoner newspaper and directed the inmates anger against the jail system rather than him or the different gangs, but yes even Leary talked with white racists in prison.
Some people have the strength or brains to fight their own battles once they are in that environment, others want or need help when a gang comes to fight them. If the prison system were to protect the inmates or prosecute inmates who attack and kill then things might turn out differently.
I don't read a lot on this subject and don't have direct knowledge of it, but I do know that the situations exist.
Shakeitha aka "Keke" (assisted)
Terrance (the boy-friend, also assisted)
Vaughn ("took care of something")
Another man (assisted Vaughns actions)
All of the above people were listed as assisting in the this horrible crime but I haven't seen anything indicating that they are in custody!!!
Names were found in the arrest warrent affidavit shown here.
I know exactly what they are going through. Be kind to her -- she needs support. The deployments are so hard on families.
From Thurs Mar 7:
Hit-And-Run Victim Stayed Trapped
Mallard allegedly told police she had been drinking and using the drug Ecstasy the night Biggs was hit. The impact hurled him headfirst through the windshield, leaving his broken legs protruding onto the hood.
He did nothing. Again, this trapped man was in his garage. Brought there by someone else, but he chose to do nothing. That made him an accessory to the crime.
I do not know why he has not been jailed yet.
The others who dumped the body will likely be charged (after it has been determined who did what).
They need to be careful is defining the charges so that the culprits do not get away with their crimes but it does seem that there are other people who aren't getting enough scrutiny right now.
He did nothing. Again, this trapped man was in his garage. Brought there by someone else, but he chose to do nothing. That made him an accessory to the crime.
I do not know why he has not been jailed yet.
The others who dumped the body will likely be charged (after it has been determined who did what).
They need to be careful is defining the charges so that the culprits do not get away with their crimes but it does seem that there are other people who aren't getting enough scrutiny right now.
"No pane, no gain." C J Mallard
Flying low... My son was going down a country road a few years ago and hit a foggy patch and didn't see the horse in the road. The horses head came through the windshild the body flew up on the roof and when it came down it landed on the road. He was probably going about 50 MPH on that particular road. We were thankful he had just dropped off his date or she would have been sitting in the passenger seat and would have been killed. From the pictures I have seen on TV it was probably the freeway.. I still can't imagine her driving home with a man on her hood and no one saw her unless it was VERY late at night and no one was on the roads and she didn't have far to drive.
No, this woman is evil.
Imagine! She'd just driven home with this honky just INCHES from her face!
Was he concious? Was he pleading? or just bleeding?
You have GOT to be kidding!!!
Now I understand why I haven't anything about this incident until now.
Some things never change.
The stupid murdering bitch should think twice about dishing out death threats, whether in person or by proxy. She is the one who is restricted to the house. Anyone who wants to get revenge for the poor murdered man won't have a hard time finding her. Maybe there will be an accidental fire at her place and the fire department will be to busy to get there in time.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Kaslin: You are totally out of line Jerk!!!!!!!
REALLY!!! It's plain so see she needed a whole new windshield.
The Black "community" in Houston would go on a looting and burning rampage in their own backyard, then blame Whitey.
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