Detective: Driver cursed at waitress
Posted on 01/17/2003 2:30:50 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
Detective: Driver cursed at waitress
Murder suspect heard laughing before arrest; bail reduction denied
01/17/2003
The 19-year-old driver charged in the death of an Irving waitress cursed the injured woman for hanging onto the trunk of the getaway car as it sped out of a restaurant parking lot, a detective testified Thursday.
Minutes later, officers overheard the driver laugh and talk with her friends in the car before their arrest.
The testimony was in contrast to defense attorneys' portrayal of Sarah Foust as distraught and remorseful over the death of Jennifer Sanchez, a 20-year-old college student.
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During a bail-reduction hearing in a Dallas court, Irving Detective Randall Johnson provided more details on the Jan. 3 death of Ms. Sanchez. She was fatally injured while trying to write down the license plate number of a carload of people who left without paying at a Bennigan's restaurant.
According to testimony, Ms. Foust yelled, "Bitch, get off the car!" as she tried to skip out on the $131 bill that included nine alcoholic drinks for the four diners, three of whom were underage.
Prosecutors called Detective Johnson to the stand to refute the defense's arguments to have Ms. Foust's $100,000 bail reduced to $25,000 on a murder charge. The bail reduction was denied.
Detective Johnson quoted Kortnie Henson, 19, who dined and drank with Ms. Foust and two other friends before running out.
With Ms. Sanchez still holding onto the trunk, Ms. Foust made a hard turn out of the parking lot, the detective said. Ms. Sanchez was thrown to the pavement and died later at the hospital of head injuries sustained in the fall.
A Dallas County grand jury has yet to hear the case against Ms. Foust, but police said they charged her with murder because Ms. Sanchez was deliberately thrown. Ms. Foust also faces a drunken-driving charge.
Ms. Henson of Midlothian and 19-year-old David W. Thornton of Duncanville have posted $500 bonds. The two, who were in the back seat of the car, are charged with theft of service for not paying the restaurant bill, a Class B misdemeanor.
Police have issued an arrest warrant for Michael John Prewitt, 26, who is accused of theft of service and providing alcohol to minors, both misdemeanors.
 A tearful Sarah Foust, 19, looks at her family as she is escorted back to jail after the bail-reduction hearing. Officers said Ms. Foust was laughing and talkative when they arrested her Jan. 3. (TOM FOX / DMN) |
Mr. Prewitt was not in the car, but police said they believe that the front passenger seat was open for him.
Detective Johnson cited reports by patrol officers who pulled over the 1978 Chevrolet Nova less than two miles from the restaurant. Officers said Ms. Foust was "laughing with Kortnie Henson and very talkative," not the emotional wreck described by defense attorney David Scoggins.
Emotional scene
Thursday's testimony triggered sobs from family members of Ms. Sanchez, whose funeral was last week.
Mr. Scoggins asked state District Judge Janice Warder to cut Ms. Foust's bail to $25,000, an amount that her relatives could afford to post. He told the judge that his client could be monitored with an electronic bracelet and put under house arrest that would allow her to stay at her mother's Grand Prairie apartment and care for her 3-year-old daughter.
Prosecutor Keith Robinson argued against any reduction, given the "callousness of the defendant's actions and her demeanor upon her arrest."
"We're not talking about a situation that was a spontaneous act," he said. "This was premeditated."
In declining to lower the bail, Judge Warder said the amount was appropriate for such an "egregious" act.
As bailiffs led Ms. Foust back to her jail cell Thursday, she looked at her family and broke into sobs.
Mr. Scoggins said the stress on both families was intense and the testimony was "regrettable."
"I'm sorry they had to hear those details right now," he said. "This entire tragedy is still fresh and raw in everyone's minds."
According to the Irving police investigation and interviews between Ms. Foust and Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission investigators, the four people left an Irving motel room shared by Ms. Foust and her boyfriend, Mr. Prewitt, to have dinner and drinks without paying.
Man 'still running'
Detective Johnson said the group arrived about 12:30 a.m., had dinner and was served nine alcoholic drinks in less than an hour. The three 19-year-olds walked out to the car, and Mr. Prewitt sat at the table for a while before bolting out a side emergency exit, the detective said.
Mr. Prewitt ran out just in time to see the waitress being hit as Ms. Foust backed out of a parking space, Detective Johnson said.
"He continued to run and is still running," the detective said of Mr. Prewitt.
During an interview hours after her arrest, Ms. Henson told Detective Johnson that she asked Ms. Foust why she kept driving after hitting the waitress.
According to the detective, Ms. Foust answered, "What the ... [expletive] was I supposed to do, stop the car?"
During an interview hours after her arrest, Ms. Henson told Detective Johnson that she asked Ms. Foust why she kept driving after hitting the waitress.Uh, yeah, that would have been a good thing. At least the waitress would have lived to recover.
According to the detective, Ms. Foust answered, "What the ... [expletive] was I supposed to do, stop the car?"
You're in big trouble, lady...
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The "Super-Predators" have arrived...
the Demon-rats and the ACLU have gifted us with a child that will kill a waitress for trying to keep her paycheck!!
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Prosecutors called Detective Johnson to the stand to refute the defense's arguments to have Ms. Foust's $100,000 bail reduced to $25,000 on a murder charge. The bail reduction was denied.
Detective Johnson quoted Kortnie Henson, 19, who dined and drank with Ms. Foust and two other friends before running out.
With Ms. Sanchez still holding onto the trunk, Ms. Foust made a hard turn out of the parking lot, the detective said. Ms. Sanchez was thrown to the pavement and died later at the hospital of head injuries sustained in the fall.
A Dallas County grand jury has yet to hear the case against Ms. Foust, but police said they charged her with murder because Ms. Sanchez was deliberately thrown. Ms. Foust also faces a drunken-driving charge.
Ms. Henson of Midlothian and 19-year-old David W. Thornton of Duncanville have posted $500 bonds. The two, who were in the back seat of the car, are charged with theft of service for not paying the restaurant bill, a Class B misdemeanor.
Police have issued an arrest warrant for Michael John Prewitt, 26, who is accused of theft of service and providing alcohol to minors, both misdemeanors.
| A tearful Sarah Foust, 19, looks at her family as she is escorted back to jail after the bail-reduction hearing. Officers said Ms. Foust was laughing and talkative when they arrested her Jan. 3. (TOM FOX / DMN) |
Mr. Prewitt was not in the car, but police said they believe that the front passenger seat was open for him.
Detective Johnson cited reports by patrol officers who pulled over the 1978 Chevrolet Nova less than two miles from the restaurant. Officers said Ms. Foust was "laughing with Kortnie Henson and very talkative," not the emotional wreck described by defense attorney David Scoggins.
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Detective Johnson said the group arrived about 12:30 a.m., had dinner and was served nine alcoholic drinks in less than an hour. The three 19-year-olds walked out to the car, and Mr. Prewitt sat at the table for a while before bolting out a side emergency exit, the detective said.
Mr. Prewitt ran out just in time to see the waitress being hit as Ms. Foust backed out of a parking space, Detective Johnson said.
"He continued to run and is still running," the detective said of Mr. Prewitt.
During an interview hours after her arrest, Ms. Henson told Detective Johnson that she asked Ms. Foust why she kept driving after hitting the waitress.
According to the detective, Ms. Foust answered, "What the ... [expletive] was I supposed to do, stop the car?"
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The "Super-Predators" have arrived...
the Demon-rats and the ACLU have gifted us with a child that will kill a waitress for trying to keep her paycheck!!
The details coming out are pretty awful alright...
During an interview hours after her arrest, Ms. Henson told Detective Johnson that she asked Ms. Foust why she kept driving after hitting the waitress.Ms. Foust answered, "What the ... [expletive] was I supposed to do, stop the car?"
These guys should be charged as accessories to murder.
I have no sympathy, she can at least still look at her family.
these are girls that murdered another girl...
I have no words, ....
we are well and truly F*cked!!
Did she apologize to the family yet? They always seem to apologize to the family after they kill one of its members. I always love that touch.
Agree........but that's no "lady"; trust me.
What a low rent, mindless, selfish, welfare brood sow. She'll do just fine in prison, sassing the other *itches, talk'n abut de men, eating starchy foods, hanging in the day room watching the soaps, doing a few guards every now and then, maybe finding true love with another sow. No great loss of liberity for this scum of the gene pool.
Correcto mundo! Isn't that the way with all these sociopaths that 70 years of DemocRat-Socialist gooberment edumacation have bequeathed us?
Agree........but that's no "lady"; trust me.Yep. Here is another picture of our little darlin'...
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"Mr. Scoggins asked state District Judge Janice Warder to cut Ms. Foust's bail to $25,000, an amount that her relatives could afford to post. He told the judge that his client could be monitored with an electronic bracelet and put under house arrest that would allow her to stay at her mother's Grand Prairie apartment and care for her 3-year-old daughter."
19 years old with a 3-year old daughter? Well, if she had been at home, taking care of her 3-year old daughter, instead of out partying with the rest of her hoodlum friends, she wouldn't be in the mess that she's in now.
On a completely different note, I was dozing in front of the TV this morning and I don't know if I dreamed it or not but I thought I remember something about that missing pregnant chick out in Modesto, her old man having been boinking around the neighborhood and taking out life insurance on her... Heard anything about that, or was I dreaming?
We got six inches of the white stuff last night, bro, so you'd like it up here... I dug the car out and got on the road with all the other dumbasses in town-- good half inch of sheet ice, pretty much... I coulda walked in to the lab but I'm too butt-a$$ lazy I guess... ;)
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