Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Troopers: Colo. State Senator Lied About Deadly Crash
7NEWS ^ | July 1, 2011 | Deb Stanley

Posted on 07/02/2011 4:25:17 PM PDT by george76

Amarillo, Texas --State police investigators recommended that a Colorado senator be charged with criminally negligent homicide, tampering with physical evidence and injury to a child in a crash that killed a pregnant Amarillo woman..

A grand jury declined to charge Sen. Suzanne Williams. Troopers then cited Williams on suspicion of having an unsecured passenger under 17, having a child under 8 unsecured by a safety seat system and driving on the wrong side of the highway.

...

Williams' son, Todd Williams, and his 3-year-old son were ejected from the vehicle. They were seriously injured.

"While on scene Suzanne (Williams) told me that no one had been ejected from her vehicle and that everyone was extracted from the vehicle by rescue," a state trooper said in an offense report obtained by the newspaper. "Suzanne failed to inform me of the truth of the events that had taken place before anyone arrived on scene."

Investigators determined that Williams picked up her 3-year-old grandson from the highway and placed him in a child safety seat inside her car before emergency help arrived.

...

The case garnered national attention in part because Williams is a staunch advocate of child-restraint laws in Colorado, but DPS investigators said none of Williams' passengers were buckled up.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedenverchannel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Colorado; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: suzannewilliams; williams
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-66 next last

1 posted on 07/02/2011 4:25:19 PM PDT by george76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: george76

No party mention? Must be an evil Mennonite.


2 posted on 07/02/2011 4:28:16 PM PDT by Raycpa
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dynachrome; MileHi; beaversmom

Williams first public statement after the accident only expressed how traumatic it was for her and her family- not one word about the women she killed or their family’s grief.

Williams was a vociferous crusader for seat belt laws but her kids were unbuckled- then she lets her son take the blame.

Williams tried to cover up the accident scene by strapping her injured kid back in the car seat after the accident, and then lied to investigators.

Williams, after telling detailed accounts to a friend, conveniently then claimed she couldn’t remember anything before, during or after the crash.

If this had been Tom Tancredo do you think the DP would have left that damning info out of their story?

http://neighbors.denverpost.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18385614&st=0&sk=t&sd=a


3 posted on 07/02/2011 4:28:48 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Very sad story

There is no punishment worse than having to live with what happened.

Tragic


4 posted on 07/02/2011 4:30:06 PM PDT by silentknight
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Raycpa

What a sick comment - is that really the first thing you thought of when you read the story?

I feel sorry for you


5 posted on 07/02/2011 4:31:06 PM PDT by silentknight
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: george76
Friggin' hypocritical repugnicans...

[/S]

6 posted on 07/02/2011 4:31:43 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Raycpa

Wiki: “Suzanne Williams is a Democratic legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Williams is beginning her second term as State Senator for District 28 after serving eight years in the Colorado House of Representatives. Senator Williams, a Democrat, is the only registered American Indian state legislator in Colorado.”


7 posted on 07/02/2011 4:32:12 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: george76
While on scene Suzanne (Williams) told me that no one had been ejected from her vehicle and that everyone was extracted from the vehicle by rescue," a state trooper said in an offense report obtained by the newspaper...... Investigators determined that Williams picked up her 3-year-old grandson from the highway and placed him in a child safety seat inside her car before emergency help arrived.

That's one heck of a grandma.

8 posted on 07/02/2011 4:34:02 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Raycpa

She is a Democrat - hence, no charges. But, at least, she is sorry.


9 posted on 07/02/2011 4:34:16 PM PDT by MarkT
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: silentknight; Raycpa
Being cognizant of reality isn’t anything to be ashamed of or pitty. It's those who have blinders on that deserve pitty.
10 posted on 07/02/2011 4:35:04 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: rockinqsranch

She is also a fake Indian-—like Ward Churchill


11 posted on 07/02/2011 4:35:42 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: silentknight; Raycpa
What a sick comment - is that really the first thing you thought of when you read the story?

Well, it certainly was the first thing he typed.

The first thing he thought? Only 'Raycpa' (and apparently you) knows for certain what his first (or subsequent thoughts) were before posting.

12 posted on 07/02/2011 4:39:00 PM PDT by airborne (Paratroopers! Good to the last drop!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: colorado tanker; Morgan in Denver

After receiving the DPS findings [ a charge of criminally negligent homicide, a felony ] , 69th District Attorney David Green opted to have the grand jury determine whether to issue an indictment.

Prosecutors have two other options - either file charges or reject the case.

http://amarillo.com/news/latest-news/2011-06-29/records-dps-recommended-negligent-homicide-charge-senators-case?page=1


13 posted on 07/02/2011 4:39:27 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: george76
Colorado State Senator Suzanne Williams - DEMOCRAT - Senate District 28, Arapahoe County.
14 posted on 07/02/2011 4:40:19 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Holy flippin' crap, Sarah rocks the world!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MarkT

I doubt that a democrat would get any kind of special treatment in this neck of the woods.


15 posted on 07/02/2011 4:40:39 PM PDT by MulberryDraw ( Switch off the EPA.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: george76
Must be related to ted .
16 posted on 07/02/2011 4:41:10 PM PDT by org.whodat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: silentknight
What a sick comment - is that really the first thing you thought of when you read the story?

Unfortunately it was mine too..........and I was right.....Democrat

Prayers for the family..........

17 posted on 07/02/2011 4:41:25 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: silentknight
Yes, it's a sad and tragic story. Although, I do have to disagree with your statement:

There is no punishment worse than having to live with what happened.

How about the punishment of being charged and punished for the crimes she committed and having to live with what happened?

18 posted on 07/02/2011 4:41:55 PM PDT by Bob
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Raycpa
She's a DEMOCRAT!  What did you expect?
19 posted on 07/02/2011 4:45:01 PM PDT by Shamrock-DW
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Raycpa

She is white and a republican.


20 posted on 07/02/2011 4:45:39 PM PDT by org.whodat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-66 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson