Posted on 12/11/2025 12:48:22 AM PST by xxqqzz
A Grammy-nominated musician was struck and killed by a driver with more than 100 arrests and dozens of traffic violations in Rhode Island, police said.
Roderick Macleod, 70, was a member of the band Roomful of Blues in the 1980s and received a Grammy nomination for his work with them. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2014, according to local media reports.
Macleod was walking his dogs when he was hit by a car on Saturday, the Hopkinton Police Department said in a news release. The alleged driver was identified by police as as Shannon Godbout. She is 41, CBS Boston reported, and was driving recklessly.
Godbout was allegedly traveling eastbound when she left her lane and struck several objects, including two telephone poles, police said, and Macleod was walking his dogs on the shoulder of the road when he was hit. Photos from the scene show a black vehicle with a destroyed pole.
After Macleod was struck, he was transported to Rhode Island Hospital, where he died from his injuries, police said. Macleod's dog survived the crash and ran home, according to local media.
Godbout was allegedly "in possession of numerous illegal narcotics and packaging materials commonly associated with drug distribution," police said. She was arrested at the scene and taken to an area hospital. She has been charged with driving as to endanger, resulting in death, and possession of narcotics with intent to distribute. She may face additional charges, police said, and remained in custody at the hospital of Monday.
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CBS cares about career criminals killing normal citizens? OK, that’s news.
Un-friggin'-believable!
Regards,
The oatmeal brained addict wasn’t just flying high, by the looks of her, the car must’ve been damn near flying also. The pole is broken and the car is most likely totaled. Why this woman wasn’t in some detention rehab needs to be answered. This white trash should never have been allowed to be behind the wheel of anything.
This time she promises she won’t do it again and will be released with a strongly worded letter from the Soros judge .
Rhode island is another one of those mentally ill rat states
I wish they’d burn her at the stake in the town square.
Not even Laz, Liz.
Are we sure that’s not “Shaun”???
Condolences to family and friends of Roderick Macleod.
CBS doesn’t care about career criminals or white people, they care about this guy because he was a musician and thus probably voted for Kamala.
With over 100 arrests, shouldn’t she be behind bars somewhere?Something here doesn’t make much sense, including the judge who apparently released her.
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And can be fed to pigs.
The authorities who failed to jail this criminal long ago are complicit here.
Are we sure that’s not “Shaun”???
Could be......lol.
That bad.....huh?
The NE seems to be loaded with addicts, abusers, and losers.
All drug dealers, traffickers and enablers should be executed. Move her to the head of the line.
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