Windshield death suspect back in jail
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.
LAWRENCE JENKINS / DMN Dorothy Ballard (left) accompanies her daughter, Chante J. Mallard, to the court hearing in Fort Worth. |
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.
E-mail ncalaway@dallasnews.com
I thought of another angle.
"This poor woman was first victimized by this white guy who jumped through her windshield.
"She would have taken the guy to the hospital, but she knew the racists there would claim she intentionally ran the guy over. Of course, she didn't do it intentionally, but they would have called the police who would have charged her with murder--when in reality *she* was the victim of his diving into her windshield.
"Therefore, she had no choice but to bring the guy home and wait for him to die.
"She showed her good faith by not shooting him in the head---she just let nature take its course.
"This case just proves the need for laws allowing people to drop injured people off at hospital emergency room with "no questions asked"---just like we have for newborns."
We are talking of 'disregard of Human Life' here.
After decades of dead babies, what do you expect???
~ 3,000 = terrorists
~98,000 = abortion 'doctors'
I read about that. The council wanted to stop using the term minority as it was demeaning to non-whites.
However, I am sure that is still OK to use the terms honkey, cracker, redneck, and gringo, wherever and whenever you would like.
Yeah, see, it's not hard to understand.
A comparison of the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts would make your hair stand on end.
The GSA was taken over in the early 80s by gender feminists. Why was GSA not included in the controversy over homosexuals like the BSA? Because back in the mid 80s they already put a rule in that said they wanted to be "inclusive of the gay, lesbian and transgendered communities."
Used to be the girls were prepared for a life of community service, homemaking and rearing a family.
You will NEVER hear any such thing uttered in the GS programs. Everything is about careers.
Also, unlike the Boy Scout troops, the GS troop is "short-lived," lasting only as long as the girls who started in the troop leave GS. Why? Because once the troop is started, they seldom allow any new girls in the troop.
Again, why, do you ask? Because they cater to the pre-teen and adolescent girls' tendency to be cliquish and exclusive. When I first heard a proud parent-leader of her daughter's troop mention how "these seven girls have been in this since they were Brownies," I asked "Why has the troop not grown beyond that number?"
"Oh!" she said with a hint of condescension, "of course the girls have really bonded and it wouldn't do to have an outsider come in and mess everything up!"
Now, this was obvious to her, since she was undoubtedly a petty little girl who grew up to be a petty woman. But I contrast that with my Church's "Young Women" program, where the organization is static but the girls come in at 12 and leave at 18, the older girls helping and "mentoring" the younger, and the rule is that new members must be made to feel welcome.
After their first priority, spiritual development and a relationship with Jesus Christ, they don't talk about careers. They DO talk about the importance of education because one must be prepared for life's challenges.
But the expectation is that they will desire to be wives and mothers, and so they also learn homemaking skills, first aid, and above all, service to others.
The difference is like night and day. And that's why I say: This Millard "woman"'s credentials as a former Girl Scout don't impress me positively; in fact, if anything, it just lends creedence to the evidence that the woman was so self-absorbed that she had no real problem allowing a man to slowly bleed to death rather than face up to her responsibilities to her fellow creatures.
I get furious every time I think about it.
This is guaranteed by our Constitution, something we consider rather important on this forum. Leave the attorney alone. Someone has to do it.
You are correct. But when I hear the angle this criminal defense attorney takes and the language regarding his client is the VICTIM, I can't help but feel disgust for her and the lawyer. Making this murderer out to be victim makes a mockery out of what's left of our justice system. . .
You are totally out of line Jerk!!!!!!!
The informant is a hero. Someone should take care of her. She did the right thing.
The fact that nobody is buying this line of victimology BS is a good sign, and maybe it's even a good thing for the defense attorney to raise. That type of thinking needs a good public whacking.
In a weird sense, the defense attorney may be doing us a favor.
Thanks Doug. I hope it doesn't happen that way, too.
In Texas, abominations are typically recognized by all folks, unlike those selected for duty in the O.J. trial.
Of course there was "intent." She "intended" to let the guy die while he was lodged in her windshield. She apparently had numerous opportunities to get help for him, but chose the "easy" route: Let the guy die, and then she'll get friends to dispose of his body.
Not only was there "intent," my friend, but there was PREMEDITATION. You can't tell me she thought he'd just heal up and walk off under his own power. No, she knew the guy would die, and her problem would be solved.
She deserves a capital murder conviction and a trip to the gurney.
Oh, and BTW: Courts have already ruled that a drunk driver who kills someone, was "premeditative," in that he chose to drink and drive. That he didn't INTEND to hurt anyone is irrelevant. He didn't care and someone died.
Same as this b**ch.
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