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.
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ROTFLMAO.
Hope I didn't ruin my keyboard with the spray of Dr.Pepper that comment caused.
Another talking point of the left is sure to be: "Those white people don't usually care about the homeless---so why do they care about this homeless guy? Only because he was killed by a black woman. If a white guy killed this homeless guy, the Republicans would give him a medal."
And was she on drugs when she giggled this confession? If not, she's gonna have a hard time explaining her actions during this whole ordeal as being brought on by being under the influence.
Well, it would not surprise me at all that if the left makes any issue of this, it will key on the fact that he was homeless. They at least could potentially salvage some reason to confiscate more of our money for that minority group.
My point is that in many of the inner city black neighborhoods there is not only dislike for the white man, but real active hatred. There won’t be any talk of this being a hate crime, but the event will be construed as being an accident. But how do we really know that this person did not in fact intentionally hit this guy because he was a white man in a black neighborhood.
This is Ft. Worth, my friend. Not an elected dem in the county. If anyone knows justice, they do.
Damn media, they need to change that to druggie and murderer. Her defense lawyer is a real piece of work. Let's excuse this man's death because she used to be a Girl Scout. lol. What a crazy, mixed-up world.
Good point. All we have is her statements that it was an accident. And she is already an admitted drug addict and liar.
What was that movie where you got points for killing pedestrians? What's to say she didn't swerve to hit him to pick up some points? And just didn't expect he would get caught in the windshield?
According to the detective's affadavit on TSG, it appears that her prime motivation for the coverup was that she simply didn't want to go to jail (point 66).
But then there is that giggling at the par-tay (point 29) that's quite troubling.
This case would still be stagnant if the informant had not come forward. The cops really need to protect her butt.
Is ANY murder ever committed out of love? I don't think so. Yes, you are correct, every crime is a hate crime.
One of her classmates at Oscar Dean Wyatt High School said she was an A student who worked as a teacher's aide.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/09/national/09DRIV.html?todaysheadlines
I'm just suggesting it was not race that motivated her.
I agree. But if the victim was black, YOU KNOW that the outlets reporting it would throw in the tagline: "Authorities are investigating whether this incident was racially motivated".
Then you'd see Revum Jackson and 'ol Fat Al Sharpton caterwalling with the rest of the race pimps.
It would have even been more humane to kill the guy right away rather than to let him stay impaled in her windshield for days to die of shock and blood loss. It's mind boggling to think that any human being can be so self absorbed and cruel.
Another good point. Was she waiting for him to feel better, free himself from the windshield, and let him walk away? No, she knew he would slowly die. I've changed my mind, it was premeditated and she does indeed deserve the death penalty.
Totally agree
I was just using the language of the day. PC speak
It may not have motiviated her to hit the guy.
But, why are you so sure she wouldn't have gotten medical care for the guy if he was black? Would she have giggled about keeping a black guy bleeding to death in her garage to her friends? I think not.
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