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Updated: 7:22 PM Jan 8, 2009
Commonwealth's Appeal Denied in Fatal Hit-and-Run
Harrisonburg, Va. A Harrisonburg Circuit Court judge has denied the Commonwealth's Attorney's appeal of bond for a fatal hit-and-run suspect Wednesday afternoon. Posted: 2:58 PM Jan 7, 2009Reporter: Haley Harrison Email Address: hharrison@whsv.com |
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A Harrisonburg Circuit Court judge has denied the Commonwealth's Attorney's appeal of bond for a fatal hit-and-run suspect Wednesday afternoon.
Twenty-four-year-old Bethany Jones will be required to have a substance abuse evaluation, will not be allowed to drink alcohol while out on bond and will have her driver's license suspended. A Circuit Court judge increased a earlier bond of $20,000 to $30,000.
Jones was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter Tuesday night, 16 hours after she allegedly hit Harrisonburg resident 55-year-old Sherry Anderson with her car and left the scene.
Police say Jones admitted to drinking the night before the fatal wreck. Jones works as a bartender at the Pub, a Harrisonburg bar. She admitted to drinking at the Pub after work Monday night, driving to another bar called Finnigan's Cove for a few shots and then back to the Pub for more drinking.
Police say, when they caught up with Jones more than 12 hours after Sherry Anderson's body was found, Jones was visibly upset about the news of the accident. They say, at that time, they could still smell alcohol on her breath.
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I send my deepest sympathy to the family Anderson family, I can't believe this young lady is free on bond,There are alot of drivers on the road , drinking and they have no drivers liscense . ? If they do get caught the judge slaps them on the wrist and sends them on their way. And Familys suffer.
I THINK BESS DESERVES EVERYTHING SHE GETS AND MORE. I AGREE THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE HARSHER PENALTIES AND DENIED BAIL. BUT EVERYONE CONTINUES TO BLAME THE PUB FOR SOMETHING THEY HAD NO CONTROL OVER THAT NIGHT. MONDAY NIGHTS ARE SLOWER NIGHTS FOR THE PUB SO THE OWNERS ARE NOT ALWAYS THERE. WHAT ABOUT FINNIGAN'S SHE DRANK THERE BEFORE SAYING THAT THEY WENT TO THE PUB AND DRANK. BUT NO ONE THINKS THAT THEY ARE AT FAULT, IT ALL FALLS ON THE PUB BECAUSE SHE WAS EMPLOYED THERE. WHAT IF THIS HAPPENED AND SHE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED ELSE WHERE NO ONE WOULD BE BLAMING THE BARS THEN. WHICH THEY DIDN'T DRINK TAT THE PUB LIKE SHE SAYS THEY DID. ALSO WHEN SHE HIT ANDERSON SHE WAS TRAVELING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION TO BE COMING FROM THE PUB IT WAS NOT THE ROUTE OF HER HOME AND THE PUB. THE DIRECTION SHE WAS TRAVELING WOULD HAVE HER COMING FROM DOWNTOWN HARRISONBURG NOT THE PUB. MY DEEPEST CONDOLENSES TO THE ANDERSON FAMILY, ONE NEVER KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE UNTIL THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH FOR THEMSELVES. GOD BLESS!
REPLY TO bessfriend1: You stated you couldn't take sides on this and then turned right around and said Mrs. Anderson shouldn't have been jogging in the middle of the street ~ HELLO WAKE UP she WAS NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. "Bess" shouldn't have been on the street AT ALL cause she was DRUNK! WAKE UP you are contradicting yourself by claiming you can't take sides then you come with such a stupid comment towards Mrs. Anderson. You never once made any comments about "YOUR FRIEND BESS" and her careless actions. HAD YOUR FRIEND NOT BEEN ON THE ROAD DRIVING WITH HER DRUNKEN SELF MRS. ANDERSON WOULD STILL BE HERE. As for Bess' boyfriend in my eyes he is no better than any of her friends or co-workers that allowed her to drive herself home DRUNK! MARSHA GARST NEEDS TO SHOW THE CITY SOME JUSTICE IN THIS CASE AND NOT A SLAP ON THE WRIST AGAIN FOR BESS and ABC NEEDS TO DO THE SAME WITH THE PUB ~ SHUT THEM DOWN.
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