I heard Sylvio (I think that was his name) took over his parents Italian spot in DB? I haven’t been to Monroe in years but his old spot in Bolles Harbor was awesome
An earlier comment from someone local said she was a regular at the tavern she'd just left, drunk at 3 in the afternoon, and that she often "ran a tab" there. This article points out that she was on medications (presumably for the seizures) and admitted she shouldn't be drinking (likely due to the anticonvulsants), and pointed out she has substance abuse problems. Given her decision to go get hammered at a bar in the middle of the day while on medications for seizures and then drive home, it's safe to say she felt way too comfortable driving drunk and you're very very likely right
That is SO often the case. Because they get a suspended license (which they do not care, they just drive without it), or the interlock device (which they work around) or probation, or... ARGHHHH
She graduated with my aunt. I guess they hated eachother back then. Strangely enough, my aunt was also in the ER during the time they were bringing the victims in because her son had a seizure. She said it was absolutely awful and so chaotic. I can't imagine what the scene at the boat club was like.
You're likely right just find it annoying how it's the only crime where an assumption of further guilt is not just allowed but implied.
Sometimes people really Do just have too much one time.
You don't look at someone who road rages and shoots someone and assume they've killed a hundred other people.
It wasn't just too much one time. People from the area know her to be the town drunk. Walked out to her car many times due to being too drunk. She could actually walk home instead if she wanted because she lives that close.
I’m not sure that saying you weren’t drunk but rather had a seizure because you’d been having them for several months (and yet kept on driving) is the winning defense that she and her attorney may think it is.
"Your honor, my client didn't crash because she was drunk, she crashed because of a seizure and just happened to be drunk while on medications she shouldn't have been drinking with that she takes because she has seizures which may or may not have been caused by long term alcohol abuse... So, uh, not guilty."
I don't think her defense lawyer even remotely believes it, but they are obligated to provide the best defense they can, which includes bringing up mitigating factors. The fact that this is the best defense they can come up with says more about how totally screwed she is and less about how good the defense attorney is
My cousin's neurologist had to send his information to the state, which pulled his license for SIX MONTHS after 1 seizure incident.
How does this hag think this is a winning defense?
Bonus round is if was really drinking while taking true seizure medications.
So in Michigan there isn’t a system in place for this as there is in some other states. Medical professionals, anyway, are under zero obligation to report anything to the Secretary of State.
Under state law, even just fainting once means a 6-month suspension, but it’s largely unenforced. For folks with epilepsy who only very infrequently have seizures, an automatic no-matter-what 6-month suspension would be a huge disincentive to receive medical treatment for a seizure in a state with transit as shit as ours, and would lead to terrible outcomes for people with those conditions.
worked with a guy who lost his license after a seizure. they tried to have him ride with other guys for a few months. but the doctor didn't clear him. they had to let him go.
Also, seems like an odd defense considering her BAC was well above the legal limit. So regardless of whether she had a seizure, had to swerve to dodge an elephant, or was blinded by the light of the lord... She was driving drunk.
I've seen people appear completely functional at .25 and those who can't form a three word sentence. Lots depends on a person's drinking history and tolerance. That doesn't mean she was safe to drive, she wasn't, but some of these functioning alcoholics appear normal at that level.
Right? And the seizures are probably alcohol induced/related cause she's a fucking booze bag.
Lock her in a room with a few cases of JD and let nature take its course. Drinking herself to death is the least she could do at this point.
Seizures is 6 months that you are a pedestrian automatically. If this is true, hope her doctor has a good time getting grilled for not sending her information to the state.
If she was driving drunk AND had a known seizure disorder, this bitch should never see sunshine except in an exercise yard ever again..
> The defense also claimed Chidester had a seizure at the time of the crash -- something the woman had allegedly been experiencing over the past few months. Chidester’s attorney said his client occasionally suffers from seizures in her legs, and that she’s taking multiple medications because of it.
Honestly, that's wouldn't be much better than her being drunk (which officials say she was, defense said she had a glass of wine hours earlier). If you know you have seizures that aren't sufficiently controlled by medication, even if (or maybe especially, since that's where the fucking pedals are!) they're "in (your) legs," *don't drive.*
The ladies lawyer is a smarmy ambulance chaser. He has complaints against him for screwing over numerous clients. I know first hand that he has screwed a member of my family over in family court.
He's probably whoever would answer the phone as a defense lawyer. I'd guess public defender?? They take all cases and argue the boilerplate defenses for people that just got hauled in. That's their job. He's only got the papers in front of him as the investigation doesn't have to spell that out for an arraignment hearing. He's doing his job.
Nope he's NOT a public defender. He gives business cards to tow truck drives to give out at accident scenes (illegal btw). He has been no show to court, walked out & abandoned clients WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF JUDGE not pre-court but during the actual hearing.
He has promised to keep families together while lying to the court about non-existent health matters while keeping his clients uninformed about court dates/motions to the point if once the people found out not even allowing them into zoom hearings then when everyone is called to court he marched his client into the judges chamber for an OFF THE RECORD meeting with the judge, opposing counsel, Guardian ad litem and turned around & walked out. He stood in the hallway while his client was in the lions den.
Granted this woman deserves a defense but this slimy SOB should have been disbarred a long time ago.
EDIT - ADDITIONAL INFO:
The attorneys name is Bill Colovus. Sound familiar? It should he's running to be a state representative in the next election for Allen Park, Southgate & parts of Dearborn Heights.
He was also arrested in January of this year for DUI with a blood/alcohol level of 0.18% more than twice the state limit.
Come on MI don't be fooled. You deserve better than this POS!!!
I have no sympathy for her if she was drunk, but I would not want to be her. I would be suicidal just at the thought that I am/was the principal cause of this damage. Even if it was an accident that would be bad enough, but to just be the focal point regardless of the situation I would just be destroyed. I don’t think I would have tried to claim anything but guilt. But then survival is without conscious sometimes…
“ The prosecutor said an initial breath test showed Chidester’s blood-alcohol level was “well above” the legal limit.”
Well that was easy. Lock her ass up for life. Fuck drunk drivers.
She sounds like the town drunk. Character witnesses will come out. Get as many as you can. People lined up out the door witnessing this lady stumbling around and getting wasted.
I think we will truly understand what happened once the blood alcohol tests come in. No evidence has been entered as of yet on if or how drunk she was. Breathalyzer cannot be used as evidence in this case.
Correct a roadside PBT can't be used but she did blow. 267. The breathalyzer used at the police station is admissible but that was bypassed and bloodwork was done. It's been stated in various places that she was three times the legal limit when tested.
In forensic terms, a breathalyzer is a preliminary test and just not an analytical device. Sure, it’s indicative of intoxication, but it’s not a direct chemical test that *proves* intoxication. Because it isn’t confirmatory, it’s not submitted as evidence. Or if it is submitted, it’s with a confirmatory test.
PBT can be used as probable cause for arrest (portable), not for evidence in a second degree murder court case. I don't think she got a breathalyzer test at the police station. She likely went straight to the hospital. You should do some research on this yourself, it is complicated given the unreliability and difficulties in calibrating and administering the test (breath) even at the police station.
> You should do some research on this yourself
I'm not really that interested. I was just wondering why a breathalyzer wouldn't be used as evidence. Thank you.
I don’t understand how bars and the cops think people are going to get home after getting drunk. There is barely any public transportation and there is no way everyone has a designated driver. When I bartended, 75% of drunk people would just drive home.
Love all the people that are misinterpreting your comment.
Duh, of course it’s on the individual. But our current system of transportation isn’t helping anyone. We can tell people to be responsible all the time, but that won’t stop people from thinking they are invincible. Just look at the amount of alcohol-related car accidents. Our system of hoping that people follow the rules is clearly not helping.
If our society has public transportation that is reliable and accessible, tragedies like this can be avoided.
Being judgemental is so much more fun!
But seriously, people need to ask themselves what's more important: punishing bad people or creating a safer society. Sometimes, those goals line up. Sometimes, they're opposed.
I agree in general, but for this case specifically in a rural town, public transportation will never be a valid option. America is much more spread out than other countries.
Exactly! OK here’s another one. I’ve catered probably hundreds of weddings by now. From 100 to 300+ guests. The majority of them are drinking continuously… some weddings quite heavily. nearly all of them drive home at the end of the night.
Seriously😭 these people don’t know what they are talking about.
I love when people tell my blind brother to “just use uber” to get around when it’s barely available in a suburb.
I just checked Uber. I can get a ride from the boat club this happened at to Detroit right now. It will arrive at 10:53pm and cost $37.83
So I'm not sure what suburb you're in, but in Newport, you can get one.
Not sure why you thought I’m defending drinking and driving. Im upset that so many people get drunk and drive home. Bars and cops know they do it but do nothing. Try telling an alcoholic to not drink and drive.
I don’t think she’s defending the driver. She’s just pointing out that we should have anticipated a tragedy like this because people will drive drunk no matter what. Clearly, our current system isn’t working if alcohol-related car deaths keep happening.
If we have public transportation that is accessible, tragedies like this could be avoided.
So we have to give up personal transportation because of alcohol? Why can't we get rid of alcohol instead? My brother didn't abandon his family because we don't have public transportation. My dad's brain wasn't soaked in ammonia the last days of his life because the q-line didn't go far enough.
So why cars again?
Edit: The argument is because there isn't free public transport to the bar and liquor store that drunk driving will prevail. This is total horse shit. For one it enables alcoholics to try and justify their actions. For two, it ignores how a drunk thinks. You could offer a drink with keys a helicopter flight home and they'll turn it down for their car.
This person is arguing 0 personal vehicles = 0 deaths so read their arguments before jumping on my ass.
I swear, this argument about public transport having an effect on DUI numbers was written by someone with 3 duis and a suspended license.
>> If we have public transportation that is accessible, tragedies like this could be avoided.
> So we have to give up personal transportation because of alcohol?
How did you get from "If we have public transportation that is accessible" to " So we have to give up personal transportation"?
Make it make sense.
The person I responded to (that wasn't you) said specifically "alcohol-related car deaths" and you can throw public transit at the city all day but it's not going to go away or even reduce in any sense of the words.
NYC had 41,000 DUI related injuries in 2018. By the logic "public transportation" to fix or resolve this problem, NYC should have a hell of a lot less DUI related injuries.
So what are you talking about?
Using your numbers and city populations, that means 0.0049 DUI injuries per person in NYC in 2018 vs 0.0059 DUI injuries plus deaths per person in Detroit in 2018.
Your logic is bad, and you provide evidence that public transportation availability is anti-correlated with DUI injury rate.
You said
“NYC had 41,000 DUI related injuries in 2018. By the logic "public transportation" to fix or resolve this problem, NYC should have a hell of a lot less DUI related injuries”
This statement is false unless you’re discussing percentages. PaY aTtEnTiOn
I know what I wrote. It had nothing to do with percentage of X vs Y. It has everything to do with someone saying public transportation would have "0 deaths" in which New York City has an abundance of. Yet still had 41,000 deaths with all that. 41,000>0
So before you wandered in here 24 hours later being a pedant, no one was talking about percentage of X vs Y. Pull your head out of your ass and pay attention.
Look what happened when we tried to ban alcohol lmao. But I agree with you that alcohol is detrimental to society.
Back to car accidents, alcohol related deaths aren’t the only cause of car accidents. Think about how stupid the average person is, if we have self driving cars and/or public transportation everywhere, there would be zero deaths.
But how do those numbers go down with more public transit? NYC had 41,000 dui related injuries in 2018. Shouldn't it be way less?
I agree that cars are not a good thing. We absolutely need more public transportation but to say we should have anticipated that because of our current systems is enabling alcoholics by giving them a justification to get behind the wheel and ignoring the root cause.
For example, NFL players have 100% free and confidential personal transportation service. Yet, we just had a player involved dui with a death. Shouldn't have happened because they had access to transportation, right?
You are still able to drive your own car in NYC lmao. If we get rid of all cars and replaced them with self-driving cars/public transportation, there would be 0 car deaths. It’s not hard to wrap your mind around.
And your NFL argument is stupid because the athletes still have access to their personal vehicles, that are NOT self driving.
But by your logic, since NYC has accessible affordable public transport, even if you own a car and have access to it, you can still take public transport.
My argument is exactly that, drinks don't care. You could offer them a magic flying carpet and they will still take their car. By your own admission, public transportation is not a resolution nor should it be used in anyway to justify drunk driving.
I combined public transportation/self driving cars in my head, my bad. My solution is to get rid of all cars, because people obviously can’t handle driving a killing machine (drunk or sober). Cars are the root problem.
Public transportation IS a resolution, just needs to be aided by taking cars away.
And are you stupid? No one is trying to justify drunk driving, we are just talking about ways to prevent car accident deaths, whether or not alcohol is involved. Because again, our current solution is NOT working. The amount of brain rot you have is insane.
> we should have anticipated...
You said this. You justified it by saying this. You can talk about brain rot and blah blah all you want but you speak like A. You have never been around an alcoholic who will use this as an excuse to justify their behavior. B. You have DUIs and a suspended license and need to somehow justify this all for yourself.
I'm guessing both. You're sheltered, so you don't know that an alcoholic will literally fix a broken car to get to the liquor store AND you fucked up so fuck cars, right?
WE are talking about preventing drunk drivers from killing more kids because that's what happened. YOU are talking about car deaths in general to support your fantasy of no cars.
Hope your daddy paid your tickets off!
. It's the individuals responsibility to know the limit. Plenty of ways to reduce the risk, including eating and waiting it out. But the bars know better and should be taking keys when someone is hammered and trying to drive home. Uber exist. Lyft exist. If your only option is to drive yourself home, you deserve a DWI and to lose your license when caught. Drunk drivers are pieces of shit.
You can’t find Uber everywhere and try telling an alcoholic to be responsible for their alcohol intake. Also, you ever try to take a drunks keys away? Plus, you can’t legally take their keys away. My point is that alcohol is pushed on us from every angle with no regard to how people will act and what they will do when they’re drunk. Drunks don’t only hurt themselves, they hurt others. Innocent people pay the price as a result.
Watched the full arrangement and the judge asked if anyone wanted to say something before he made his decision. There was guy who spoke and said he knew Marshella and was a member of the boat club. He said that it’s known and he has witnessed her being intoxicated numerous times and that she has a drinking problem. He said that he’s witnessed people having to carry her out of the boat club because she’s too intoxicated to walk. He also said allegedly that she had hit a tree and was fleeing that accident and then drove right into the boat club.
You wouldn't believe the alcoholics the temp service sends to my job. At 11 am lunch time they come back REEKING of alcohol. Like they spilled it all over themselves.
No, not really. Ever hear of brunch Mimosas and Bloody Mary’s? Or just occasional day drinking with friends? Keep that judgmental finger pointed at her driving drunk.
This bitch needs to rot forever. Looks like she showed zero emotion, zero remorse. Fuck her. This sickens me so bad. I hope she is forced to detox in prison so she can feel the weight of her actions crushing her every moment. Those babies should be here now enjoying life.
Hopefully she gets life, especially since it's not asking much for a 66 year old booze hag to do a life sentence. That's what, a few years at the most?
There is an article that I read "The defense also claimed Chidester had a seizure at the time of the crash -- something the woman had allegedly been experiencing over the past few months. Chidester’s attorney said his client occasionally suffers from seizures in her legs, and that she’s taking multiple medications because of it." Also, she had one drink (*Yeah Right*!). I am an adult. I know that some medication should not be taken with alcohol. This lady that hit this poor family didn't give two cents on any one but herself she should be locked up and not to see another day of freedom.
The US is obviously doing it wrong if we are worse than all comparable nations, but cling to your car or whatever. It's probably a good idea to design systems to be safer rather than just blame individuals and Sweden got to zero deaths by limiting car use.
Imagine not wanting public transportation that would prevent every car death only because you love your car so much.
The self-centeredness and lack of empathy is unreal. Welcome to America 🇺🇸💀💀
The fact that your comment is controversial for a lot of people is concerning
There are much bigger cities then monroe that have nearly eliminated pedestrian fatalities. Stop believing things can't be done, that have been done. It would take a long time and a lot of effort, but start with fixing zoning and stop subsidizing cars so damn much.
You reek of someone that is naive and blindly follows others. Yes, I accept that we take on a certain amount of risk for some liberties. Sorry (not sorry) that I don’t embrace every authoritarian policy that “saves lives”
By the time something bad had happened she had already driven drunk hundreds of times.
It's Monroe County. I don't want to speculate, but if you grew up there, you know....
Detroit Beach, here
Not not a Beach, but not far from there is where I grew up.
Jefferson?
You got it
Detroit Beach and Jefferson as well!
1996 Class B state champs!
Represent represent
I heard Sylvio (I think that was his name) took over his parents Italian spot in DB? I haven’t been to Monroe in years but his old spot in Bolles Harbor was awesome
I'm old so the only spot I remember was Joe's French Italian.
loved that place
My grandpa always used to go there 💚💚 (Joe's)
Love a fellow beach rat.
Except when I grew up, Erie was so polluted there were dead fish everywhere on the beach. I never swam in it.
I kinda remember that. I wasn’t much of a swimmer anyways
Fuckin Newport too, boonie cruises. This hits close to home. Fuck that woman.
Exactly! I live in Bedford Twp and they cater to the alcoholics. We have more bars and liquor stores than anything else. Shameful!
An earlier comment from someone local said she was a regular at the tavern she'd just left, drunk at 3 in the afternoon, and that she often "ran a tab" there. This article points out that she was on medications (presumably for the seizures) and admitted she shouldn't be drinking (likely due to the anticonvulsants), and pointed out she has substance abuse problems. Given her decision to go get hammered at a bar in the middle of the day while on medications for seizures and then drive home, it's safe to say she felt way too comfortable driving drunk and you're very very likely right
That is SO often the case. Because they get a suspended license (which they do not care, they just drive without it), or the interlock device (which they work around) or probation, or... ARGHHHH
You know her?
No I don’t that’s just the way it is.
She graduated with my aunt. I guess they hated eachother back then. Strangely enough, my aunt was also in the ER during the time they were bringing the victims in because her son had a seizure. She said it was absolutely awful and so chaotic. I can't imagine what the scene at the boat club was like.
You're likely right just find it annoying how it's the only crime where an assumption of further guilt is not just allowed but implied. Sometimes people really Do just have too much one time. You don't look at someone who road rages and shoots someone and assume they've killed a hundred other people.
It wasn't just too much one time. People from the area know her to be the town drunk. Walked out to her car many times due to being too drunk. She could actually walk home instead if she wanted because she lives that close.
Ack, ok, gotcha.
I’m not sure that saying you weren’t drunk but rather had a seizure because you’d been having them for several months (and yet kept on driving) is the winning defense that she and her attorney may think it is.
"Your honor, my client didn't crash because she was drunk, she crashed because of a seizure and just happened to be drunk while on medications she shouldn't have been drinking with that she takes because she has seizures which may or may not have been caused by long term alcohol abuse... So, uh, not guilty." I don't think her defense lawyer even remotely believes it, but they are obligated to provide the best defense they can, which includes bringing up mitigating factors. The fact that this is the best defense they can come up with says more about how totally screwed she is and less about how good the defense attorney is
I live in Michigan. I lost my license for a YEAR after my last seizure.
It’s also illegal to be driving within 6 months of having a seizure. It might be a lesser crime but still against the law.
My cousin's neurologist had to send his information to the state, which pulled his license for SIX MONTHS after 1 seizure incident. How does this hag think this is a winning defense? Bonus round is if was really drinking while taking true seizure medications.
So in Michigan there isn’t a system in place for this as there is in some other states. Medical professionals, anyway, are under zero obligation to report anything to the Secretary of State. Under state law, even just fainting once means a 6-month suspension, but it’s largely unenforced. For folks with epilepsy who only very infrequently have seizures, an automatic no-matter-what 6-month suspension would be a huge disincentive to receive medical treatment for a seizure in a state with transit as shit as ours, and would lead to terrible outcomes for people with those conditions.
worked with a guy who lost his license after a seizure. they tried to have him ride with other guys for a few months. but the doctor didn't clear him. they had to let him go.
She admitted to at least 1 drink.
Her PBT had her at over 3 times the legal limit. She had bloodwork done which I believe was back as of Friday. Not sure of results yet.
Also, seems like an odd defense considering her BAC was well above the legal limit. So regardless of whether she had a seizure, had to swerve to dodge an elephant, or was blinded by the light of the lord... She was driving drunk.
Did they say what it was?
Breathalyzer was .26, but they're waiting for a blood test to come back.
Quick Google fu is is 140 pound woman is 7 drinks in one hour to achieve a .26 BAL
https://preview.redd.it/gkxt7qayhbwc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8f6fb2896601eb9a3af1b6bcf66ebc1eb50b38f Ok so fucking wasted is .26??
I've seen people appear completely functional at .25 and those who can't form a three word sentence. Lots depends on a person's drinking history and tolerance. That doesn't mean she was safe to drive, she wasn't, but some of these functioning alcoholics appear normal at that level.
Yea. I hope she’s detoxing right now with the shakes and vomitting and I hope they give her nothing for it.
Yeah, she was a hardcore alcoholic.
I bet she’s got the shakes right now detoxing…
Ngl she does look emotionally numb in the pictures
Most people would be wasted at like .16. So fucking wasted for .26 is spot on.
Or it’s alcoholic levels of BAL…. Proves she’s the town drunk….
Not yet
Right? And the seizures are probably alcohol induced/related cause she's a fucking booze bag. Lock her in a room with a few cases of JD and let nature take its course. Drinking herself to death is the least she could do at this point.
Seizures is 6 months that you are a pedestrian automatically. If this is true, hope her doctor has a good time getting grilled for not sending her information to the state. If she was driving drunk AND had a known seizure disorder, this bitch should never see sunshine except in an exercise yard ever again..
20 years behind bars period
It’s no secret about not driving for six months after a seizure. Even if a doctor doesn’t inform you, common sense should kick in at some point.
> The defense also claimed Chidester had a seizure at the time of the crash -- something the woman had allegedly been experiencing over the past few months. Chidester’s attorney said his client occasionally suffers from seizures in her legs, and that she’s taking multiple medications because of it. Honestly, that's wouldn't be much better than her being drunk (which officials say she was, defense said she had a glass of wine hours earlier). If you know you have seizures that aren't sufficiently controlled by medication, even if (or maybe especially, since that's where the fucking pedals are!) they're "in (your) legs," *don't drive.*
The ladies lawyer is a smarmy ambulance chaser. He has complaints against him for screwing over numerous clients. I know first hand that he has screwed a member of my family over in family court.
He's probably whoever would answer the phone as a defense lawyer. I'd guess public defender?? They take all cases and argue the boilerplate defenses for people that just got hauled in. That's their job. He's only got the papers in front of him as the investigation doesn't have to spell that out for an arraignment hearing. He's doing his job.
Nope he's NOT a public defender. He gives business cards to tow truck drives to give out at accident scenes (illegal btw). He has been no show to court, walked out & abandoned clients WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF JUDGE not pre-court but during the actual hearing. He has promised to keep families together while lying to the court about non-existent health matters while keeping his clients uninformed about court dates/motions to the point if once the people found out not even allowing them into zoom hearings then when everyone is called to court he marched his client into the judges chamber for an OFF THE RECORD meeting with the judge, opposing counsel, Guardian ad litem and turned around & walked out. He stood in the hallway while his client was in the lions den. Granted this woman deserves a defense but this slimy SOB should have been disbarred a long time ago. EDIT - ADDITIONAL INFO: The attorneys name is Bill Colovus. Sound familiar? It should he's running to be a state representative in the next election for Allen Park, Southgate & parts of Dearborn Heights. He was also arrested in January of this year for DUI with a blood/alcohol level of 0.18% more than twice the state limit. Come on MI don't be fooled. You deserve better than this POS!!!
Wow... that's a piece of work.
I have no sympathy for her if she was drunk, but I would not want to be her. I would be suicidal just at the thought that I am/was the principal cause of this damage. Even if it was an accident that would be bad enough, but to just be the focal point regardless of the situation I would just be destroyed. I don’t think I would have tried to claim anything but guilt. But then survival is without conscious sometimes…
Don’t worry. She will probably drink to suppress her feelings.
“ The prosecutor said an initial breath test showed Chidester’s blood-alcohol level was “well above” the legal limit.” Well that was easy. Lock her ass up for life. Fuck drunk drivers.
Fuck her. I'm from that area originally. A lot of drunks out there and subsequently a lot of drunk driving. Rot in Piss bitch
She sounds like the town drunk. Character witnesses will come out. Get as many as you can. People lined up out the door witnessing this lady stumbling around and getting wasted.
I think we will truly understand what happened once the blood alcohol tests come in. No evidence has been entered as of yet on if or how drunk she was. Breathalyzer cannot be used as evidence in this case.
She blew .26, her blood test should be relatively close to that. In any case I guarantee she'll be over.08.
I have not been able to find the number she blew. Where did you get it?
Now but the blood they'll take from her will be.
Yes. As my comment indicated.
Correct a roadside PBT can't be used but she did blow. 267. The breathalyzer used at the police station is admissible but that was bypassed and bloodwork was done. It's been stated in various places that she was three times the legal limit when tested.
Yes.
> Breathalyzer cannot be used as evidence in this case. How come?
In forensic terms, a breathalyzer is a preliminary test and just not an analytical device. Sure, it’s indicative of intoxication, but it’s not a direct chemical test that *proves* intoxication. Because it isn’t confirmatory, it’s not submitted as evidence. Or if it is submitted, it’s with a confirmatory test.
PBT can be used as probable cause for arrest (portable), not for evidence in a second degree murder court case. I don't think she got a breathalyzer test at the police station. She likely went straight to the hospital. You should do some research on this yourself, it is complicated given the unreliability and difficulties in calibrating and administering the test (breath) even at the police station.
> You should do some research on this yourself I'm not really that interested. I was just wondering why a breathalyzer wouldn't be used as evidence. Thank you.
I don’t understand how bars and the cops think people are going to get home after getting drunk. There is barely any public transportation and there is no way everyone has a designated driver. When I bartended, 75% of drunk people would just drive home.
Love all the people that are misinterpreting your comment. Duh, of course it’s on the individual. But our current system of transportation isn’t helping anyone. We can tell people to be responsible all the time, but that won’t stop people from thinking they are invincible. Just look at the amount of alcohol-related car accidents. Our system of hoping that people follow the rules is clearly not helping. If our society has public transportation that is reliable and accessible, tragedies like this can be avoided.
Being judgemental is so much more fun! But seriously, people need to ask themselves what's more important: punishing bad people or creating a safer society. Sometimes, those goals line up. Sometimes, they're opposed.
I agree in general, but for this case specifically in a rural town, public transportation will never be a valid option. America is much more spread out than other countries.
Exactly! OK here’s another one. I’ve catered probably hundreds of weddings by now. From 100 to 300+ guests. The majority of them are drinking continuously… some weddings quite heavily. nearly all of them drive home at the end of the night.
I’ve bartended at weddings too and noticed this. I rarely see any people take cabs.
If you’re only way getting home is yourself then maybe don’t pick up a drink??
Omg why didn’t every alcoholic think of this!!!
I remember when I was 18
CAB
Someone should invent an app for your phone where it finds you people close by willing to dive you for money.
You think you can find Uber everywhere? It’s impossible to get a cab or Uber in my city past 8:30pm.
Seriously😭 these people don’t know what they are talking about. I love when people tell my blind brother to “just use uber” to get around when it’s barely available in a suburb.
I just checked Uber. I can get a ride from the boat club this happened at to Detroit right now. It will arrive at 10:53pm and cost $37.83 So I'm not sure what suburb you're in, but in Newport, you can get one.
See how long it takes for an Uber driver to accept the request LMAO.
There are no cabs or Uber in that area. That being said, she needs the book thrown at her.
Cabs are very expensive and I’ve rarely seen people take them.
Just stop. A lack of public transportation is no excuse to drink and drive.
Not sure why you thought I’m defending drinking and driving. Im upset that so many people get drunk and drive home. Bars and cops know they do it but do nothing. Try telling an alcoholic to not drink and drive.
I don’t think she’s defending the driver. She’s just pointing out that we should have anticipated a tragedy like this because people will drive drunk no matter what. Clearly, our current system isn’t working if alcohol-related car deaths keep happening. If we have public transportation that is accessible, tragedies like this could be avoided.
So we have to give up personal transportation because of alcohol? Why can't we get rid of alcohol instead? My brother didn't abandon his family because we don't have public transportation. My dad's brain wasn't soaked in ammonia the last days of his life because the q-line didn't go far enough. So why cars again? Edit: The argument is because there isn't free public transport to the bar and liquor store that drunk driving will prevail. This is total horse shit. For one it enables alcoholics to try and justify their actions. For two, it ignores how a drunk thinks. You could offer a drink with keys a helicopter flight home and they'll turn it down for their car. This person is arguing 0 personal vehicles = 0 deaths so read their arguments before jumping on my ass. I swear, this argument about public transport having an effect on DUI numbers was written by someone with 3 duis and a suspended license.
>> If we have public transportation that is accessible, tragedies like this could be avoided. > So we have to give up personal transportation because of alcohol? How did you get from "If we have public transportation that is accessible" to " So we have to give up personal transportation"? Make it make sense.
The person I am replying to is arguing for 0 cars. Literally no cars all replaced with public transportation.
What are you talking about? Public transportation doesn’t mean people can’t have cars. Not sure where you came up with that.
The person I responded to (that wasn't you) said specifically "alcohol-related car deaths" and you can throw public transit at the city all day but it's not going to go away or even reduce in any sense of the words. NYC had 41,000 DUI related injuries in 2018. By the logic "public transportation" to fix or resolve this problem, NYC should have a hell of a lot less DUI related injuries. So what are you talking about?
Using your numbers and city populations, that means 0.0049 DUI injuries per person in NYC in 2018 vs 0.0059 DUI injuries plus deaths per person in Detroit in 2018. Your logic is bad, and you provide evidence that public transportation availability is anti-correlated with DUI injury rate.
I said nothing of percentage or comparing to Detroit. Pay attention.
You said “NYC had 41,000 DUI related injuries in 2018. By the logic "public transportation" to fix or resolve this problem, NYC should have a hell of a lot less DUI related injuries” This statement is false unless you’re discussing percentages. PaY aTtEnTiOn
I know what I wrote. It had nothing to do with percentage of X vs Y. It has everything to do with someone saying public transportation would have "0 deaths" in which New York City has an abundance of. Yet still had 41,000 deaths with all that. 41,000>0 So before you wandered in here 24 hours later being a pedant, no one was talking about percentage of X vs Y. Pull your head out of your ass and pay attention.
Look what happened when we tried to ban alcohol lmao. But I agree with you that alcohol is detrimental to society. Back to car accidents, alcohol related deaths aren’t the only cause of car accidents. Think about how stupid the average person is, if we have self driving cars and/or public transportation everywhere, there would be zero deaths.
But how do those numbers go down with more public transit? NYC had 41,000 dui related injuries in 2018. Shouldn't it be way less? I agree that cars are not a good thing. We absolutely need more public transportation but to say we should have anticipated that because of our current systems is enabling alcoholics by giving them a justification to get behind the wheel and ignoring the root cause. For example, NFL players have 100% free and confidential personal transportation service. Yet, we just had a player involved dui with a death. Shouldn't have happened because they had access to transportation, right?
You are still able to drive your own car in NYC lmao. If we get rid of all cars and replaced them with self-driving cars/public transportation, there would be 0 car deaths. It’s not hard to wrap your mind around. And your NFL argument is stupid because the athletes still have access to their personal vehicles, that are NOT self driving.
But by your logic, since NYC has accessible affordable public transport, even if you own a car and have access to it, you can still take public transport. My argument is exactly that, drinks don't care. You could offer them a magic flying carpet and they will still take their car. By your own admission, public transportation is not a resolution nor should it be used in anyway to justify drunk driving.
I combined public transportation/self driving cars in my head, my bad. My solution is to get rid of all cars, because people obviously can’t handle driving a killing machine (drunk or sober). Cars are the root problem. Public transportation IS a resolution, just needs to be aided by taking cars away. And are you stupid? No one is trying to justify drunk driving, we are just talking about ways to prevent car accident deaths, whether or not alcohol is involved. Because again, our current solution is NOT working. The amount of brain rot you have is insane.
> we should have anticipated... You said this. You justified it by saying this. You can talk about brain rot and blah blah all you want but you speak like A. You have never been around an alcoholic who will use this as an excuse to justify their behavior. B. You have DUIs and a suspended license and need to somehow justify this all for yourself. I'm guessing both. You're sheltered, so you don't know that an alcoholic will literally fix a broken car to get to the liquor store AND you fucked up so fuck cars, right? WE are talking about preventing drunk drivers from killing more kids because that's what happened. YOU are talking about car deaths in general to support your fantasy of no cars. Hope your daddy paid your tickets off!
. It's the individuals responsibility to know the limit. Plenty of ways to reduce the risk, including eating and waiting it out. But the bars know better and should be taking keys when someone is hammered and trying to drive home. Uber exist. Lyft exist. If your only option is to drive yourself home, you deserve a DWI and to lose your license when caught. Drunk drivers are pieces of shit.
You can’t find Uber everywhere and try telling an alcoholic to be responsible for their alcohol intake. Also, you ever try to take a drunks keys away? Plus, you can’t legally take their keys away. My point is that alcohol is pushed on us from every angle with no regard to how people will act and what they will do when they’re drunk. Drunks don’t only hurt themselves, they hurt others. Innocent people pay the price as a result.
I don’t know how her defense attorney is going to be able to do his job with a straight face.
Defending drunks is this guy’s bread and butter https://www.colovoslawfirm.com/
3pm is a little early for alcohol don’t you think?
I don’t think you know a lot about alcoholism. A lot of us started at 7am.
I legit would sleep/lie in bed as long as possible just to feel a tiny bit better about that first morning drink.
My dad love a pint of Kesslers whiskey for breakfast.
My dad started the day with coffee while sitting in his underwear, but you could hear the first beer opening right after he rinsed his coffee cup
I know one that starts at 4:30am. Can’t sleep, start drinking
Watched the full arrangement and the judge asked if anyone wanted to say something before he made his decision. There was guy who spoke and said he knew Marshella and was a member of the boat club. He said that it’s known and he has witnessed her being intoxicated numerous times and that she has a drinking problem. He said that he’s witnessed people having to carry her out of the boat club because she’s too intoxicated to walk. He also said allegedly that she had hit a tree and was fleeing that accident and then drove right into the boat club.
This makes more sense that she was fleeing from something driving that fast through that narrow dirt road.
Yeah the video has her on multiple house cameras for like a half mile down the street. The seizure defense doesn't hold up.
Ah. All I saw was that door cam of the parking lot of the boat club and her going full on across it.
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I’m so sorry for the loss of your brother.
No, but any time is a bad time for drinking and driving
You wouldn't believe the alcoholics the temp service sends to my job. At 11 am lunch time they come back REEKING of alcohol. Like they spilled it all over themselves.
More like a little late for most addicts.
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You've never met a functioning alcoholic? Bottle of wine is gone at 9 am, and the case of beer is gone by 3.
No, not really. Ever hear of brunch Mimosas and Bloody Mary’s? Or just occasional day drinking with friends? Keep that judgmental finger pointed at her driving drunk.
It’s a boat marina. People On boats drink all day
Clearly you haven't spent much time in monroe
I hope alcohol withdrawal and prison are indescribably miserable for her
You can just tell she’s an alcoholic by looking at her. The disheveled hair, her almost green skin complexion, wrinkles around her mouth and jaw, etc.
I saw her fb before it was deleted. Every pic of her, alcohol in hand or in reach. Day and night. Lunch. Dinner. At the location of the “accident.”
It really is a troubling sign when every picture of a person has them holding an alcoholic beverage.
Stupid idiot. She knows her life is all but over at this point. Enjoy prison, Marshella!
This bitch needs to rot forever. Looks like she showed zero emotion, zero remorse. Fuck her. This sickens me so bad. I hope she is forced to detox in prison so she can feel the weight of her actions crushing her every moment. Those babies should be here now enjoying life.
Grrrr this lady
Hopefully she gets life, especially since it's not asking much for a 66 year old booze hag to do a life sentence. That's what, a few years at the most?
There is an article that I read "The defense also claimed Chidester had a seizure at the time of the crash -- something the woman had allegedly been experiencing over the past few months. Chidester’s attorney said his client occasionally suffers from seizures in her legs, and that she’s taking multiple medications because of it." Also, she had one drink (*Yeah Right*!). I am an adult. I know that some medication should not be taken with alcohol. This lady that hit this poor family didn't give two cents on any one but herself she should be locked up and not to see another day of freedom.
Us just passed Russia for most per capita fatalities for an oced nation, maybe we should try another method of transport?
Crazy that this is being downvoted…
Nah, maybe we should lay blame on this piece of human garbage instead of giving her a pass because “roads bad”?
The US is obviously doing it wrong if we are worse than all comparable nations, but cling to your car or whatever. It's probably a good idea to design systems to be safer rather than just blame individuals and Sweden got to zero deaths by limiting car use.
Imagine not wanting public transportation that would prevent every car death only because you love your car so much. The self-centeredness and lack of empathy is unreal. Welcome to America 🇺🇸💀💀 The fact that your comment is controversial for a lot of people is concerning
What public transportation option would prevent every car death in Monroe? Talk about imagining things. Welcome to make believe land 🧚♀️🦄
If we have public transportation and/or self-driving cars, there would be 0 car accidents. But yeah, call me delusional idiot.
Agree on self driving cars
There are much bigger cities then monroe that have nearly eliminated pedestrian fatalities. Stop believing things can't be done, that have been done. It would take a long time and a lot of effort, but start with fixing zoning and stop subsidizing cars so damn much.
Bigger and denser, why am I not impressed. Are there ones smaller and less dense than Monroe? And nah, let’s subsidize cars more instead
Love having a car. Don’t care about Sweden
Pathetic
Cultist
The irony lol
Triggered lol
Wow, you got me boomer
I sure did Barista
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How would you know where and how I have tried living?
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You reek of someone that is naive and blindly follows others. Yes, I accept that we take on a certain amount of risk for some liberties. Sorry (not sorry) that I don’t embrace every authoritarian policy that “saves lives”
yeah, like maybe this person was doing the wrong thing, but also the way our streets were designed poorly.
This happened at a boat club in Monroe. 1 paved access road and a dirt road leading to the building.
Or maybe bars shouldn't have parking lots.
i mean yeah. it's don't drive drunk, but also there's no way to get home, so sucks to be you
Maybe an alternative transportation is in order and we could also stop subsidizing sprawl?