IS PARTY TIME OSWEGO DRIVER HEADED FOR HARD TIME OVER KILLING PORT CHESTER GIRL?UNDERAGE UPSTATE DEATH MERCHANT APPEARS IN COURT ON A DWI CHARGE THAT KILLED SWEET PORT CHESTER STUDENT WHO LEFT HER FAMILY TO BETTER HER LIFE AT COLLEGE
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Rochester, NY - A Nazareth College student pleaded not guilty Wednesday to killing a fellow student and seriously injuring another woman while driving drunk.
Deadly Underage Drunken Driver Danielle L. Pitcher, 20, is charged with the felonies of second-degree vehicular manslaughter and second-degree vehicular assault and two counts of the misdemeanor of driving while intoxicated in a head-on, two-car crash Jan. 22 on French Road that killed fellow student Gabrielle E. Acevedo, 21, and injured Renee Broderick, 40.
Let's Hope And Pray That Underage Drunken Driver Danielle Pitcher Doesn't Pick Up Another Bottle Of Jägermeiste Or Judge Geraci Will Have Blood On His Hands
Monroe County Court Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. allowed Pitcher to remain free from custody after Assistant District Attorney Perry Duckles said he had no objection.
If convicted of manslaughter, Ms. Pitcher faces a penalty ranging from probation to a prison term of up to seven years.
Yet Gabrielle Acevedo's family must suffer year after year after year without their loved one.
Ms. Pitcher, hid her face with the hood of her winter jacket after leaving court. She declined to comment.
Her lawyer, Edward L. Fiandach, said she is devastated by the death of Acevedo.
The Intoxicated Ms. Pitcher, of Oswego, was heading west on French Road, with three other Nazareth students as passengers, when she hit another car being driven by John Bernard, 44, of East Rochester. Acevedo, of Port Chester recieved a serious head injury and suffered in the hospital for two weeks before her tragic death.
Ms. Broderick, of Fairport, also suffered very serious injuries, because of Ms. Pitcher's drinking and driving.
Ms. Pitcher admitted to a sheriff's deputy that she had been illegally drinking on campus before the crash, according to court documents.
Ms. Pitcher admitted to a sheriff's deputy that she had been illegally drinking on campus before the crash, according to court documents.
A pre-screen breath test of the druken Ms. Pitcher, registered a blood-alcohol content of 0.16 percent, twice the level needed to bring a drunken-driving charge.
According to court documents, Ms. Pitcher admitted to a deputy that she had illegally consumed two shots of Jägermeister, an alcoholic liqueur, mixed with Red Bull, an energy drink.
According to court documents, Ms. Pitcher admitted to a deputy that she had illegally consumed two shots of Jägermeister, an alcoholic liqueur, mixed with Red Bull, an energy drink.
"This is my fault. I was going 50 miles per hour, and the car slid," she allegedly said.
She also likened the deadly crash to one depicted in a graphic public-service television commercial aimed at preventing texting while driving.
"It was like that commercial, the one about texting and driving? Where all those girls died. I remember thinking it was just like that. I told the girls I was sorry and I climbed out the window."
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She also likened the deadly crash to one depicted in a graphic public-service television commercial aimed at preventing texting while driving.
"It was like that commercial, the one about texting and driving? Where all those girls died. I remember thinking it was just like that. I told the girls I was sorry and I climbed out the window."
What's next
Danielle Pitcher returns to court May 18 for argument of motions, when her defense will try and challenge evidence and how it was gathered.
Judge Frank Geraci scheduled her trial for August 29th.
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