^just terrible. such a waste.

1/7/2012 1:25:40 PM

http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/10573067/

Quote :

"Raleigh, N.C. — A 17-year-old Raleigh girl died early Saturday after the car she was riding in wrecked on Rainwater Road, police said. According to investigators, passenger Elizabeth Molloy died after the driver of the car, 16-year-old Garrett Prince, lost control of his 1999 Jeep SUV and struck a tree just after 2 a.m. Prince, who has been charged with driving while impaired and provisional DWI, was receiving treatment for non-life threatening injuries early Saturday at WakeMed. Additional charges are pending for Prince, authorities said. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the wreck. No other information was released. "

The girl who was killed is in my second period class. I'm really upset and wish her family the best.

[Edited on January 7, 2012 at 2:10 PM. Reason : [for the top of the page]]

1/7/2012 2:09:27 PM

nvm.... that is a shame =(

[Edited on January 7, 2012 at 2:34 PM. Reason : .]

1/7/2012 2:34:15 PM

Feel bad for her family.

Sucks for her that she made a poor decision that night.

1/7/2012 2:36:16 PM

[Edited on January 7, 2012 at 11:36 PM. Reason : .]

1/7/2012 11:35:10 PM

http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/10573067/

They have added a lot of details. Liz will be missed by a lot of people.

1/7/2012 11:37:08 PM

Hang him high.

1/8/2012 6:20:42 AM

rainwater always was a drag strip for kids

1/8/2012 1:02:37 PM

i passed by the location of the accident yesterday. kinda HARD to hit the tree where it was.

but at 70mph, drunk, high or whatever, i guess its possible. the tree just had some bark missing.

1/9/2012 12:04:49 PM

Class today was very hard... i started to choke up at the beginning of class. The students have decided to leave her seat empty for the rest of the semester.

1/9/2012 12:18:40 PM

Did the driver bail out yet?

Also pic worth 1k words.


Nevermind:

Quote :

"A judge increased his bond from $26,000 to $50,000 after learning that he was on probation for a prior breaking and entering and larceny conviction. His next court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 30."

[Edited on January 10, 2012 at 1:00 AM. Reason : . ]

1/10/2012 12:57:25 AM

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10592431/

Quote :

"Police have charged Szymankiewicz, an Enloe High senior, with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and with a safe movement violation."

no alcohol involved, girl just lost it in the rain and killed her friend. isn't that punishment enough? seems harsh to charge her with a crime.

1/13/2012 12:24:10 PM

Agreed. Time to get a better lawyer.

1/13/2012 12:33:16 PM

^She's just been charged. That has nothing to do with her defense lawyer.

Charged does not equal convicted.

1/13/2012 12:35:53 PM

Quote :

"n a one-minute, expletive-filled call, the unidentified male caller said the Jeep's driver was "with a girl that I know. He's going to (expletive) kill her, dude," according to a 911 recording made public Thursday. The call was made at 2 a.m. Saturday. Police say the caller was referring to the Jeep Grand Cherokee that ran off Rainwater Road and hit a tree at 2:07 a.m., killing Molloy."

http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/01/13/1774211/911-caller-reported-speeder.html

1/13/2012 12:36:32 PM

Sometimes I feel like there are multiple categories of drunk drivers.

This guy being the worst.

1/13/2012 1:27:42 PM

^^ this whole thing is so frustrating.

1/13/2012 9:01:38 PM

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10627223/

1/21/2012 12:31:26 PM

Did they know the guy or did they just play Hey Mister outside the ABC store?

1/21/2012 4:25:45 PM

probably knew her considering they found the guy, but I don't know.

1/21/2012 4:44:23 PM

wonder what kind of surveillance they have in that area for cops to look at. surely a camera at the abc store. at the least the guy could tell police about when geter would have went in. but like smath74 said, idk

[Edited on January 21, 2012 at 4:49 PM. Reason : too unspecific]

1/21/2012 4:48:41 PM

Sucks to be that guy, he better hire James Crouch or some shit.

1/21/2012 5:38:49 PM

I still haven't figured out that if these kids were at a party, why haven't the parents who owned the house that party was at aren't being charged with anything

1/21/2012 7:27:05 PM

probably wasnt home.


Or the ALE has not hit them yet.

1/21/2012 8:58:25 PM

Quote :

"Breaking News: State Alcohol Law Enforcement agents have charged two more people in connection with a Jan. 7 wreck that killed a Millbrook High School student."

1/25/2012 3:06:56 PM

Good friend of mine got in a one car wreck before the holidays and is struggling to walk again (just got feeling back in his toes in his second foot and is wearing a halo due to crushed vertabrae). He was most definitely drinking.

1/25/2012 3:09:53 PM

Host has been charged.

Quote :

"State agents on Wednesday charged three people in connection with an alleged underage drinking party linked to a Millbrook High School student's recent death. Hannah R. Smith, 18, of 8617 Hawksmoor Drive, was charged with two counts of aiding and abetting, and Samantha M. McKinney, 17, of Raleigh, was charged with underage purchase of spirituous liquor. A juvenile petition also was filed against a 15-year-old on a charge of underage purchase of spirituous liquor. Elizabeth Molloy, 17, was killed on Jan. 7 when the Jeep she was riding in went out of control on Rainwater Road and slammed into a tree. Agents with the state Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement allege that Smith hosted an underage party on Jan. 6 that Molloy and Garrett Prince attended. ..."

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10643918/

1/25/2012 3:12:37 PM

Quote :

"The 911 caller told a dispatcher that the Jeep had just passed the vehicle he was traveling in "going 90," according to the recording. Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/01/13/1774211/911-caller-reported-speeder.html#storylink=cpy"

I have called 911 a few times in similar situations when some is driving like a batshit crazy drunk asshole. I wonder how many times those calls have ended in a wreck.

1/25/2012 3:14:12 PM

^^Thats kind of a let down. I was hoping a lot of parents would be arrested. Now I want to know who sold the 18 year old booze.

[Edited on January 25, 2012 at 3:15 PM. Reason : .]

1/25/2012 3:14:55 PM

Quote :

"Late last Friday, ALE agents charged Anthony Du Juan Geter, 21, of 7101 Sandy Forks Road, Apt. 3A, with four counts of aiding and abetting. Authorities allege that he bought two bottles of rum at a Wake County ABC store on Sandy Forks Road for Prince, Molloy, McKinney and the juvenile."

1/25/2012 8:10:49 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/01/26/1807183/5-now-charged-after-girls-death.html

Quote :

"RALEIGH -- Hours before she died, state investigators say, Elizabeth Molloy was one of four teens who pooled their cash to buy two bottles of rum for a party at a North Raleigh home. "They all pitched in. They all contributed," Jeff Lasater, special agent in charge of the N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement's Raleigh office said. On Wednesday, ALE announced that it has cited three more of the teens with involvement in the underage drinking that authorities think led to a Jeep Cherokee crash Jan. 7 that killed Molloy, 17, a Millbrook High School student. With the new accusations, five people have now been cited in the case. The driver of the Cherokee, Garrett Lane Prince, 16, was charged immediately after the crash with a battery of offenses, including felony death by vehicle, driving while impaired and possession of alcohol. But from the beginning police said they were looking for whoever was responsible for providing the alcohol to Prince. On Friday, ALE agents charged Anthony Du Juan Geter, 21, of 7101-3A Sandy Forks Road with purchasing two 1.75-liter bottles of Bacardi Dragon Berry rum at the Wake County ABC store on Sandy Forks Road. Samantha M. McKinney, 17, and a 15-year-old juvenile have been cited for helping to purchase the alcohol. The ALE officers also charged Hannah R. Smith, 18, of 8617 Hawksmoor Drive in Raleigh with two counts of aiding and abetting after they said she hosted the party where Prince and Molloy and others consumed alcohol before the crash. State records show that before her arrest Tuesday, Hannah Smith already had a pending court date on charges of underage consumption of alcohol while hosting a party Sept. 30 at her parents' home. In both instances, Sept. 30 and Jan. 6, authorities say, Smith's parents were not home. Lasater said Geter told investigators he did not know the teens before their chance encounter on the night of Jan. 6. The purchase Prince, Smith, McKinney, Molloy and the 15-year-old went to the ABC store on Sandy Forks Road hoping to buy liquor, even though they were too young, Lasater said. They spotted Geter across the street, standing outside the apartment complex where he lived. Geter had turned 21 on Dec. 29. Lasater said Prince steered the Jeep across Sandy Forks Road and rolled into the parking lot where Geter was standing. "The teens approached him and asked him to buy them liquor," he said. "He agreed to buy the liquor. They gave him the money, and he crossed the street to the ABC store and bought the liquor." Lasater said sometime later that evening the teens ended up at a party at Smith's home on Hawksmoor Drive, off Durant Road. Both Prince and Smith had had previous contacts with law enforcement and had been ordered by the courts to avoid alcohol and other drugs. Wake County District Court Judge Keith Gregory had sentenced Prince to probation Sept. 9 after he was convicted of breaking and entering and larceny. State records show that Prince tested positive for marijuana Sept. 22, days after he was sentenced, and again Nov. 15. He tested negative for it in December, state correction officials reported. Smith, who turned 18 on Jan. 4, is scheduled to reappear in court May 8 on the Sept. 30 charges for a review of her case. According to the Sept. 30 citation, Raleigh Officer G.R. Coe said Smith had beer all over her shirt and that there were open containers of Ice House beer in the house. Smith's parents were not home. On Nov. 8, Smith was able to avoid criminal prosecution by admitting her guilt and paying $250 to participate in a first offender alcohol education program. She also agreed to work or attend school full-time, avoid more criminal charges and submit to drug screenings, records show. If she had successfully completed the alcohol education program, the Wake County District Attorney's Office agreed to dismiss the charges against her. Investigators say Molloy left the Jan. 6 party with Prince. One of Molloy's friends called 911 at 2 a.m. to say she was riding in a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a drunken driver at a high rate of speed in North Raleigh. The crash A few minutes later, Prince lost control of the Jeep at 70 mph on Rainwater Road, knocked down a mailbox and crashed head on into a pine tree. The Jeep burst into flames. Prince had been ejected from the vehicle. Two people pulled out Molloy, but emergency workers pronounced her dead at the scene. Witnesses said agents with the City-County Bureau of Identification pulled what appeared to be two bottles of liquor from the burning Jeep. Prince was charged also with careless and reckless driving, speeding, possession of alcohol, and possession of marijuana. He was released from the Wake County jail Saturday after posting a $61,000 bond, a jail spokesman said. Geter was released, too, after posting $4,000 bail. He has no previous criminal record and works at a bakery. He declined to comment Wednesday. Last year, ALE agents and other law enforcement officers statewide filed 548 charges against adults accused of helping minors purchase alcohol, according to state court records. "Older people buying alcohol for young people happens frequently," Lasater said. "In this case it ended with tragic consequences.""

what a bunch of fuck-ups

1/26/2012 12:44:30 PM

After seeing them charge Dr. Cook with Murder 2, I was wondering why they haven't slapped that charge on this kid. There are similar circumstances, I feel like.

1/26/2012 12:48:18 PM

Geez, what a bad situation all around.

It kind of makes me understand the approach my parents took with me as a teen. They knew I was going to be out drinking sometimes. My mom would even sometimes offer to buy beer for me. And they always stressed if I needed a way home to just call them. Didn't matter what time it was. Just call and they would come pick me up, no questions asked.

1/26/2012 12:59:50 PM

Why was the driver not charged with violation of proby after failing not one, but TWO drug tests after his first arrest?

And in NC is 17 not considered a minor? I noticed they named two kids but not the 15 y/o

1/26/2012 10:20:45 PM

Let's see. Smith, who had an alcohol charge back in September obviously was having a bday get-down. Did her parents just not know about her September charge? How would they not know she would throw down when left home alone for her birthday weekend?

I don't think it's much of a stretch here to put some blame on Smith's parents, seeing as everyone else is going down.

1/26/2012 11:22:31 PM

I think the only one responsible for Garrett Prince driving drunk, is Garrett Prince.

Not the guy that bought the booze
Not the store that sold the booze
Not the people he was drinking with
Not the people who owned the house the party was at
etc.

1/28/2012 1:24:02 PM

^ Agreed.

1/28/2012 7:26:53 PM

^^

1/28/2012 7:49:39 PM

^^^ i agreed with that until i read this...

Quote :

"Both Prince and Smith had had previous contacts with law enforcement and had been ordered by the courts to avoid alcohol and other drugs. "

take it easy on them and this is what they do.

1/28/2012 8:04:04 PM

I think we need to encourage young people to stick to beer and just steal a bunch from the grocery store when need be or use a fake ID at the cool gas station or something.

THE DOORS OPEN AUTOMATICALLY...IT'S REALLY EASY TO RUN OUT!!!

1/28/2012 9:36:32 PM

Only the driver should be punished. If they're going to go this extreme, they might as well go all out and charge the distillery and distributor for making the rum that they drank and the store that sold it to the purchaser.

Lets not forget that everyone made a choice that night, including the girl who died. She didn't have to get in the car with them. She made a stupid ass choice, a tragic one, but ultimately she's responsible for the decisions she makes. The driver is responsible, obviously, but she's just as responsible for her own death. As to the other girls, whether they were there or not, this girl was dead.

The other girls should just get busted for underaged drinking, the man should just get busted for buying alcohol for minors.

1/28/2012 10:13:30 PM

They should charge everyone involveds mothers too, had they not reproduced it would not have started this chain of events in motion. They should also arrest all the fathers who had sex with the women who later birthed these kids involved in this underage drinking.

1/28/2012 11:21:53 PM

Just got a call from a friend to let me know that our other friend just got arrested for a DWI in Charlotte. Way to go, dumbass.

1/29/2012 12:55:33 AM

Since arrest is obviously not a deterrent, and prison is too expensive for such a common & non-violent offense, would a penalty that your car is immediately seized and crushed work?

1/29/2012 1:41:05 PM

Quote :

"Why was the driver not charged with violation of proby after failing not one, but TWO drug tests after his first arrest?"

The first test was immediately after being placed on probation and is used as a baseline test, which likely resulted in a verbal warning (legally, its nearly impossible to prove that this positive test is the result of use after being placed on probation). The second positive in this case likely resulted in him being ordered to a substance abuse assessment and any treatment that may be recommended.

It would be pretty uncommon for him to be violated in this situation unless there were additional compliance issues.

1/29/2012 2:30:51 PM

The justice system can not replace parenting, if my 16 year old kid was on probation he would not be leaving the house at all.....let alone driving. I would have took him off my car insurance, took his license back to the DMV and told them to suspend it, and sold his car.

I would be lucky to have been driving a bicycle if I had been on probation at age 16.

1/29/2012 2:51:57 PM

I agree completely. The punishment that my parents would have doled out would be far more extreme than anything that probation would have.

1/29/2012 3:11:06 PM

Quote :

"The report notes that Prince had a blood-alcohol content of 0.29. Under North Carolina law, a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 is enough to be considered impaired."

HOLY MOTHER OF FLAVORED BACARDI

.29

1/31/2012 11:58:22 AM

Quote :

"Since arrest is obviously not a deterrent, and prison is too expensive for such a common & non-violent offense, would a penalty that your car is immediately seized and crushed work?"

I feel that these types of laws are unjust simply because they apply different penalties to different people for the exact same crime. One person might lose the $1,000 Cutlass Ciera his grandma gave him whereas another person might lose the $40,000 truck he worked his ass off for. As a person who enjoys nice things, you won't convince me there is anything just about that.

Of course, the state disagrees with me. The "Run and You're Done" law went into effect in December to seize vehicles from people who run from the police. Once convicted a person's vehicle is sold and the agency receives a portion of the money. It gives the agency an incentive to stretch the truth IMO.

Quote :

"The report notes that Prince had a blood-alcohol content of 0.29. Under North Carolina law, a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 is enough to be considered impaired."

I got hit by a drunk driver that blew .24 iirc. With the adrenaline from the crash he didn't even appear that drunk. I'm assuming he would have been pretty wasted in a normal setting.

[Edited on January 31, 2012 at 12:46 PM. Reason : s]

1/31/2012 12:45:29 PM

so is this a rich (dead) girl or something? a lot of witch hunt going on here.

1/31/2012 12:53:42 PM