Marine Killed In Hit And Run
ABC 22 News
February 17, 2014
BELLEFONTAINE -- Police are asking for your help to track down a hit and run suspect who ran over a U.S. Marine. Gunnery Sgt. Monica Plank and her husband were in Bellefontaine visiting relatives this weekend, when she was killed.
Bellefontaine police say Monica Plank, 34, was walking along South Main St. when she was struck and killed by a car. The driver sped off. Police say she was on the street because the sidewalks are covered in snow and ice.
Plank was a wife, a marine, and a mother. She was struck and killed near Michael's Pizza just after midnight Saturday.
"It's terrible, it's unfortunate. This weather doesn't help," said Bellefontaine resident, Paul Anderson.
"Very tragic. We are really searching for this vehicle. hoping that someone comes forward. Someone knows something," said Bellefontaine Police Chief Brandon Standley
Police say Monica and her husband, Gunnery Sgt. Chris Plank were at Route 68 Grill in Bellefontaine with some friends Saturday. But for some reason the couple had a disagreement, and Monica decided to walk back to the hotel room.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Monday, September 2, 2013
Marine, OEF OIF veteran left to die after hit and run
Man found dead on Maryland road was former Marine who served in Afghanistan
Washington Post
Matin Weil
September 1, 2013
The man who was killed Saturday in Prince George’s County by an apparent hit-and-run driver was a former Marine who had served in Afghanistan, his mother said.
Eric D. Bridgett, 27, of Clinton was found early Saturday at Kirby Road and Marwood Drive in the Clinton area, police said. They said preliminary investigation suggested that he was struck while trying to cross Kirby. The vehicle that hit him did not stop, police said.
His mother, Claudia Bridgett, said he was headed to his in-laws’ home, where his wife, Brandi, and their three children were staying while the couple looked for a home of their own. She said he had finished work at a restaurant and then stopped by his mother’s home in Clinton before heading to his in-laws’ house about 1 a.m.
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Washington Post
Matin Weil
September 1, 2013
Eric D. Bridgett, 27, of Clinton was found early Saturday at Kirby Road and Marwood Drive in the Clinton area, police said. They said preliminary investigation suggested that he was struck while trying to cross Kirby. The vehicle that hit him did not stop, police said.
His mother, Claudia Bridgett, said he was headed to his in-laws’ home, where his wife, Brandi, and their three children were staying while the couple looked for a home of their own. She said he had finished work at a restaurant and then stopped by his mother’s home in Clinton before heading to his in-laws’ house about 1 a.m.
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Reward grows for info in Fort Bragg soldier’s death
Reward grows for info in Bragg soldier’s death
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jan 30, 2013
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Officials at Fort Bragg are doubling the reward being offered for information in the case of a driver who struck and killed a soldier last year.
The Fayetteville Observer reports that the Army Criminal Investigation Command is offering a $10,000 reward for help in identifying the driver of a late model white Chevrolet Impala involved in the fatal hit-and-run. The original $5,000 reward was announced in December.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jan 30, 2013
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Officials at Fort Bragg are doubling the reward being offered for information in the case of a driver who struck and killed a soldier last year.
The Fayetteville Observer reports that the Army Criminal Investigation Command is offering a $10,000 reward for help in identifying the driver of a late model white Chevrolet Impala involved in the fatal hit-and-run. The original $5,000 reward was announced in December.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Family planning funeral for Fort Bragg soldier killed on base
Funeral to be held for slain soldier
Updated: Wednesday, 12 Dec 2012
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The family of a local soldier who was killed in a hit-and-run in accident December 8 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, announced plans for his funeral.
Family for 20-year-old Army private Bradley Powell said visitation will be held Sunday, December 16, from 5-8 p.m. and the funeral will be Monday, December 17, at noon.
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Updated: Wednesday, 12 Dec 2012
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The family of a local soldier who was killed in a hit-and-run in accident December 8 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, announced plans for his funeral.
Family for 20-year-old Army private Bradley Powell said visitation will be held Sunday, December 16, from 5-8 p.m. and the funeral will be Monday, December 17, at noon.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Iraq veteran killed while changing tire, hit and run
Family Of Spur 601 Hit-And-Run Victim Speaks To ABC-7
Richard Lopez's Family Angry, Shocked Over His Death
By ABC-7 Reporter Stephanie Valle
POSTED: 6:51 am MDT May 15, 2012
EL PASO, Texas -- The man who was hit and left on the side of the road Saturday morning was an Iraq war veteran and had been married for four years.
The family of Richard Lopez, 26, sat down with ABC-7 late Monday night to talk about the man whose mother described as caring, funny and loving.
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Richard Lopez's Family Angry, Shocked Over His Death
By ABC-7 Reporter Stephanie Valle
POSTED: 6:51 am MDT May 15, 2012
EL PASO, Texas -- The man who was hit and left on the side of the road Saturday morning was an Iraq war veteran and had been married for four years.
The family of Richard Lopez, 26, sat down with ABC-7 late Monday night to talk about the man whose mother described as caring, funny and loving.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Hit and run driver killed Fort Hood Reservist
Hit-and-run driver kills local soldier
by Spencer Crawford/Villa Rican
A Villa Rica soldier was killed by a hit-and-run driver outside Fort Hood, Texas, early Friday morning, just weeks before he was to be sent to the Middle East for his fourth tour of duty.
James Michael Butler, 35, was an Army Reservist who had just reported to duty to Fort Hood on July 11 for four weeks of preparation before being sent to Afghanistan for a tour as a fixed-wing aircraft pilot. He had served three previous tours in either Iraq or Afghanistan as a Blackhawk helicopter pilot.
According to Killeen, Texas, media reports, a woman was driving down U.S. Business 190 near South Fort Hood Street about 4 a.m. Friday morning when she saw something in the road, tried to swerve and miss it, but couldn’t. It turned out to be Butler’s body, which state troopers say had already been run over by another car that fled the scene and is still being sought.
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Hit and run driver kills local soldier
by Spencer Crawford/Villa Rican
A Villa Rica soldier was killed by a hit-and-run driver outside Fort Hood, Texas, early Friday morning, just weeks before he was to be sent to the Middle East for his fourth tour of duty.
James Michael Butler, 35, was an Army Reservist who had just reported to duty to Fort Hood on July 11 for four weeks of preparation before being sent to Afghanistan for a tour as a fixed-wing aircraft pilot. He had served three previous tours in either Iraq or Afghanistan as a Blackhawk helicopter pilot.
According to Killeen, Texas, media reports, a woman was driving down U.S. Business 190 near South Fort Hood Street about 4 a.m. Friday morning when she saw something in the road, tried to swerve and miss it, but couldn’t. It turned out to be Butler’s body, which state troopers say had already been run over by another car that fled the scene and is still being sought.
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Hit and run driver kills local soldier
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Vietnam Vet killed by hit and run driver
Fort Worth hit-and-run victim, 70, had just started new job to help ill wife
BY ALEX BRANCH
abranch@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH -- Jerry Winton was a Vietnam veteran, a strong, quiet man who rebuilt old cars and made providing for his family his top priority, his daughter said.
That's why the 70-year-old recently started a mechanical engineering job. His wife of 42 years has medical issues and, during the two years he was out of work, he paid about $1,000 a month for her health insurance.
"He was so happy to be working again," his daughter Cindy King said. "His whole life was about taking care of us."
Mr. Winton's family grieved Monday, two days after he was run over outside an east Fort Worth business. Police said that at 11 a.m. Saturday another driver backed his car into Mr. Winton's Chevrolet pickup in the parking lot of a doughnut shop in the 5600 block of Meadowbrook Drive, about four miles from his home.
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BY ALEX BRANCH
abranch@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH -- Jerry Winton was a Vietnam veteran, a strong, quiet man who rebuilt old cars and made providing for his family his top priority, his daughter said.
That's why the 70-year-old recently started a mechanical engineering job. His wife of 42 years has medical issues and, during the two years he was out of work, he paid about $1,000 a month for her health insurance.
"He was so happy to be working again," his daughter Cindy King said. "His whole life was about taking care of us."
Mr. Winton's family grieved Monday, two days after he was run over outside an east Fort Worth business. Police said that at 11 a.m. Saturday another driver backed his car into Mr. Winton's Chevrolet pickup in the parking lot of a doughnut shop in the 5600 block of Meadowbrook Drive, about four miles from his home.
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Sunday, June 5, 2011
Arrest made in connection to death of Spc. Christopher Wheeler
Arrest Made In Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash
FRED HALSTIED
KRDO NewsChannel 13
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- On Friday, police in Colorado Springs said they arrested 31-year-old man in connection to an area hit-and-run.
Police said Michael Conyer is accused of crashing into 19-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Wheeler, of Boston. Wheeler was a soldier at Fort Carson and served in Afghanistan for more than a year.
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Arrest Made In Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash
FRED HALSTIED
KRDO NewsChannel 13
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- On Friday, police in Colorado Springs said they arrested 31-year-old man in connection to an area hit-and-run.
Police said Michael Conyer is accused of crashing into 19-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Wheeler, of Boston. Wheeler was a soldier at Fort Carson and served in Afghanistan for more than a year.
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Arrest Made In Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Fort Carson soldier killed by hit and run driver
Police warn of motorcycles on the road
Posted: May 28, 2011 10:34 PM by John Romero
Two motorcyclists are dead after separate accidents in less than 24 hours. The first happened around 8 on Friday night. State Patrol says a man riding his motorcycle veered off the road on I-25 near South Academy. He hit a guard rail and was killed
The second happened just two hours later on Rangewood Drive in Colorado Springs. A car turned in front of two motorcycles, hitting them both. One of the men hit, a Fort Carson soldier, died. The driver of the car drove off from the scene.
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Police warn of motorcycles on the road
Posted: May 28, 2011 10:34 PM by John Romero
Two motorcyclists are dead after separate accidents in less than 24 hours. The first happened around 8 on Friday night. State Patrol says a man riding his motorcycle veered off the road on I-25 near South Academy. He hit a guard rail and was killed
The second happened just two hours later on Rangewood Drive in Colorado Springs. A car turned in front of two motorcycles, hitting them both. One of the men hit, a Fort Carson soldier, died. The driver of the car drove off from the scene.
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Police warn of motorcycles on the road
Monday, March 22, 2010
Secret Service helps crack Florida hit-and-run case
Secret Service helps crack Florida hit-and-run case
Agency analyzed cell phone records for Porsche owner, friend
By Mike Clary and Jon Burstein, Tribune Newspapers
8:12 a.m. CDT, March 22, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — To crack the hit-and-run case of the speeding Porsche that killed two men, Fort Lauderdale police turned to a crime-fighting ally: the U.S. Secret Service.
The government agency that protects the president and zealously pursues counterfeiters played a role in the investigation by analyzing cell phone records for the car's owner and one of his friends, police records show.
The analysis helped lead to vehicular homicide charges last week against the Porsche's owner, Ryan LeVin, of Hoffman Estates, Ill., who is now in the Broward County Jail in Florida without bond.
What got the Secret Service involved? Neither the federal agency nor Fort Lauderdale police would say. The local head of the Secret Service declined to discuss how often his agency is asked to analyze such cell phone records.
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Secret Service helps crack Florida hit and run case
Agency analyzed cell phone records for Porsche owner, friend
By Mike Clary and Jon Burstein, Tribune Newspapers
8:12 a.m. CDT, March 22, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — To crack the hit-and-run case of the speeding Porsche that killed two men, Fort Lauderdale police turned to a crime-fighting ally: the U.S. Secret Service.
The government agency that protects the president and zealously pursues counterfeiters played a role in the investigation by analyzing cell phone records for the car's owner and one of his friends, police records show.
The analysis helped lead to vehicular homicide charges last week against the Porsche's owner, Ryan LeVin, of Hoffman Estates, Ill., who is now in the Broward County Jail in Florida without bond.
What got the Secret Service involved? Neither the federal agency nor Fort Lauderdale police would say. The local head of the Secret Service declined to discuss how often his agency is asked to analyze such cell phone records.
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Secret Service helps crack Florida hit and run case
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Driver Flees In Deadly Road Rage Hit-And-Run
Driver Flees In Deadly Road Rage Hit-And-Run
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:06:28 AM
Reported by Mark Jenkins
ORLANDO -- Orange County homicide detectives are looking for a driver who fled the scene after hitting and killing a woman early Tuesday.
North Goldenrod Road was shut down for hours in both directions at Valencia College Lane as investigators gathered evidence in what they called a road rage incident.
Investigators said Monica Salana, 24, and a friend got into an altercation at a nightclub on Bumby Avenue. The two then left in Salana’s car, but were followed by five people inside a black, four-door Nissan Altima.
After the people inside the Nissan began throwing things at Salana’s Volkswagen convertible, Salana pulled over on Goldenrod Road to confront them.
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Driver Flees In Deadly Road Rage
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:06:28 AM
Reported by Mark Jenkins
ORLANDO -- Orange County homicide detectives are looking for a driver who fled the scene after hitting and killing a woman early Tuesday.
North Goldenrod Road was shut down for hours in both directions at Valencia College Lane as investigators gathered evidence in what they called a road rage incident.
Investigators said Monica Salana, 24, and a friend got into an altercation at a nightclub on Bumby Avenue. The two then left in Salana’s car, but were followed by five people inside a black, four-door Nissan Altima.
After the people inside the Nissan began throwing things at Salana’s Volkswagen convertible, Salana pulled over on Goldenrod Road to confront them.
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Driver Flees In Deadly Road Rage
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Hit and run killed Iraq Vet Brandon Kusmit. Do you know who?
Family seeks answers after Iraq veteran's death
by Michael Ferraresi - Nov. 11, 2008 04:05 PM
The Arizona Republic
Shards of auto glass and plastic pieces of motorcycle litter a dusty, dimly-lit corner of Greenway Road and 37th Street.
A candle burns next to a rock on the north side of intersection, near the spot where Brandon Kusmit was left for dead shortly after a hit-and-run traffic collision.
The corner of Greenway and 37th is merely blocks from both the Kusmit family's home and the mortuary where relatives mourned the 25-year-old's death during a Friday memorial service.
Kusmit, who grew up in northeast Phoenix before serving in the U.S. Army as part of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, died Nov. 2 after falling from his Yamaha R6 sports bike.
Phoenix detectives are searching for the driver of a pickup truck in connection to Kusmit's death. Family members put up $1,000 with the hope that witnesses come forward with information leading to an arrest.
"I just hope whoever did it confesses," said Jason Kusmit, 25, who spent the last week with family, mourning the loss of his twin brother.
"It feels like they're ruthless, to me," he said.
Brandon's son, Dakoda, celebrated his first birthday three days before his father's death. Jason's son, Jason Jr., is 2 years old.
You can help
• Phoenix vehicular crimes detectives interviewed some witnesses to the traffic collision that led to the Nov. 2 death of 25-year-old Brandon Kusmit.
• Anyone who was in the area of Greenway Road and 37th Street around 7:30 p.m., or who witnessed the incident is urged to call police to provide information.
• The Kusmit family offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
• The Phoenix Police Silent Witness program also provides up to $2,500 for information leading to an arrest in an unsolved hit-and-run collision.
Silent Witness can be made by calling 480-WITNESS
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Monday, November 3, 2008
Chicago-area soldier killed in Texas hit-run
Chicago-area soldier killed in Texas hit-run
November 3, 2008
A soldier from the Chicago area was struck and killed by a car over the weekend near his U.S. Army base in El Paso, Texas, officials said today.
Spec. Joseph Binion, 23, was assigned to the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, and was stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas, in El Paso, according to Ft. Bliss officials. His hometown was not immediately available.
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Nine injured in last night's fatal hit-and-run in St. Petersburg
October 09, 2008
Nine injured in last night's fatal hit-and-run
ST. PETERSBURG -- Police this morning gave a fuller account of last night's fatal hit-and-run accident, saying that the driver did not have a license and that nine people were injured.
Police spokesman Bill Proffitt said the incident began when police spotted a 2008 Dodge pickup driving in an erratic manner on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. S, near 22nd Avenue S. Police tried to stop the truck, but the driver kept going north "at a very high rate of speed and in a reckless manner." The Dodge had two passengers.
When the Dodge got to the 1300 Block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St., it lost control and slid toward the northwest corner of 13th Avenue S., "went airborne," struck a fire hydrant, and flipped.
The truck struck and killed Steven Mincey, 49, of St. Petersburg, who had been riding his bicycle on the north side of the MLK. The truck also struck several people who were outside near Ike's Liquors and four parked vehicles.
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Nine injured in last night's fatal hit-and-run
ST. PETERSBURG -- Police this morning gave a fuller account of last night's fatal hit-and-run accident, saying that the driver did not have a license and that nine people were injured.
Police spokesman Bill Proffitt said the incident began when police spotted a 2008 Dodge pickup driving in an erratic manner on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. S, near 22nd Avenue S. Police tried to stop the truck, but the driver kept going north "at a very high rate of speed and in a reckless manner." The Dodge had two passengers.
When the Dodge got to the 1300 Block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St., it lost control and slid toward the northwest corner of 13th Avenue S., "went airborne," struck a fire hydrant, and flipped.
The truck struck and killed Steven Mincey, 49, of St. Petersburg, who had been riding his bicycle on the north side of the MLK. The truck also struck several people who were outside near Ike's Liquors and four parked vehicles.
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http://blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/2008/10/nine-injured-in.html
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tampa Police need help in fatal hit and run on Saturday
Few leads in hit-run fatality
By Rebecca Catalanello, Times staff writer
In print: Thursday, September 25, 2008
TAMPA — Detectives want to know who killed Wendy Irene Anthony.
The 43-year-old Tampa woman was found Saturday morning, lying on the side of the road with critical injuries from a hit-and-run vehicle.
Anthony, who was hearing-impaired, died late Monday at Tampa General Hospital, increasing detectives' interest in finding the person behind the wheel of the pickup they think struck her.
A Hillsborough sheriff's spokeswoman said the accident happened at County Road 579 north of Sligh Avenue, just before she was found at 7:24 a.m. Saturday.
Detectives think the vehicle was a 1994 to 2001 Dodge Ram pickup of unknown color.
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By Rebecca Catalanello, Times staff writer
In print: Thursday, September 25, 2008
TAMPA — Detectives want to know who killed Wendy Irene Anthony.
The 43-year-old Tampa woman was found Saturday morning, lying on the side of the road with critical injuries from a hit-and-run vehicle.
Anthony, who was hearing-impaired, died late Monday at Tampa General Hospital, increasing detectives' interest in finding the person behind the wheel of the pickup they think struck her.
A Hillsborough sheriff's spokeswoman said the accident happened at County Road 579 north of Sligh Avenue, just before she was found at 7:24 a.m. Saturday.
Detectives think the vehicle was a 1994 to 2001 Dodge Ram pickup of unknown color.
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http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article826032.ece
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