Illegal Immigrant On Trial For Deadly East Charlotte Crash
POSTED: 4:50 pm EST February 28, 2007
UPDATED: 6:11 pm EST February 28, 2007
CHARLOTTE, N.C. --
A Charlotte family spent Wednesday in court hearing testimony against an illegal immigrant accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed their young loved one two years ago.
Six of Jasmine Lawrence’s relatives were in the courtroom, including her mother. She dreads returning to court to hear more details about how her 21-year-old daughter died in a hit-and-run accident.
Police said Raymundo Pineda’s [ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIEN] truck hit Lawrence’s car on Independence Boulevard in April 2005, and he didn't stop to help. He was arrested a few minutes later in an east Charlotte apartment complex.Pineda had been charged with driving while impaired a year before the fatal crash.Several Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers took the stand on Wednesday. One told jurors how a driver who saw Pineda’s truck leave the accident scene followed it, and then led police to where the truck was parked. Another officer testified that Pineda told him he drank at least five beers at two bars that night.
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