The Duke Park listserv has been buzzing this evening with reports of the always-ugly car-meets-house collision.
This time, at everyone's least favorite intersection, the bizarre Markham/Roxboro menage a car. Everyone's favorite District 2 don, Sgt. Dale Gunter, brought forward the news of the happening:
A 19 year old male, David Lavon Anderson II, was racing another vehicle when he lost control and struck a house at the corner of the intersection causing about $15 thousand worth of damage or more to the home and totaling his vehicle. The other vehicle was not located and did not stop when the accident occurred.
Anderson was charged with motor vehicle racing, DWI, under age DWI, and of course the accident.
His bond was set at $2,000, unsecured.
Needless to say, our friends in Duke Park weren't exactly thrilled by the idea of a $2,000 bond being set, unsecured no less, for an idiot deciding that racing on a busy neighborhood street was somehow a good idea.
Who can we complain about, they asked? Who set such a low bond for this event?
The name of the magistrate on the case: one Magistrate Wheeler.
Folks, you just can't make this stuff up some days.
For those of us just tuning in to the story now, could someone provide a clue as to who Magistrate Wheeler is?
Posted by: Cliff Dyer | June 01, 2008 at 07:05 AM
Cliff: You weren't the only one confused by this; I got emails on this too. The irony is of a magistrate named "Wheeler" handling a case where someone, well, lost control of the wheel, so to speak.
It was likely more humorous in the original Gunter context of "Mag. Wheeler," which instantly makes me think of mag wheels on 70s sports cars.
Or, perhaps it wasn't. :)
Posted by: Bull City Rising | June 01, 2008 at 09:36 AM