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U.S. NEWS Thursday 31 May 2018

Bus driver in fatal school bus crash released pending trial

By DAVID PORTER required to surrender his Wednesday's hearing.
Associated Press driver's license and report Kevin Kennedy said in a
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — to court personnel twice a handwritten statement that
A school bus driver facing month. "Mrs. Jennifer Williamson-
two counts of vehicular Muldrow faces two counts Kennedy gave everything
homicide stemming from of vehicular homicide to others every day and
a crash this month on stemming from the May asked for nothing in return.
Interstate 80 was released 17 crash on Interstate 80 in Today, tomorrow and
pending trial Wednesday western New Jersey. Morris forever, may the world
over the objections of County Assistant Prosecutor follow her example."
prosecutors. Matthew Troiano argued Much attention has been
Hudy Muldrow sat silently Muldrow had incentive paid to Muldrow's driving
in court for much of the to flee since a conviction history — he had his
two-hour, 30-minute on both counts, which license suspended 14 times
detention hearing — a carry a 10-year maximum between 1975 and 2017,
staple in criminal cases sentence, could doom him mostly for administrative
in New Jersey since the to die in prison. reasons, according to
state did away with cash Muldrow was driving one state motor vehicle
bail at the beginning of of three buses taking fifth- records. The most recent
last year. In the gallery, graders on a field trip from Attorney Matthew Reisig speaks with his client Hudy Muldrow license suspension was in
several of Muldrow's friends a middle school in Paramus, before the start of the detention hearing, Wednesday, May 30, December for failing to pay
and relatives nodded about 15 miles northwest of 2018, in Morristown, N.J. parking tickets. He also had
and clutched hands after New York City. Associated Press eight speeding violations
the judge announced his A criminal complaint between 1975 and 2001.
decision. They declined to alleges the 77-year-old impact tore the bus apart. Ten-year-old Miranda On Wednesday, Muldrow's
comment after the hearing. Muldrow missed a turn Muldrow's attorney on Vargas and 51-year-old attorney, Matthew Reisig,
State Superior Court Judge for the Waterloo Village Wednesday argued there teacher Jennifer Williamson defended it as an "above
Stephen Taylor ordered historic site and tried to is no evidence his client were killed, and more than average" driving record
Muldrow released from the make an illegal U-turn on was attempting to make a 40 others were injured, and noted the speeding
Morris County jail, where the interstate. left turn onto the median some seriously. Vargas' tickets spanned 43 years
he has been held since his The bus collided with in an area restricted for father and Williamson's and none had resulted in a
arrest last week. He will be a dump truck, and the emergency vehicles. husband attended license suspension.q

Man guilty of killing ex-neighbors who reported he squatted

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — April 11, 2016, near Oso, a Shunn in self-defense after
A man was convicted small community that was the couple confronted
Wednesday of killing his the site of the nation's worst him at his former property.
former neighbors and hiding landslide in 2014. He claimed he "panicked"
their bodies in the woods Reed had an ongoing and had his brother, Tony
northeast of Seattle after feud with the couple and Reed, help him bury the
one of them told authorities threatened to shoot them couple's bodies and stash
he was squatting at the after they cut brush next the couple's vehicles.
house he sold following a to his property in 2013, The brothers fled to Mexico
devastating landslide. according to prosecutors. after the slayings. Mexican
A jury found John Reed, Deputies described Reed authorities arrested John
55, guilty of first-degree as an aggressive neighbor. Reed more than two
murder in the death of After the landslide, Reed months later.
Patrick Shunn, 45, and sold his property to the Tony Reed had already
second-degree murder county under a flood- turned himself in and
in the death Monique mitigation program. Several led detectives to the
Patenaude, 46, and the weeks before Patenaude couple's gravesite. He was In this Aug. 8, 2016, file photo, John Blaine Reed is shown during
Daily Herald reported . He was killed, she reported that sentenced to 14 months his arraignment at Snohomish County Courthouse in Everett,
faces life in prison. Reed had been illegally in jail after pleading guilty Wash.
Prosecutors said Reed killed squatting, according to to rendering criminal
Patenaude and then fatally charging documents. Reed assistance. against John Reed. He also a trial that lasted over two
shot Shunn several hours testified last week that Prosecutors decided not was convicted of unlawful weeks in Snohomish County
later as he arrived home on he shot Patenaude and to seek the death penalty possession of a firearm after Superior Court.q