Man accused in fatal crash misses hearing
By George Brennan Staff Writer Cape Cod Times
BARNSTABLE - Christopher Parker, the man accused of vehicular homicide in a Sandwich crash that killed a Forestdale grandmother, failed to appear yesterday for a show-cause hearing he requested.
Barnstable District Court Clerk Magistrate Robert Powers will now decide whether to issue a criminal complaint against Parker. If he does, Parker will be scheduled for arraignment.
Powers did not return several messages left at his office yesterday.
Parker, 50, was cited in connection with a three-car crash on Route 130 last month that caused the death of Diane Carhart, 63.
''The family is frustrated that this process is taking so long,” said Susan Linhares, Carhart's daughter.
Linhares, who lives in Mattapoisett, waited with police and prosecutors for more than an hour for Parker to appear, even though she would have been forced to wait in the court's lobby during the hearing. Because Parker was cited instead of arrested, he had the right to request the magistrate's hearing within four days of the citation being issued. He exercised that right, but failed to appear.
The person who answered the phone at Parker's Forestdale home yesterday hung up when a reporter identified himself.
At the time of the crash, Parker was driving with a revoked license. His record is filled with driving infractions that include four convictions for operating under the influence of alcohol dating back to 1982.
George Brennan can be reached at gbrennan @capecodonline.com.
(Published: April 5, 2007)
1 comment:
I hope he fell in the shower and broke his frikken hip and nearly died from hypothermia. Thats so lowbrow. I'm so sorry for all this crap happening to your family.
Post a Comment