The following article is in today's issue of Cape Cod Times, as well as on their website. I promise that I will write up exactly what happened at both dispositions, I've just been unbelievably busy the last couple of days.
By Aaron Gouvea Cape Cod Times
July 28, 2007
FALMOUTH — Different court room, same result.
Christopher Parker, 50, pleaded guilty in Falmouth District Court yesterday to operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs and received a 2 ½-year sentence, six months above the minimum mandatory sentence for a fifth offense. In addition, he also received a one-year sentence for operating a motor vehicle negligently for the incident last October while driving in Bourne.
The sentences will run concurrently with the 2 ½-year sentence Parker received on Wednesday in Barnstable Superior Court, where he pled guilty to vehicular homicide.
Parker, of Forestdale, killed Diane Carhart, 63, in March when he slammed his Honda Accord into her Chevy Tracker on Route 130 in Sandwich. Police said Parker looked down to adjust a portable radio, causing the crash.
Although the last six months of his sentence will be suspended, he will be on probation for a combined four years. Parker will also have to submit to random drug and alcohol testing both in and out of prison, as well as alcohol counseling.
Carhart's daughter, Susan Linhares of Mattapoisett, is hopeful the punishments will serve as a fresh start for Parker and his family.
"I really do wish the man could clean himself up for his family's sake," Linhares said yesterday after Parker's court appearance. "My mother and I have never been vindictive people and while we won't forgive, we don't wish anybody harm."
Saturday, July 28, 2007
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