Re: ONE FOR THE CYCLIST

We also mentioned this on the radio show THIS week!  :-)

I think the more exposure these types of incidents get, the more
likely the police will act on them.

The second interview I did this week was with Ryan Sabga whose Garmin
GPS proved his innocence in a bike/car accident.

It was his word against the car driver and the police didn't cite
either one of them - although they did get the woman to admit she
"probably hit him" since there was a hand print and knee indent on the
car!

When Ryan got home he remembered that his Garmin had been recording
and it proved that he was where he said he was and that this driver
had lied.  The insurance company paid off immediately!

I'm certainly not trying to sell products here - just thought it was
very interesting that technology can work in our favor in cases like
these.

Regards,

Diane
HubBub
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:46 AM, David Whitmon <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Feb 4, 2011, at 8:33 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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>> Yesterday a man in Waco,Tx. got convicted of murder and will spend the
>> next 65 years in jail for killing a cyclist while driving. He can get
>> parolled after 30 years so at least he will be gone awhile.
>>
>>
>> Fran,
>>
>> Be who you are and say what you feel........
>> Because those that matter dont mind.....
>> And those that mind don't matter.   Anon
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> Here is the news paper article.
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> Three-time convicted felon pleads guilty to killing bicyclist while fleeing
> police in 2009
>
> By Tommy Witherspoon
> Tribune-Herald staff writer
>
> A Waco man on trial as a habitual criminal faces up to life in prison after
> pleading guilty Tuesday to causing the death of a bicyclist while he was
> fleeing police in his car in October 2009.
>
> Marcus Cain, 37, a three-time convicted felon, pleaded guilty to evading
> arrest causing death and is asking a 19th State District Court jury of seven
> women and five men to assess his punishment.
>
> Cain pleaded guilty to striking 37-year-old Joseph Lee Ray, of Waco, who was
> riding his bicycle near Irving Lee Street and the Interstate 35 access road.
>
> Marcus Cain pleaded guilty to killing a man in October 2009 when he hit the
> man while running from police in his car.
>
> Waco police said Ray was killed instantly after Cain struck him with his
> gray Chevrolet Caprice while evading Waco police.
>
> In opening statements, Assistant District Attorney Lauren McLeod, who is
> prosecuting the case with J.R. Vicha, told the jury that Waco police officer
> Charles Conner spotted the Caprice driving 42 mph in a 30 mph zone on Dutton
> Avenue shortly before midnight.
>
> The car also swerved over the white line and had an expired registration
> sticker, so Conner turned on his lights and tried to pull over the driver.
>
> Cain turned right onto South 18th Street, then right again and accelerated
> up to 70 mph or more, McLeod said. He ran a stop sign near George’s
> restaurant and headed onto the southbound I-35 access road, where he ran two
> stop lights.
>
> At that point, Conner determined that the chase was becoming too dangerous
> and ended his pursuit, McLeod said.
>
> While Conner was waiting at the red light, he saw the car strike something
> near Irving Lee Street and then turn onto Richter Street, she said.
>
> As the officer approached, he thought he saw part of the damaged vehicle
> lying in the roadway. But, instead, it was Ray and his crumpled bicycle,
> McLeod said.
>
> Officers found the abandoned Caprice a short time later on Richter. Police
> used a dog to track down Cain, who was hiding in a nearby drainage pipe,
> McLeod said.
>
> In the meantime, officers searched the car and found an Alcoholics Anonymous
> registration sheet with Cain’s name on it, along with some marijuana.
>
> Officers also found marijuana in Cain’s pockets while he was being
> questioned at the police department.
>
> Cain denied involvement in the fatal crash, even after Detective John Clark,
> who searched through Cain’s cell phone, found a text message that Cain sent
> to his uncle while he was hiding in the drainage pipe that read, “I think I
> just hit someone and killed them,” McLeod told jurors.
>
> Waco attorney Robert Callahan, who is representing Cain with attorney Robert
> Canonico, told jurors Cain is sorry for his actions and never intended to
> kill Ray.
>
> “Have you ever been in a position of having to apologize for something that
> you know no words or actions can make up for?” Callahan said to the jury.
> “It’s never going to be enough. He never intended to hurt anyone.”
>
> If sentenced as a habitual criminal, Cain faces a minimum of 25 years in
> prison up to 99
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