Posted on 03/21/2014 2:51:41 PM PDT by ClaytonP
The driver of an unmarked Maricopa County Sheriff's Office SUV was traveling 41 mph faster than the speed limit seconds before it T-boned a Nissan Cube and killed the driver in December.
A crash reconstruction by the Glendale Police Department showed Deputy Sean Pearce was going 81 mph in a 40 mph zone just prior to slamming on his brakes and colliding with the Cube driven by John Edward Harding, 63, of Glendale, according to a Glendale police report obtained by CBS 5 News on Monday.
Pearce, a 20-year veteran of the MCSO and the son of former state Sen. Russell Pearce, and Deputy David Parra were in separate unmarked vehicles and responding to a report that a murder suspect was on the move.
Sean Pearce told investigators he thought he was going about 55 mph in the center northbound lane of 59th Avenue and had no traffic in front of him, and then he saw Harding's vehicle enter the intersection of Hayward Avenue.
Sean Pearce said he locked up the brakes on the SUV but was unable to avoid the collision, according to the report.
Harding's widow, Nohemi Harding, learned from CBS 5 News the results of the report and said she wants justice for her husband.
"I don't know what he was thinking," she said. "I mean, he's the king of the road or what? He can do anything he wants because he's a policeman?"
Parra was following behind, saw the collision and stopped at the crash scene, according to the report.
Neither sheriff's vehicle was equipped with emergency lights, according to the report.
John Harding died at a nearby hospital. He is survived by his wife, Nohemi Harding, and a son, Jordan.
Glendale detectives have submitted the case to the county attorney's office requesting manslaughter charges be filed against Pearce, something Harding's widow would like to see.
"I have a concern that he may not get charged because of who he is - a policeman - and because he's the son of an ex-senator," said Nohemi Harding.
I mean, he's the king of the road or what? He can do anything he wants because he's a policeman?
Yes ma'am. Anything he wants.
But!
dept of JustUs HATES Sheriff Joe/MCSO so that will over ride the dead (RIP Sir) white guy factor.
I have a friend that was apprehensive to get into a Corvette I owned because the body was made of fiberglass.
I had to explain to him that the body of the car doesn’t protect you in an accident and that it’s merely a shell.
The most impressive one I heard of was of three guys who were boosting car stereos in a club parking lot when they were spotted by a female cop. They fired on her, not hitting her, before speeding off in their car down a snaking half mile of smooth road. Their driver really floored it, and must have been doing over 60 when he ran the read light at the intersection.
Perpendicular to him was a semi truck at about the same speed. Their car, and them, disintegrated. They had to shut down an entire block in the direction the truck was heading for over a day, as police did a thorough search with tongs and plastic bags. They found bits of car and person on top of several buildings downrange.
They never did identify the decedents. This was before DNA was widely used for that purpose.
Did they look in the Indian Ocean?
Justice aborted.....
...locked up the brakes...
I’m going to presume this was a new model SUV with anti-lock brakes. Is it possible to lock up anti-lock brakes?
I tried to make some inquiries of individual policemen after the fact, and the local cops didn’t even want to think about it, much less talk about it. So I asked a cop in an adjacent city if they had heard anything, and he said he got about the same response from cops in the first city he had talked with.
I guess spending a nice, hot day with tongs and baggies picking up the pieces of somebody’s sweet, shattered dreams is a bit much, even for experienced cops.
“I think I found an ear. Or maybe a foreskin. Hard to tell.”
“he thought he was going about 55 mph
I’ll try that excuse next time a cop pulls me over. “
Bullshit, bulshit! Crap, something in my throat. It must Be Jeff Foxworthy’s speed index.
He didn’t know how fast he was going because he DIDN’T CARE.
Where you live?
Whoops. There's the problem. You sound like somebody that wants California to fall into the ocean.
“You sound like somebody that wants California to fall into the ocean.”
I don’t know what that had to do with my statement, but yea, I’d like to see Kalifornia drop off.
I'd like to see that too. So would about 100 million other people.
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