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Updated: 6:58 PM Jan 24, 2008
Truck Driver Charged With Murder After Crash
Police say 46-year-old Paul George Neto, of Decatur, AL, was under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he crossed the center line on U.S. 421 and ran into a minivan head on at around 9:00, Wednesday night. Posted: 11:08 PM Jan 23, 2008 |
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A truck driver from Alabama has been charged with murder after police say he caused a crash that left a Frankfort woman dead.
Police say 46-year-old Paul George Neto, of Decatur, AL, was under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he crossed the center line on U.S. 421 and ran into a minivan head on at around 9:00, Wednesday night.
The crash was so violent, the truck pushed the van 250 feet, left the road and ran into several trees and utility poles. Police say the vehicles were fused together.
The driver of the van, 41-year-old Leslye Robertson of Frankfort, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Neto was taken to the hospital and then on to the Franklin County Detention Center. He's been charged with Murder, Operating Motor Vehicle Subject Impaired Alcohol/Drugs 1st Offense, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Control Substance 1st degree Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He's being held in the Franklin County Detention Center on a $1 million dollar bond.
U.S. 421 was shut down overnight as police investigated the crash. It is now back open, but police say they'll have to shut it down sometime on Thursday so they can remove the tractor trailer from the scene.
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Neto should be thankful that he still HAS his daughter unlike that poor family here in Frankfort that lost there precious daughter Leslye do to some psycho, none-caring drug addict who only thinks of no one but himself! Neto, don't think that you will get pitty from us here in Frankfort because we want you out of town before sundown ONCE your trial is over which should not take long considering you MURDERED one of our own!!!!!!! And to you Alabama peeps who are defending this KILLER, hope you ALL ain't like him!!!!! If so PLEASE stay out of OUR state!
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Leslye was late getting in from church so her husband & 12 year old daughter went to look for her and came upon the accident! What a tragedy for a child to see this! I know one of the cops that worked the wreck and he said it was one of the worst he has ever seen. (edited) Some of my family is good friends with the husband, daughter & Leslye's Mom & Dad. This is such a tragedy! Let's hold this family up in prayer! Drinking, drugging and driving just ain't worth it! What a precious lady taken at such a young age and had so much to live for and look forward too. God help them!!!!!!!!
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I recently heard a good take on how to get rid of the drug problems we face today. Make them legal. Make those who sell the drugs pay taxes on the income. If we start taxing drug shipments that come into the country from Columbia, and other drug dealing places, the shipments will stop. These drug dealers are business men, and when you start eating into their profits, like any good business man, they will stop shipments.
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