The man who was driving a car that struck Dededo Mayor Melissa Savares and four others has been charged with driving while intoxicated and vehicular negligence, according to a magistrate s report filed in Superior Court. I ll man up to my mistakes and try to make it right, Samuel Duenas Griffin Jr., 34, told police in the complaint. God I m so sorry they got hurt.
According to charging documents, Griffin pleaded guilty to DWI as a first offender in December 2017.
In this case, Griffin has been charged with five counts of vehicular negligence as a third-degree felony, driving while impaired as a misdemeanor and possession of an open container in a motor vehicle.