Two St. Joseph County officers resign after lying about fatal crash
South Bend Tribune
SOUTH BEND Two St. Joseph County police officers have resigned after an internal investigation found they lied about facts related to a fatal February crash that also left a teen girl partially paralyzed.
The department announced the resignations of Brad Bauters and James Hart, both corporals, Friday afternoon. St. Joseph County Sheriff Bill Redman had recommended the county police merit board terminate both officers because they intentionally omitted” details about whether a North Liberty man was inebriated at a car crash on the afternoon of Feb. 5.
Sheriff begins process to fire 2 officers over statements related to fatal crash
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67 days after crash, family welcomes Giuliana home
SOUTH BEND, Ind. 67 days. It’s been a difficult, long haul for 13-year-old Giuliana Mendez.
“It’s definitely been challenging obviously,” Mendez said. “I thought that this was just, it wasn’t that major and that I’d go to the hospital and everyone would come back out and I’d go home straight away, and I’d be fine. But then obviously it turned into way more than that.”
On February 5, 31-year-old Kassandra Zwierzynski along with 5 of her children including Giuliana, were in a serious car crash involving a drunk driver on Grant Street in South Bend. The crash, left the driver in the other vehicle dead, Zwierzynski’s SUV destroyed, her and her kids with minor injuries. Except for Giuliana, who was airlifted to Riley Children’s Hospital with a severe spinal injury and has spent the last several weeks at Shirley Ryan in Chicago.