Gainesville man given 6 months work release in vehicular homicide case
A Gainesville man was given six months in Hall County work release and must stay away from four-wheelers in a 2017 vehicular homicide case, according to court documents.
Justin Farid Castillo, 22, was found not guilty March 26 by a Hall County jury on first-degree vehicular homicide but was convicted on a second-degree charge in the wreck that killed Vanessa Kay Lindsey.
Georgia State Patrol previously told The Times Lindsey’s vehicle was heading northbound around 6:30 p.m. Dec. 30, 2017, on Harmony Church Road in East Hall. The car hit the rear of a black four-wheeler, driven by Castillo, that did not have brake lights or tail lights, according to state patrol.