weeks later, toxicology results were provided to the judge that indicated that mr. ponce was indeed under the influence of alcohol. he was drunk. he was a 0.14, almost twice the legal limit. we re expecting the judge is going to say, okay, we are going to remand you back into custody. instead, he recused himself from the case because of the comments he made previously. i think you were drunk. i think you are lucky you didn t have a girlfriend in the car that didn t die. it was assigned to another judge, and that judge let the bond stay. first judge said, if the tox comes back and it s over the legal limit, you re going to be in jail. the second judge don t they talk? what would be the problem to
you re not allowed out on bail. you kill somebody with a car, i mean, he still killed him. so why is he given the privilege of being home? toxicology results indicated that mr. ponce was drunk. he had sustained injuries that required follow-up care. many of those doctors appointments didn t require a removal of the ankle monitor. the mris did. (mom) when our little girl was born, we got a subaru. it s where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the 2015 subaru forester (girl) what? (announcer) built to be there for your family.
without a doubt, this is not an accident. this was a deadly, troubled, alcoholic time bomb waiting to blow up. our investigators arrived at the hospital when we knew that christopher ponce would be released once his treatment concluded. he had a broken ankle from the accident, which seems minute compared to everything that we went through. we took him to the hillsborough county jail. at that point, we made charges of reckless driving, dui manslaughter and vehicular homicide. those are some pretty serious offenses. the first hearing that mr. ponce would face would be a bail hearing. and because toxicology results can often take weeks or months to return and without those results the judge didn t feel completely comfortable keeping mr. ponce in jail and opted to provide a high bond. the judge said that he was going to grant the bond, but he
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once we got him in the squad car, he was yelling and screaming. he was completely uncooperative. what s your first name? [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. what s going to happen shut the [ bleep ] i m going to jail! members of the fire department showed up. he refused to answer any questions for him. [ bleep ] you. yeah, i m allergic to [ bleep ] cops and [ bleep ] paramedics. the suspect, kevin hutchins, is taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. toxicology results show his blood alcohol level is more than twice the legal limit. and it turns out he has two prior convictions for dui. he pleads guilty to multiple charges, including recklessly endangering safety and fleeing an officer and is sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. deputy griffin is also taken to the hospital and at first doesn t believe his injuries to be that serious.