Donald Farmer, 19 at time of Feb. 2021 crash, was under influence of marijuana, Xanax when he caused crash killing Stephen Pirolli, Stephen Pirolli Jr.
NORTH COUNTY
A 19-year-old driver was jailed Tuesday, charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, in a crash that killed a father and teenage son as the pair left baseball practice at Poway High School earlier this year.
Donald Lee Farmer Jr. is also accused of driving under the influence of drugs causing injury and driving without a license, a misdemeanor, according to the complaint filed by prosecutors. The court document does not indicate what sort of drug.
Farmer was taken into custody and pleaded not guilty to the two felonies and misdemeanor charge during his arraignment in San Diego Superior Court. He was ordered jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail and is due back in court May 18 for a bail review. His attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.