From Maryland State Police:
On August 27th, 2019, the Harford County Circuit Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Carloo Everton Watson. Watson, of North Brunswick, NJ, was indicted as the result of an ongoing investigation of the fatal collision at the Maryland Rt. 24 and Ring Factory Road intersection in Bel Air, MD.
The March 11th collision took the life of Tripp Johnson and Andrew Klein. On Wednesday, August 28th, at approximately 6:00 p.m., Watson turned himself in to troopers at the Bel Air Barrack. He was held at the Harford County Detention Center without bond.
Rot in jail.
This guy is about to find out how f-ed up Harford County MD is. I feel for him as the next year or more is going to be a living hell dealing with corrupt SAO and Judges.
Fuck this guy. He left from his earlier delivery all pissed off and was fucking around on his cell phone and because of that he plowed into a bunch of cars, sent several people to the hospital with serious injuries, and killed two people, including a kid. He would’ve put a deputy in her grave as well except she happened to look in her rearview mirror just in time to get out of his way as he came barrelling through.
He deserves every bit of whatever he gets, and most likely it won’t be as serve as he should get. It’ll get plead down, he’ll take a plea deal for may be a couple years, and be out in less than 2 years.
You’re probably right, I believe Ricky Gates only served 4 years (2 state/2 federal) and I believe the Federal was because he lied to the NTSB.
That was the Conrail/Amtrak collision in 1986/Baltimore County where there were 16 deaths
He was on a cell phone. No excuses for this loser. Killed a kid. Screw him. Nothing to do with judges. GUILTY
Because republicans have an issue with due process
Killing a kid because you are distracted by your cell phone should be a capital offense. We, as a State, should reinstitute the death penalty for this crime. There is no excuse. Too bad I won’t be on the jury.
If he does manage to plead this down, I would understand (but not openly approve of) some vigilante* justice.
* Definition of vigilante justice
: a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
Sure glad you are not in charge of things.
You sound like a nut job…you should be lobotomized and religated to cleaning public restrooms.
Central Scrutinizer,
You are probably one of those people against abortion but approve of the cuts to education and school lunch programs.
Why should I be lobotomized and relegated to cleaning public restrooms just because I think killing an actual living, functioning child should be punished to the fullest extent of the law????
Sounds like you are a few toys short of a happy meal.
Yea I am sure Bob thinks he should walk away with nothing. Just another asshole on a phone while driving.
Not hardly
Why do republicans always claim they know what other people are thinking?
It make them feel like they are in control.
Correction to previous post; should be ‘makes’.
WTF does politics have to do with what we are talking about. This accident has nothing to do with politics and your response shows that the Democratic assholes, like yourself, seem to believe politics is the answer to every problem. Your politics is the problem because you associate everything with politics. The system of Democratic treason your scumbag traitors have instilled into this State’s corrupt Code and the outright lunacy of you stinking Democrats makes me sick. It is time to ban the Democratic Party and people like you are the reason it needs to be banned. Traitor….
“WTF does politics have to do with what we are talking about”
Lemme take a shot at this one…..He posted under the name “True Harford Republican ”
Do I win something?
As opposed to liberals who tell everyone what to think. Go away, I don’t say that often.
Bob,
If I were in charge of things, hurting a child would be treason (the next step above a felony and a crime against the State) and punishable by hanging. Mess with grownups is one thing. Doing in a child who doesn’t understand why it’s being hurt … I can’t think of anything that worse than that.
But this fool, Watson, is only being charged with “two counts of gross negligence manslaughter by motor vehicle, two counts of criminal negligence manslaughter by motor vehicle, and four counts of causing serious injury while using a cellphone.”
Looks like the max he’s facing is 10 years with $5000 fine.
Quoted from the Baltimore Sun:
“Gross negligence manslaughter by motor vehicle is a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison with a $5,000 fine, while criminal negligence manslaughter by motor vehicle is a misdemeanor that carries a penalty of three years of incarceration with a $5,000 fine.
Causing serious injury while using a cellphone is a traffic offense that carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail with a $5,000 fine.”
Go figure.
Forever Amber,
According to the below article from WJZ13 CBS Baltimore, Watson could face a total of 30 years in prison and a $40,000 fine if found guilty. The difference might be that he faces 2 counts of manslaughter. I’m not really sure.
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/08/27/carloo-watson-facing-manslaughter-charges-bel-air-crash-tripp-johnson-andrew-klein/
Below is another piece that gives some information on Watson. He has 5 children and raised 4 of them as a single father. According to his lawyer, Watson has no criminal record, and in 27 years driving a truck has never been issued a citation.
https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/cng-ag-carloo-watson-0829-20190829-mxwajsyj2ndibhxjf4rmm52xga-story.html
Don’t get me wrong. I am not trying to mitigate what he did. I just don’t think execution would be the appropriate punishment. I don’t have any way of knowing for sure, but irrespective of whatever sentence he serves, I suspect he will carry a burden of terrible guilt for this accident to his grave.
I understand where you’re coming from, my problem has always been the cavalier way we treat vehicular homicide. There needs to be huge fines for messing w your phone whole you’re driving. And the automakers need to be sued into oblivion for putting blue tooth, video, audio, gps and all manner of distracting nonsense in new cars. They are contributory.
Nellie,
You’re right. Significantly increasing the fines for talking or texting on a handheld cellphone, while driving, would be a step in the right direction. Also, stricter enforcement is a must.
You can have all the fines you want but unless the sheriffs starts ticketing people it doesn’t matter.
I disagree with you about the Bluetooth devices installed into the cars. These devices actually make the roads safer because the user of the vehicle is not fumbling around with the phone and can keep both hands on the wheel while talking on the phone. Now I am sure the utmost safest way of talking on a phone in the car is to NOT do it at all, but the reality of the situation is that people will still do it no matter what. The Bluetooth devices make the roads safer and I can NOT agree with suing Automotive manufacturers for installing a system in a car that actually works and makes the roads safer. You can disagree all you want, but I have set up many phones for people in their cars using the built in Bluetooth system and I think any argument you make is a load of horse shit.
Bob,
I wonder how Watson would feel if it had been Mr. Klein who ran over one of his children with a truck while arguing with his stock broker on his cell phone?
I have no sympathy. The only thing that stopped Watson’s truck was the number of cars and dead people caught under it. There weren’t even any skid marks on the road. He didn’t even try to stop.
The maximum sentence you refer to is if he is found guilty on all counts and the sentences don’t run consecutively. The judge may decide that due to overcrowding in the prisons, all of his sentences will run consecutively, which means the most time he’ll serve is 10 years and he’ll probably be paroled before the end of the ten years.
I guess you’re right, executing him would absolve him of having to live with his guilt. Of course, all his is “remorse” could just be a play for public sympathy. (“What he did was SOOO bad, but just look at how SORRY he is for it….And think of his poor little children….) Wouldn’t be the first time.
I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Watson’s defense attorney(s) finds some way to blame his victims for the accident.
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There was a terrible accident. People were killed and maimed by this man’s negligence and he will have to face the music of a common law offense because victims were accrued. However, it does not seem that he had the intention to cause all of this and intent is a causation of a crime. The man even turned himself in to the Gestapo at the MSP barracks. He is now being held without bond and will be persecuted by the treason of the Harford County Circuit Court. Be careful what you all wish for because in that corrupt county of yours any of this could happen to YOU. YOU have the most treasonous group of police in the nation working for the HCSO and I am living proof of the treason of your stinking county. He will be tried and convicted. Once his sentence is done he has to live with it for an eternity. That should be enough to satisfy the blood lust of you Dagger dogs….but it’s NOT.
I would be interested in reading the full report of this accident. Is there any way I would be able to get it through a request?
You would have to contact the Maryland State Police to get a copy since they were the investigating agency.
Since the case has not been adjudicated and since you personally likely have no standing regarding the case (except as an interested citizen) they probably won’t release anything to you until there’s a guilty plea or the trial happens.
The loser was on a cell phone and killed two people and injured a bunch more. There is your report. You must be like all the rest and trying to get this guy off. GUILTY.
Let me understand this……….the owner of Kleins Shoprite is killed by a shoprite truck delivering to his store….a driver under a heavy schedule….and you charge him with manslaughter? This sounds more like a workplace accident…as Klein is surely partially responsible, for sake of a few dollars, on the drivers tight schedule. The driver……unless he had drugs or alcohol… has the least control over the entire situation.
This will be a hoot…one side will argue….omg…we loved klein…..the other side will argue the demand by klein and shoprite in general to work the drivers as they do….the ramifications if the drivers make any noise…and the mandatory checks with the drivers previous company as a requirement for hire.
Even if your comment had any validity about the President of Klein’s, there was a small boy killed as well by this driver’s carelessness. Manslaughter it is.
You are an idiot. The driver is in control at all times. I have been a truck driver for 17 years. No one rushes me. I am in control. If I drive Unsafe its on me not my company
And as far as your statement about the driver having the least control over the situation, perhaps if he wasn’t using his cell phone he might have more control over his truck and the situation.
Oh, I agree with you, but people are doing the same thing all the time on the public roads. Look, he was acting in act of commerce as he was using the roads for commercial purposes and the law applies to him in full. However, I do not think his intent was to cause the accident and the whole thing was due to negligence. Since victimization did occur, he’s liable to the common law. He’s basically going to have to answer to common law violations and violations of the commercial code. A lot of people don’t realize that a lot of traffic law only applies to commercial operation of a vehicle.
Amen Bel Air Guy. WELL SAID.