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Teen Driver Charged After Early Morning Wreck
July 13, 2010
A 17-year old driver has been charged following an early morning wreck in the Quintette community.
Candace Lavallee, 17, of Cantonment, was charged with failure to stop at a stop sign and violation of curfew restrictions following the crash at 2:24 a.m. Monday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol says Lavallee was westbound on Quintette Road when she failed to stop at the intersection of Highway 95A while turning left at a high rate of speed.
Her 2008 Honda crossed Highway 95A and continued southwest onto the grassy shoulder, leaving about 20 feet of furrow marks before entering a wooded area where the vehicle struck several small trees.
Lavalle and Kyndall Reaves, 16, of Cantonment, sustained minor injures. They were not transported to the hospital. Two passengers in the vehicle, both age 13, were not injured. All occupants were wearing their seat belts, and the crash was not alcohol related, according to the FHP. The Honda sustained about $20,000 in damage.
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31 Responses to “Teen Driver Charged After Early Morning Wreck”
for the people who are doubting our parents – they are good parents , we lied . it’s not there fault . all of you should be ashamed putting the blame on them . were okay so there’s nothing to worry about . yes candace is my best friend and she does feel bad but all of you saying this bogus non sense makes her feel worse . you have no place to be putting your voice or opinion out there . NOO ONNNEE CARESS WHAT YOU THINKK . its a lesson well learned . we know this . and were just happpy everyones okay . drop this ‘ bad parenting’ crap . cause it aint truee . k thanks .
Yes they made a mistake and yes they learned from it . Im just happy they walked out alive . Candace is a very responsible girl too take the consequesnces and pay the money . Also who this Horrific kid you dont need too go bring the Other accidents into this one , these are different people so dont try too compare . Hopefully next time when they think about sneaking ou tthey might just think twice . Im praying for you girls and hopping it will be alright !
As for the comment, that kids do sneak out.
In my house the little brats would only pull that once. lol
The first time its’ their fault.
The second time is the parents faults, because you already
know they are more than willing to lie and whatever it takes
to disobey.
I still say….who’s in charge?
Oh and deputy, when you alone decide to have radar, do you
say anything over your police radio frequencies?
The problem is, what about the other 23 hours a day.
We have a deadly problem up here with habitual drivers who
disregard the safety of everyone else and drink going down the
road. We dodge them continually. You can’t be there all the
time. Slowing them down once in a while, and even their
friends getting killed drunk driving doesn’t seem to slow them
down either, or teach them not to drink and drive.
My point was we need cameras, and no you can’t do anything
about the fact that everyone has cb, phones and blab to all their
friends.
My point again is, what your doing isn’t working, we need cameras.
If I offended you about saying somebody on the force is blabing
I’m sorry, If I offended you because you think I think your all bad.again
I appologize. I don’t think your all bad, but I don’t respect all
of you either.
I know you have a hard job, but I would like to see traffic problems
be solved without it being ineffectual and costy of your time when
you could be out catching thieves, murderers and drug dealers,
instead of just sitting along side the road trying to stop habitual bad
drivers.
I see the same cars and knuckle heads day by day going down
the road crossing yellow lines, passing over yellow lines, and
speeding at rediculas speeds.
The fact that last week your offices told ppl that you were catching
ppl doing 80 shows you we aren’t lying.
They drive Nuts up here.
Thanks for all you do do for us. I’m sure however, that you would
enjoy catching criminals who have made other problems than
speeding. I do understand that this is important and I’m not saying
that, but i personnally feel your time could be better spent, and after
all it is our dollars.
Oh well…they should have been home and in the bed like the rest of us…live and learn is just a good ole saying huh ?
IN RESPONSE TO:
Sherriff, when you put radar on these roads, everyone in molino knows about it before you do it.
You got big mouths on your department,.
That statement is false. I conduct traffic enforcement on 97 routinely, and I decide when and where on the spur of the moment.
AND:
Even when it’s not told in advance, 10 mins after you set up
it is told over every telephone and cb, and walkie talkie that
these idiots have.
There’s not much I can do about that, now is there….and if it causes folks to slow down, my mission is accomplished.
Wow David
I was just thinking the same thing,
big difference from the 16 year old who rolled through tom thumb drunk.
Good girl, You accepted responsibility, promise to be more careful, didn’t blame your age, didn’t act like you would continue until you are old, didn’t quite say “Everybody’s doing it, so it’s okay for me to have done it.”
That’s all most want. That and to remind other adults to be careful and warn their children over and over again in hopes it won’t happen so often and fewer will die.
We all do bad things now and then, we just hate for folks to act like they will continue to do it until they are old and decrepit like us old geezers.
David giving Candace an A+
after the D-
i love you and im glad you didnt get seriously hurt!
& for the parents who THINK THEY KNOW IT All, im sure there’s been plenty of times your kids have lied or not told you the full truth. &if you can honestly sit there & think your kids are perfect than shame on you for being blinded with your dumbness. because i can almost guarantee you if they haven’t lied to you there will be a time they will. so until your actually in that situation (which i hope you don’t ever have to be) i would be carefull what i say. 9 times out of 10 your kids will think what mom & dad don’t know wont hurt them. so don’t be dumbfounded or so hardheaded to think that it wont or cant happen to you & your “perfect child”.
YES WE WERE OUT LATE & YES WE DID WRECK.
BUT ITS NOT OUR PARENTS FAULT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. THIS WAS ALL OUR OWN DECISIONS. ALL OUR PARENTS LOVE US VERY MUCH & HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL THEY GOT THERE CRYING DAUGHTERS PHONE CALLS AT 230 THAT MORNING
& I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY ACTION S & HAVE FULLY REALIZED THE DANGER I PUT MY FRIENDS IN.
& LIKE EVERYONE SAYS YOU LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES & I HONESTLY CAN SAY I HAVE ALSO LEARNED BIG LESSON, EVEN IF IT WAS THE HARD WAY. BUT I WOULD RATHER LEARN IT NOW THAN NOT AT ALL. & I ALSO REALIZE THAT NIGHT WE WERE ALL VERY LUCKY & THAT IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS IT IS NOT ALWAYS A HAPPY ENDING. BUT LUCKILY FOR US GOD WATCHED OVER US THAT NIGHT & WE ALL WALKED AWAY ALIVE. & I THANK HIM FOR THAT, I COULDN’T POSSIBLE IMAGINE HAVING TO LIVE WITH THE GUILT OF KNOWING THAT MY IRRESPONSIBLE DECISIONS KILLED ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. & ALSO FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TALKED BAD ABOUT MY WRECK IM SURE YOU WOULD BE GLAD TO KNOW THAT I HAVE TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY & IM PAYING OFF ALL MY FINES MYSELF.
REGARDING:
“Eventus stultorum magister
(Latin for: Fools learn from experience)”
or even “Fools have to learn by experience” since everybody CAN learn by experience but some can only learn by experience.
a related expression: Experience is the best teacher–but the most expensive or “Experience is the worst teacher. You get the test first, and the lesson after.”
AND
“Sheriff, when you put radar on these roads, everyone in Molino
knows about it before you do it.
You got big mouths on your department,.”
It’s not a leak; they announce in the paper at the beginning of the week where they will be checking (or used to, I haven’t noticed lately). Of course, they announce several locations and do not check all at the same time but it slows down those who read and catches those who don’t.
David wishing more were willing
to learn by listening and reading,
happy for those who survive experience
I hope you are doing better Candance. Can’t wait until you come back to cheerleading…..
I DID and I AGREE. You don’t own a BLONDE WIG or drive a little GREEN OLD CAR do you?
I doubt anyone seriously had the patience to actually read the last comment. haha.
Yesterday we were drving home on 97 just after 5 and a little green old
car with a blonde woman in it passed two trucks and us on a double
yellow line going about 90. She then encountered a truck with a trailer
and she again over another double yellow line with a hill a little further
up ahead passed the truck and trailer over another double yellow line.
Little green beat up car with blonde in it. Your stupid.
But the horrible thing is when you end up dead on 97 you will
probably have taken out somebody else also. i HOPE IT’S NOT
A CAR LOAD OF KIDS.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
You see people you can’t fix stupid and stupid people do not learn
from others mistakes.
More people are going to be killed on 97. They need to put up
cameras Period and slow these evil knievels Down.
Sherriff, when you put radar on these roads, everyone in molino
knows about it before you do it.
You got big mouths on your department,.
Even when it’s not told in advance, 10 mins after you set up
it is told over every telephone and cb, and walkie talkie that
these idiots have.
You also need to stop them from buying beer at the tom thumb
every single night when they get off work, and then climbing
in their big trucks and driving on home drinking.
Thats what they stop and buy beer for.
You need undercover on this.
As for your bust on the convienience stores selling beer to
minors.
Poor, you and I and all your officers and half this town know
that the reason you caught the 74 year old is because of
who he is, and hs age, he is not important to the tom thumb
and circle k crowd, so he wasn’t notified.
Think about where your officers hang out and get their
free stuff.
The tom thumb workers and circle k workers know, are friends
or are relatived to half this town.
Get real sherriff. Your better than this!
All the others are connected and in the know.
the word was out.
So everyone was behaving.
Not slick sherriff.
You have to use out of town people to go in and catch them.
Not people who know who are relatives or old school buddies.
Most of us here know the difference from sh-t from shinola.
You have made a good start sherriff.
I have been suprised.
You have told them to go out and stop the speeders and
bust the druggies.
But their not getting their friends.
They know it and we know it.
Your going to have to get smarter than this sherriff!
@S.L.B
Outstanding comment. Well said.
Of the many constraints and imprisonments possible in our world, one of the worst must be to be inarticulate. To be unable to tell a person how you really feel. Reading your comments, it is clear you are neither hobbled nor shackled in prose…
I see some adults and even parents here trapped in their own cliches. “Kid will be kids,Accidents happen,Youthful indiscretion etc etc” It’s no wonder why some kids are the way they are.
Eventus stultorum magister
(Latin for: Fools learn from experience)
Kyndall is one of my good friends , and i am glad all these girls are okay . <3 love them to deathhh !
Parents are legally responsible for their children until the age of 18, period.
No excuses for the parents if they don’t assume that responsibility 100% and cover all the bases. No matter their age, if your child wants to go to whomever’s house, first the parents should know all the ins and outs of who lives in that household, who will be in that household when said child is going to be there
and what the plans are going to be during their child’s stay as far as children and parents go.
What if there is a pervert staying there or a criminal? Parents need to be talking to other parents and they both should be on the same page and if their not, then my child would be staying home. AND if they snuck out, shame on them as they wouldn’t have any privelegdes for a very long time, nor any rewards…not till they earned my trust once again.
One last point….seems we have 3 more teenagers that didn’t learn a lesson from someone else’s mistakes (Tom Thumb rollover) as many posters were hoping they would!
Stupid is as stupid does.
Parents…start verifying your kid’s “stories” about where they are sleeping over! No matter how much faith you have in your child, he/she will lie to you at one time or another…so check your gut instincts!
I just can’t fathom this many kids out on the street at all hours!
ooops
should have proofed that first sentence. Sorry
There were three of us, and we never every snuke out.
My mother had a huge pan cake turner and she knew how to use it.
By the time we were 10 we knew never to cross her. lol
She did however, always tell us to do as she said and not as
she did.
My father always told us a story about my mother and him sneaking
around in the middle of the night and one time she lost her pants
on some barbed wire she was crossing and had to go home and
explain that to her parents!
He was such a tattletail
“snicker”
Yep….I snuck out. I absolutely never drank or did drugs or other questionable behavior . I knew if my parents found out, jail would be a blessing for me!
good thing everyone was ok…… I sure hope somewhere out there a couple of teens are saying “wow, that was dumb. I don’t have to make stupid mistakes to be cool”
Molino Jim – I can see your point BUT . . . my mom always talked to the parents of the kid I was staying with so everyone could be on the same page.
I could see (not condone, but envision) how two teens of driving age could be out, but with 13 year olds?!?!
Not to say this is the case here, but regarding the comment about how it is easy for them to lie about where they are going: I can also envision how they can make their stories line up (A says they’re going to B’s house and B says they’re going to A’s house) but why don’t A’s and B’s parents follow up to make sure! Why are parents afraid to talk to each other?
As my kids approach this age (and have yet to stay at anyone’s house), I would certainly check on them if they are supposedly staying overnight.
I’m baffled….kids deserve a little supervised trust, but in gradual steps, not total free rein where temptations are just too common and “mistakes” or poor judgment calls are too easy to make.
Doofus and Jim: ok, good points.
The parents are not always at fault. One young person tells their parents they are going to a sleep over at a friends and the friend tells their parents the same thing. They go out for party time and then when it gets to 2-3 o’clock they don’t know where to go—they can’t go home so they just wander around. It’s easy to fault the parents—but the kids will lie some times.
Kids sneak out.
I sure did.
Had good parents too.
It wasn’t their fault I snuck out, it was mine.
This is the second story like this within a week. What the heck is wrong with these parents? I know some teenagers will say, “Oh, teenagers will just be teenagers.” When I was a teenager (which was not as long ago as some will think; I am only 25), I knew better than to act like this. I knew my mother and father would punish me. I had respect for my parents and respect for myself.
It’s so nice to know that there are parents who let their 13, 16 and 17 year-olds be out driving at 2:30 in the morning. There’s a word for parents like that: FAIL!!!