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Wrong-Way Driver Sentenced For DUI Crash In Molino
June 25, 2018
A Pensacola woman has been sentenced after a wrong-way DUI crash on Highway 29 in Molino.
Linda Vires Brown was sentenced to 12 months probation after being convicted of driving under the influence and failing to submit to a DUI test. She was sentenced to 12 months probation and ordered to pay fines, costs and restitution to the victim. Her driver’s license was revoked for 12 months, and she was ordered to wear an electronic continuous alcohol monitor.
In March, Brown was southbound in the outer northbound lane of Highway 29 past Highway 95A when she stuck a Ford F150 pickup driven by Edward Carnley of Century. Carnley swerved in an attempt to avoid the collision, but his pickup was struck in the side rear. The F150 then traveled off the roadway into the median at an angle, rotated and overturned once during the late night wreck.
Carnley and his teen daughter were wearing their set belts and were uninjured. Brown was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital with minor injuries before being released and placed under arrest.
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19 Responses to “Wrong-Way Driver Sentenced For DUI Crash In Molino”
To be public records noone seems to look anything up instead of typing away judgements! There was line after line of sentencing to be completed over the next 2 years. Im sure a lengthy jail sentence if theres one hiccup. The judge made the ruling and it was her job to do so Not ours! The alcohol monitoring will ensure daily no alcohol is consumed! Wouldnt it be easier to pray that it’s enough to inflict change what’s done is done theres no changing that. Thank Goodness no one was seriously hurt!
Mr. Nobody, she could have killed those two people. She was lucky she didn’t. What happens next time? Take her license away, put her on house arrest for at least 2 years, that way we wouldn’t have to pay for her housing while she was in jail.
Find out who the judge was and vote him out of office. No excuse for this.
I agree with some of you – 12 months probation and pay restitution is certainly not enough. She could be an alcohol addict. She needs community service added to her sentence such as: work cleaning the stalls at the Equestrian Center, work clearing trash from Pensacola Beach after a weekend and holidays. After sweating out the alcohol for a few days, she may learn her lesson. Besides she will love the tan she can get.
Prison and jail won’t do any good. It’s air conditioned, prepared meals, medical on site, and we pay for it…not her.
A question for the one who is concerned about their pocket book, feeding inmates and paying taxes.
How much is a Human Life worth to you?
Let’s call ‘em like they are, drunks, one of which ran my Dad down like a dog on the road.
@ Mr.Nobody…..mistake? you say she “made a mistake”? She mistakenly drank enough alcohol to impair her judgement, she mistakenly tried to drive an automobile and caused damage to personal property while endangering innocent lives. This was not her first offense? No, Would have to disagree. She intentionally drank to the point of inebriation and she intentionally drove a vehicle on a public road. No, it was NOT a mistake!
For those asking who the judge was, it was Joyce Williams. Public record.
Please note this IS NOT her first DUI. My husband and daughter were not severely injured but how many times will she keep doing this and possibly killing someone NEXT TIME? Something needs to be done.
Why does everyone think she should be in jail? She made a mistake and no one was injured. Placing people in prison is NOT the answer to all the problems. It’s very expensive to house an inmate. The food is outrageous. And of course no one wants to pay more in taxes to house all these people who go to prison. We need an alternative to prison or the tax payers need to pay more taxes
WOW!! Way to go Judge that will really stop her from doing it again.
Not knowing if this was her only affront with the law and “We The People” its
kinda hard to be Judge and Jury. Might wanna check records from other States
and AKA ( different names used). If Her past is clean as a whistle and not chronic
then she’ll learn well from this.
While I agree that this sentence is far too light, she is in for a real eye opening experience when it comes to these fines for a DUI. She will literally be out of pocket between $20,000 and $30,000. AND, she has to pay restitution, etc. etc. So, she’s not just getting a slap on the wrist, even though it seems that way.
WHAT??? If you refuse the BAL test you automatically lose your license for a year . . . so how was this any type of punishment? And why wasn’t the Judge who passed this sentence named in this article? Outrageous!
I wonder which judge handed down this sentence?
I will not drive on U.S. 29, north of 9 mile road, in the evening and early morning hours, during the weekend…. Personally seen to many wrong way drivers. Do what you want……. Not me and my family.
Wow! Only 12 months probation and 12 months suspended license and she will be back on roads free to continue to drink and drive and put innocent lives at risk.
Probation? Seriously. WOW
She should have gotvjail time.
12 months probation, are you kidding me??? She essentially received a slap on the wrist…what a joke!!!
seems like a perfectly reasonable punishment. :eyeroll: