Scott A. Weber, 25, of Independence, Mo., a suburb of Kansas City, was sentenced Tuesday to 120 days in jail, substance abuse treatment, and three years probation in the deaths of two pedestrians in a September 2004 drunk driving accident.
Weber, who had a previous conviction for driving while intoxicated, told police he did not remember leaving a friend’s house the night Roxanne M. Bradshaw, 47, and Juan G. Avila, 32, were killed. Before leaving, he had consumed a half-pint of bourbon and taken a muscle relaxer.
Police in suburban Liberty said Weber was “incoherent and confused” and his vehicle was damaged when they stopped him that night.
Weber pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, drunken driving and leaving the scene of the crash. If he successfully completes probation, the convictions will be wiped from his record. — Associated Press
But there’s more. Prosecutors wanted to throw the book at him, but they agreed to the unusually light sentence because key evidence in the case, his car, was inadvertently sold for scrap.
The car was critical to the case because no witnesses could identify Weber as the driver, prosecutor Teresa Moore said.
The director of the city tow lot at the time of the mistake, Clay Ancell, resigned in January after he was arrested in a city-owned vehicle for allegedly driving while drunk on a suspended license. — Associated Press
That’s right, we have two drunk drivers today! One killed two people, and the other one let him get away with it. Clay Ancell, who was most likely drunk at work when the “mistake” occurred, is most definitely the Stupid Person of the Day.
i know this guy , I met him at swinger club in Independence city and he seemed so suspecious and so weary to me , his email is saweber80@yahoo.com, and he desereves jail for life, but he will never get away with what he did
and here is his myspace
http://www.myspace.com/saweber with his pic
what a lush pig
his car and his mugshot
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/4391205/detail.html
I deeply regret the actions of the past. However, more investigation with evidence will prove that I did in no way EVER appear at my place of work under the influence of anything except the responsibilities set before me; that the tow lot documentation regarding the sale of said vehicle by mistake was in fact altered after my resignation; that there are many records of meeting between the City of Kansas City and the Kansas City Police Department regarding the blatant disregard for police department SOPS requiring officers to mark vehicles on hold for the safe containment of said vehicles at the impound lot; that many, many officers failed to follow this procedure; that I personally requested the proper materials to mark vehicles ‘on hold’ for evidence and that by my own staff since officers were and are negligent in this matter. Moreover, given the gravity of this case, the vehicle should never have been placed in an inadequate lot, but rather at a more secured facility of the police department; that I did plead guilty to the criminal offense of which I was charged and that I successfully completed my court-ordered sentence. Again, no excuse for my incident which is separate and apart from the alleged mishandling of evidence in this case. I am in fact guilty of Alcholic Stupidity. I am in fact innocent of this misinformation regarding the ‘sale of the said vehicle to be used as evidence’. A cursory investigation of all records, processes, responsibilities, documents in by an independent source not affiliated with the Police Department or the city impound lot would immediately exhonorate me and uncover several larger equally important similar situations. I am keenly aware of the source of this misinformation and the reasons giving prompt. I deeply regret the outcome that we all have to live with, more to the families who have sufferet loss. I further regret that this editorial/news forum lacks the credibility to verify rumor even if provided by a member of the Kansas City Police Department to escape beneath the outcry of my own aggreous behaivior on a non-related matter. To the reader, I’ll forever regret a deplorable decision on one night. I’ll forever regret the outcome of the matters of evidence and the trial. I’ll probably forever regret that NOTHING will be done to address the horrible and unethical methodology and practices (or lack thereof) by the Department and by some of the impound staff.