Fired Pa. trooper details reasons he should get a new vehicular homicide trial

Fired Pa. trooper details reasons he should get a new vehicular homicide trial

MANSFIELD — A fired state trooper is counting on an appellate court to overrule decisions made by a county judge and grant him a new trial on a charge of vehicular homicide.Michael J. Brown detailed Wednesday in a brief filed with the state Superior Court errors he believes specially assigned Columbia County Senior Judge Thomas A. James Jr. made related to his May 2024 trial.

Orchid woman pleads guilty to A1A vehicular homicide

A day that began with Orchid resident Elizabeth Jewkes-Danielsen pleading guilty to vehicular homicide in the May 10, 2022, death of an elderly John’s Island resident took a bizarre turn a few hours later Monday and ended with her husband Paul Danielsen facing a possible criminal charge for not disclosing information about the couple’s drinking before the fatal crash. In Circuit Court Judge Robert Meadows’ criminal courtroom in the morning, Jewk…