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Friday, January 4, 2013

Man Charged in DUI Death Released on Bond

Charged with DUI and vehicular homicide in the death of Grady Hospital EMT Jason Dale Strickland, Francisco Ferrer was released from jail on $300,000 bond.

Charged with DUI and vehicular homicide in the death of Grady Hospital EMT Jason Dale Strickland, 32-year-old Francisco Ferrer of Dallas was allowed to bond out of jail. Douglas County Superior Court Judge Robert James set Ferrer's bond at $300,000 in an order filed with the County Clerk's Office on Dec. 26. James had originally denied bond to Ferrer in April of 2012, when he was originally in court. It is not clear why the change in decision. James' office said the judge would not comment on an on-going case. Ferrer was traveling west on Interstate 20 in March of 2012 when his Honda Element struck Strickland’s Harley Davidson from behind, said Gordy Wright, a spokesman for the Georgia State Patrol. Assistant District Attorney Ryan Leonard…

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Douglas County Superior Court (in Douglasville Patch) and Man Charged in DUI Death Denied Bond

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Mike

2:16 am on Wednesday, April 17, 2013

http://www.atlantacriminaldefenseblog.net/2011/05/georgia-man-gets-15-years-for-homicide-by-vehicle-other-charges.shtml, This is the link left out of my previous comment.   more ›

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Man Charged in DUI Death Denied Bond

Francisco Ferrer, 32, of Dallas, was denied bond Wednesday morning. Ferrer is charged with DUI and vehicular homicide in the death of a Grady Hospital EMT.

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  • Thursday, April 19, 2012

Douglas County Superior Court Judge Robert James denied bond to Francisco Ferrer, 32, of Dallas Wednesday morning. Ferrer is charged with DUI and vehicular homicide in the death of Jason Dale Strickland, 37 from Bremen, an EMT at Grady Hospital. Ferrer was traveling west on Interstate 20 when his Honda Element struck Strickland’s Harley Davidson from behind, said Gordy Wright, a spokesman for the Georgia State Patrol. Assistant District Attorney Ryan Leonard told the court that Ferrer was drunk with a blood alcohol content of .125, the Douglas County Sentinel reported. The impact ejected Strickland from the motorcycle and into the center travel lane, where a tractor-trailer truck hit him. “I just don’t know how you wouldn’t know …

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Douglas County Superior Court (in Douglasville Patch), Homicide Charge Added After Weekend Fatality of EMT (in Douglasville Patch), and Update: Motorcyclist Dies in I-20 Accident, 1 Driver Charged with DUI (in Douglasville Patch)

Judy

7:47 pm on Thursday, April 18, 2013

Just a Crying Shame! This man looks evil. I knew Jason and as the 1 year anniversary past of his death, I went to a place that I remember Jason loved and cried. He was such a Wonderful and Endearing Man only to have his life so unimaginably taken in such a violent way just makes me sick thinking of his last moments. I am a Christian and I have to pray that God will forgive me for the Horrible …   more ›

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