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Jury finds man guilty of DUI manslaughter
By Times Staff Writer
Published February 18, 2005
NEW PORT RICHEY - A jury found a Brooksville man guilty Thursday evening of DUI manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident involving death. Prosecutors said Roger Lynn Allen had been drinking all day when his pickup truck struck a man riding an adult tricycle on Aripeka Road the night of March 6, 2003. Roger Crandall died of his injuries four days later. Three hours after the crash, Allen's blood-alcohol level registered at 0.185 and 0.189. Under Florida law, 0.08 percent is the level at which a person is presumed unable to safely drive. A sentencing date for Allen, 53, has not been set.
Fasano files bill to repeal 2003 phone rate increase
NEW PORT RICHEY - State Sen. Mike Fasano has filed a bill that would repeal the phone rate increases allowed by the Legislature in 2003. The bill would block local telephone companies from raising their rates under the previous measure. "I filed this legislation to right the wrongs done to Florida's consumers," Fasano, R-New Port Richey, said in a release. "Floridians, especially those on fixed incomes, should not have to pay huge increases for a need as basic as telephone service." The bill awaits a sponsor in the House of Representatives.
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