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dheffley
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She killed her 6 year old son in a DUI accident and got a leave from jail to attend his funeral. Instead she left and went to the bar.
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080624/NEWS02/806240333
A judge released Erin N. Howard from prison Saturday long enough to attend the funeral of the 6-year-old son she is accused of killing negligently in a drunken-driving crash.
Instead of heading back to Erie County Prison after the funeral for Samuel Carpenter in southwestern Ohio, Howard went to a bar called Tailgaters, about a mile from the church where the funeral was held, state police said.
Howard now faces a charge of escape, in addition to charges of involuntary manslaughter in Carpenter's June 14 death.
She was being held Monday in Butler County Jail in Hamilton, Ohio.
Authorities were waiting to see if Howard would waive extradition proceedings Wednesday and agree to be returned to Erie to face the charges.
"Who would have thought that someone who was extended the courtesy of attending a dead child's funeral would not comply with the terms and conditions of the furlough?" asked District Attorney Brad Foulk.
"It is absolutely beyond my comprehension."
State police arrested Howard on involuntary manslaughter and related charges on June 17, three days after she was accused of causing the death of her son by driving drunk with him in the car. The accident happened about 4 p.m. June 14 on Stewart Road, just east of the intersection with Route 77 in Concord Township, near Corry.
Police said Howard admitted she had smoked marijuana and drank Seagram's mixed with root beer in the hours leading up to the crash.
She told them she was celebrating her 26th birthday, according to court records.
Neither she nor her son was wearing a seat belt, state police said.
Howard suffered neck and rib injuries.
Samuel Carpenter died of multiple blunt-force injuries, Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook said.
At Howard's arraignment, Corry District Judge Brenda Nichols set bond at $75,000 cash. She declined to reduce that amount the next day, once she was assured that Howard's medical needs could be met at Erie County Prison.
On Friday, Assistant Public Defender Nicole Sloane filed a motion asking the court to reduce Howard's bond and requesting her release from prison to attend Samuel's funeral Saturday in Hamilton, Ohio, about 25 miles north of Cincinnati.
Erie County Judge Ernest J. DiSantis Jr. granted the furlough. He said Howard could be released from Erie County Prison for 24 hours, from 3 p.m. Friday until 3 p.m. Saturday.
In a criminal complaint, state police Trooper Mark Van Horn said he was notified about 8 p.m. Saturday that Howard had not returned to the prison.
Prison staff told him they would enter her into a nationwide computer system as wanted on escape charges.
Van Horn then called a person in Ohio who is close to Howard. The man told Van Horn that he had just received a call from Howard telling him that she was on her way back to Pennsylvania. The man, who was identified only by his initials in the criminal complaint, told Van Horn that Howard had stayed at the cemetery until about 2:15 p.m. The man told Van Horn that he hoped that Howard was running late, but also conceded that he could not be sure she was even en route to Pennsylvania.
The man told Van Horn that Howard was supposed to be traveling with her mother, JoAnn Howard.
The next morning at about 9:30 a.m., Van Horn said he was notified that Erin Howard had been arrested in Hamilton, Ohio, after Curtis Carpenter, the father of the child who had been killed, tipped Ohio authorities off to her whereabouts.
Van Horn said he called Curtis Carpenter, who told him that he knew Erin Howard was supposed to return to Erie after Samuel's funeral. Carpenter told Van Horn he got a call from a friend about 11 p.m. Saturday who told him that Howard had gone to Tailgaters, a bar in Hamilton.
Carpenter then called police. Van Horn obtained a warrant for Howard's arrest Sunday on a third-degree felony charge of escape.
He said she was 340 miles from Erie nine hours after she was supposed to be back in prison.
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080624/NEWS02/806240333
A judge released Erin N. Howard from prison Saturday long enough to attend the funeral of the 6-year-old son she is accused of killing negligently in a drunken-driving crash.
Instead of heading back to Erie County Prison after the funeral for Samuel Carpenter in southwestern Ohio, Howard went to a bar called Tailgaters, about a mile from the church where the funeral was held, state police said.
Howard now faces a charge of escape, in addition to charges of involuntary manslaughter in Carpenter's June 14 death.
She was being held Monday in Butler County Jail in Hamilton, Ohio.
Authorities were waiting to see if Howard would waive extradition proceedings Wednesday and agree to be returned to Erie to face the charges.
"Who would have thought that someone who was extended the courtesy of attending a dead child's funeral would not comply with the terms and conditions of the furlough?" asked District Attorney Brad Foulk.
"It is absolutely beyond my comprehension."
State police arrested Howard on involuntary manslaughter and related charges on June 17, three days after she was accused of causing the death of her son by driving drunk with him in the car. The accident happened about 4 p.m. June 14 on Stewart Road, just east of the intersection with Route 77 in Concord Township, near Corry.
Police said Howard admitted she had smoked marijuana and drank Seagram's mixed with root beer in the hours leading up to the crash.
She told them she was celebrating her 26th birthday, according to court records.
Neither she nor her son was wearing a seat belt, state police said.
Howard suffered neck and rib injuries.
Samuel Carpenter died of multiple blunt-force injuries, Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook said.
At Howard's arraignment, Corry District Judge Brenda Nichols set bond at $75,000 cash. She declined to reduce that amount the next day, once she was assured that Howard's medical needs could be met at Erie County Prison.
On Friday, Assistant Public Defender Nicole Sloane filed a motion asking the court to reduce Howard's bond and requesting her release from prison to attend Samuel's funeral Saturday in Hamilton, Ohio, about 25 miles north of Cincinnati.
Erie County Judge Ernest J. DiSantis Jr. granted the furlough. He said Howard could be released from Erie County Prison for 24 hours, from 3 p.m. Friday until 3 p.m. Saturday.
In a criminal complaint, state police Trooper Mark Van Horn said he was notified about 8 p.m. Saturday that Howard had not returned to the prison.
Prison staff told him they would enter her into a nationwide computer system as wanted on escape charges.
Van Horn then called a person in Ohio who is close to Howard. The man told Van Horn that he had just received a call from Howard telling him that she was on her way back to Pennsylvania. The man, who was identified only by his initials in the criminal complaint, told Van Horn that Howard had stayed at the cemetery until about 2:15 p.m. The man told Van Horn that he hoped that Howard was running late, but also conceded that he could not be sure she was even en route to Pennsylvania.
The man told Van Horn that Howard was supposed to be traveling with her mother, JoAnn Howard.
The next morning at about 9:30 a.m., Van Horn said he was notified that Erin Howard had been arrested in Hamilton, Ohio, after Curtis Carpenter, the father of the child who had been killed, tipped Ohio authorities off to her whereabouts.
Van Horn said he called Curtis Carpenter, who told him that he knew Erin Howard was supposed to return to Erie after Samuel's funeral. Carpenter told Van Horn he got a call from a friend about 11 p.m. Saturday who told him that Howard had gone to Tailgaters, a bar in Hamilton.
Carpenter then called police. Van Horn obtained a warrant for Howard's arrest Sunday on a third-degree felony charge of escape.
He said she was 340 miles from Erie nine hours after she was supposed to be back in prison.
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