A strange DUI case, involving a female strip club worker/Salem witch and a teenager who couldn't control his sexual advances, resulted in the youth's death by impalement, while the woman, according to the Boston Herald, has pleaded not guilty to motor vehicle homicide and drunken driving.
Allegedly a coven of Salem witches were in court to show their support for A.C.G., 25, as she faced her DUI charges in Salem District Court on June 20.
The crash occurred in the early morning hours on Saturday, June16. A.C.G. claimed that while she was trying to drive she was also trying to fend off the sexual advances of D.R., 19. The action inside the car caused her to drive her PT Cruiser into a parked tow truck. The impact impaled the youth onto a flatbed. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A.C.G. told police that D.R. "would not stop touching me" and admitted to drinking two beers and an additional two "very strong" vodka and Red Bull cocktails. A.C.G. further claimed that she had no recollection of the accident.
According to police at the scene A.C.G. repeatedly asked, "Did I kill him? Is he dead?"
Assistant Essex District Attorney, Jane Price, said that A.C.G. claimed that it was not her desire to drive but that her friends, claiming to be drunker than she was, insisted that she take the wheel.
D.R., an employee at the Danvers Home Depot, was to turn 20-years-old on June 29. A tattoo that stretched over his neck read, "While I Breathe I Hope."
D.R.'s family members sat through video surveillance tapes – broadcast on local television channels – that revealed exactly how he died in brutal detail. One family member, upon seeing A.C.G. handcuffed in court, yelled that D.R. "could do better" than the defendant could.
A.C.G. is a mother of 3-year-old twins and employed by DB's Golden Banana in Peabody. She was been ordered held on $10,000 cash bail by Judge Michael Lauranzo. She entered a plea of not guilty to both motor vehicle homicide and DUI.
C.R., D.R.'s mother, said of the bail amount, "My son's life was taken from me. I think $10,000 bail is ridiculous."
Scott Dullea is the attorney representing A.C.G. He told the judge that the alleged Salem witches in court were his client's "friends in the Wiccan community." He also said that A.C.G. worked in a Salem witchcraft shop at one time but would not say whether or not she considers herself a witch.
Dullea said that his client had a clean driving record prior to the accident. He added, "It's a tragedy for all concerned."
Police stated that one beer can was found on the floor of A.C.G.'s vehicle and another was found just outside of it.
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