topic Case Dismissed in Community Chat https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Case-Dismissed/m-p/338954#M142666 <DIV class="article-text"> <P><SPAN class="dateline">MOAPA, Nev. – </SPAN>A criminal case has collapsed against a teenager accused of driving drunk and causing a crash in Nevada that killed five Southern California family members.</P> <P>Prosecutors and defense attorneys said Wednesday that DNA evidence proves 18-year-old Jean Ervin Soriano wasn't driving the SUV that rear-ended a van carrying seven people to the Los Angeles area after an Easter weekend visit to a sick relative in Denver.</P> <P>A justice of the peace dismissed charges.</P> <P>Prosecutors say Soriano had a blood-alcohol percentage of 0.12, but the investigation later determined that he wasn't behind the wheel. Twenty-three-year-old Alfred Gomez — originally thought to be a passenger — was the driver. <STRONG>Nevada Highway Patrol investigators never drew blood from him because they thought he was a passenger. </STRONG> (my emphasis)</P> </DIV> Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:55:30 GMT Marp2 2013-07-11T00:55:30Z Case Dismissed https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Case-Dismissed/m-p/338954#M142666 <DIV class="article-text"> <P><SPAN class="dateline">MOAPA, Nev. – </SPAN>A criminal case has collapsed against a teenager accused of driving drunk and causing a crash in Nevada that killed five Southern California family members.</P> <P>Prosecutors and defense attorneys said Wednesday that DNA evidence proves 18-year-old Jean Ervin Soriano wasn't driving the SUV that rear-ended a van carrying seven people to the Los Angeles area after an Easter weekend visit to a sick relative in Denver.</P> <P>A justice of the peace dismissed charges.</P> <P>Prosecutors say Soriano had a blood-alcohol percentage of 0.12, but the investigation later determined that he wasn't behind the wheel. Twenty-three-year-old Alfred Gomez — originally thought to be a passenger — was the driver. <STRONG>Nevada Highway Patrol investigators never drew blood from him because they thought he was a passenger. </STRONG> (my emphasis)</P> </DIV> Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:55:30 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Case-Dismissed/m-p/338954#M142666 Marp2 2013-07-11T00:55:30Z