A former Pleasanton police sergeant might be charged with homicide in a crash that killed a younger girl, the Tuolumne County district lawyer mentioned.
Theodore W. Younger, 63, is scheduled to seem in courtroom Monday to face expenses of homicide, gross vehicular manslaughter whereas intoxicated, driving underneath the affect inflicting mind harm, and driving with a blood alcohol focus of 0.08% or larger inflicting mind harm with a previous driving underneath the affect conviction.
On the night of Tuesday, Jan. 18, Younger’s pickup reportedly crossed the middle line on Freeway 49 close to Jamestown and crashed head-on right into a sedan pushed by Rebekah Gall, 27, of Oakdale, the California Freeway Patrol mentioned. She was taken by helicopter to a Modesto hospital, the place she died Friday.
Younger was not injured. He was arrested on the crash scene on suspicion of driving underneath the affect inflicting harm, and was launched early Wednesday on $30,000 bail.
After Gall’s demise, Younger was rearrested Saturday by CHP officers. The company had sought what is called a Ramey warrant, which allowed him to be returned to jail earlier than formal expenses are filed.
Younger is a resident of Sonora, and the jail reserving log listed his occupation as “regulation enforcement.”
The Union Democrat newspaper mentioned Younger is a retired sergeant from the Pleasanton Police Division. A public worker database signifies he was employed there till 2016.
In September 2017, he was arrested in Sonora for driving underneath the affect and pleaded responsible to a misdemeanor cost, the paper reported. He was sentenced to a positive and three years’ probation.
Mates at a memorial gathering for Gall on Saturday advised the Modesto Bee she lived in Oakdale along with her husband of 4 years, Michael, and their canines.