Former Placer County Govt Todd Leopold won't face prison prices for a automotive crash that killed an 18-year-old pedestrian, the county district legal professional’s workplace stated in a report.
The choice to not cost Leopold comes after an intensive evaluate of the lethal crash that occurred in Rocklin in March, the workplace stated on Tuesday. It stated there was “inadequate proof to show past an affordable doubt that a crime occurred.”
Anthony Williams, a pupil and basketball participant at Inderkum Excessive Faculty in Sacramento, was strolling on the roadway when he was hit and killed on March 19, police stated.
Police stated that Leopold was not at fault for the crash and that he wouldn't be charged. The case was then referred to the Placer County’s district legal professional for evaluate.
The DA’s workplace agreed with the Rocklin Police Division’s investigation that “Mr. Williams brought about this deadly collision by violating California Automobile Code 21956(a), which states that no pedestrian could stroll upon a roadway exterior of a enterprise or residence district in any other case than near the left-hand fringe of the roadway.”
Leopold stated in his driver assertion that as he handed via the intersection alongside a shopping mall, “he seen the automotive in entrance of him transfer to the correct into the No. 2 lane. At that second, Mr. Leopold noticed the again aspect of a pedestrian who was carrying darkish clothes and standing instantly in the course of the No. 1 lane.”
Within the driver’s assertion, Leopold stated he had no time to brake or swerve to keep away from the pedestrian. He stayed on the scene and cooperated with investigators, police stated in a information launch.
Police reported Leopold had no indicators or signs of intoxication or different impairment. By forensic examinations, the report additionally discovered that Leopold was not utilizing his cellphone on the time of the crash.
The report took into consideration Leopold’s earlier rushing violations however stated these incidents weren't related as a result of it was not discovered that Leopold was rushing on the time of the crash.
Having decided Leopold was not at fault, Rocklin police had refused to launch his title, regardless of group advocates’ name for transparency. In Could, Leopold got here ahead as the driving force.
That month, he was positioned on paid depart and in June he was fired. Officers advised KCRA 3 that his firing didn’t have something to do with the crash and as an alternative was associated to a harassment criticism acquired by the board of supervisors on Could 25.
Leopold has denied the allegations, based on the board.
In July, Williams’ brother Isaac Tidwell filed a wrongful-death lawsuit towards Leopold.
Placer County, with a inhabitants of about 400,000, extends from Sacramento’s northern outskirts to Lake Tahoe. Leopold, 52, held the county government job, a non-elected publish, since 2018; his beginning wage was $241,259.
He was beforehand county supervisor for Colorado’s Adams County, which incorporates a part of the Denver space. In September he returned to Colorado and took a job in state authorities.
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