Thanks to the Amateur Arnold and the professional Jerry, a drunk driver who killed a firefighter in watching Dr.Phil every afternoon instead of being housed with a Bubba-ette.
“Amie Chick, 25, was sentenced March 16 by Judge Frank Dougherty for causing the June crash on Highway 165 that killed Andrew Maloney, 29.
Chick pleaded guilty in February to one count of felony vehicular manslaughter and was scheduled to begin serving her sentence April 23.
However, under the terms of Assembly Bill 109, the state’s new prison realignment law, Chick was eligible for a house-arrest program, allowing her to serve her sentence wearing an electronic monitoring device at home, according to Deputy Tom MacKenzie, Merced County Sheriff’s spokesman.”
The Sheriff declared, that UNDER THE LAW the killing of a firefighter while drunk is NOT a serious crime.
“AB 109, which took effect in October, mandates that low-level state prison inmates sentenced for nonserious, nonviolent crimes and low-risk sex offenses serve their sentences in county jails instead of state prisons.”
That is how sick Arnold and Jerry are—allowing a killer to stay home to watch reruns of Seinfeld. Wonder if the bracelet she is wearing comes from the Sheriff, Kohls or Nordstroms?
CA News & Views
Santa Nella woman who killed firefighter in DUI crash released from prison
By Corey Pride, Los Banos Enterprise, 5/4/12
A Santa Nella woman recently sentenced to a year in jail for killing a Los Banos firefighter in a DUI crash is back home, after not spending one day of her sentence behind bars.
Amie Chick, 25, was sentenced March 16 by Judge Frank Dougherty for causing the June crash on Highway 165 that killed Andrew Maloney, 29.
Chick pleaded guilty in February to one count of felony vehicular manslaughter and was scheduled to begin serving her sentence April 23.
However, under the terms of Assembly Bill 109, the state’s new prison realignment law, Chick was eligible for a house-arrest program, allowing her to serve her sentence wearing an electronic monitoring device at home, according to Deputy Tom MacKenzie, Merced County Sheriff’s spokesman.
AB 109, which took effect in October, mandates that low-level state prison inmates sentenced for nonserious, nonviolent crimes and low-risk sex offenses serve their sentences in county jails instead of state prisons.
Merced County received $2.8 million last year in AB 109 funds to bring the law into effect locally from Oct. 1 to June 30, 2012. About $221,320 of those funds were used for electronic monitoring and GPS equipment to track lower-level offenders on home detention, such as Chick.
MacKenzie said lower-risk inmates, as opposed to violent offenders, typically qualify for the home detention program.
Merced County Main Jail and the John Latorraca Correctional Center have a combined daily population of 620-660 inmates, MacKenzie said. And he said there’s an effort to lower that daily population figure to 580, which is why Chick was sent home.
“Obviously, if (certain inmates) fall under the AB 109 guidelines because of housing issues, we have to let them go,” MacKenzie said. “Unfortunately, we have to keep the worst of the worst, and let the best of the worst go.”
MacKenzie said Chick will serve her full sentence under house arrest. She was originally expected to only serve six months of the year she was sentenced to jail because state law requires inmates receive a day’s credit for each day they’re in custody.
Matthew Maloney, Andrew’s brother, said he is attempting to get in contact with Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani (D-Merced) and state Senator Anthony Cannella (R-Merced) to determine if they voted for AB 109.
“In my view, if they voted for a cost-saving measure they voted to let (Andrew’s) killer get off easy,” Matthew Maloney said.
He said he will thank the politicians if they opposed the bill.
Chick’s conviction stems from a June 9 accident in which Maloney, who worked for Cal Fire, was riding his 2011 Suzuki motorcycle south on Highway 165 near Pioneer Road. Just after 9 p.m., Chick, who was northbound in a 1995 Jeep, made a left turn in front of Maloney.
According to court documents, Chick had alcohol and marijuana in her system on the night of the collision.
An hour after the crash, her blood-alcohol level was 0.07 percent. The legal limit is 0.08 percent. The prosecution believed Chick was above the legal limit at the time of the crash.
Court records indicate Chick may have been on a cell phone at or near the time of the crash.
A classic scenario of injustice brought to you by the same voters that enabled this bill to be passed. http://aeiservicesqc.com/class-info/
April 12, 2013 at 9:59 pm
I am a California State Parole Agent who supervises parolees in San Diego County. When 20 of my parolees where discharged from parole early I knew crime was going to rise. This law AB109 surely stopped parolees from going to prison by ending the parole revocation for parole violations. But it has created a merry-go-round for offenders that have violent back grounds. This law will reduce costs of our prison system at the expense of preventable time. When law enforcement officers use Parole Violations in place of the Penal code to remove criminals from society they are preventing that criminal (Parolee) from committing a more serious crime. This law combined with the CPRSM parole model took the most feared Law Enforcement Officer (State Parole Agents) and turned them into desk jockeys without the power exercise parole violation system. Crime will continue to rise as long as AB109 and CPRSM are used to evaluate, supervise and adjudicate California’s parolees.
October 1, 2012 at 11:39 pm
Another injustice handed down from our broken justice system. We can jaul a person 25 to 35 years for killing an animal but we do nothing to a person for destroying a whole family. I ‘am the grand-father to my one & only grand-daughter who just turned 5 years of age when she was also murdered. Julianne Evans wrote about Megan Madeline Thomas and her last words and Ms. Evans web site gives you all the details. Only you can stop the insanity of drunk driving and it also tells you how. Do not let the last words that you hear from your dying family member or friend be like Megan’s to my wife.of. ” Grammy I Can Not Breathe!” Leave a comment for Julianne on her web site and she will answer you. Her web site is
http://aevans.hubpages.com/hub/Megan-Madeline-Thomas-Murdered-By-Jacob-J-Herbert-of-Susquehanna-Pennsylvania-Being-Paroled
July 8, 2012 at 7:43 am
My daughter was “murdered” by a drunk driver 6 months ago she was 20 yeras old. In the last 6 months I have written numerous letters and made numerous phone calls. The bigggest problem is no one on the other end HAS to listen let alone respond. This includes or media as well as government officials. I have managed to get one metting with a local councilmans aid and one meeting with a local Senators aid. I am now waiting on a second meeting. Anyone who doesn’t agree with the peanlties is welcome to join the fight. Anyone who has lost a loved one to a PREVENTABLE tragedy is welcome to join the fight. We are small but hope to grow mothers of children killed by a drunk driver along with a father who’s son was killed by a UNlicensed driver. Please don’t mention MADD as they have done nothing for my family.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/ambers.angels.1?sk=info
June 21, 2012 at 12:52 am
I created a petition against AB 109. Can you please help to spread the word so that we can either amend or appeal this terrible bill. The link is below.
https://www.change.org/petitions/california-assembly-bill-109-ammend-california-assembly-bill-109
Thanks,
Sean
June 11, 2012 at 11:27 pm
Andrew Maloney’s life was precious. His death was certainly not due to a “non-serious” crime. The language of AB 109 and its interpretation is offensive to those of us who knew Andrew and mourn his passing.
May 31, 2012 at 4:30 pm
She does NOT qualify under AB 109.
May 15, 2012 at 12:20 pm