After four hours of testimony and deliberations, the Evansville Police Commission heard a motion from the defendent Scott Fields to dismiss the charges against him, and ruled the charges dismissed.
Full audio and selected video will follow tomorrow. Lacey Wourms made a well presented plaintiff presentation of her case and reviewed the policies and procedures of the Evansville Police Department as well as reviewed the evidence presented by the accident review report.
The Evasnville Police Commission had previously refused to dismiss the charges prior to the hearing, and the hearing examiner explained prior to the beginning of the hearing that they wanted to have a full opportunity to review and have the parties ask questions of the evidence and make up their own mind. The four hours of evidentiary hearing did just that.
The testimony of Officer Fields may have been the highpoint of the hearing. He presented the fact that he lost sight of the vehicle as he crested the slight hill near Water and East Main and then he focused on the tailights, which were another car at Hwy M and 14. Only after circling back did he find evidence of the accident.
The Evansville Police Commission found that there was no falsification in any element of the police report of this incident. In summary, this was a tragedy.
Following Observer tradition, I will let the words of the participants speak for themselves. Stay tuned.
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Its really sad as this comes to a close Evansville has lost another person to drinking and driving. I hope this community can finally be able to heal and LEARN from this.
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