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Motor Vehicle Homicide Charged in Golf Cart Death

By Chris

A Nebraska woman has been charged with motor vehicle homicide after an accident on a golf course caused the death of her friend. Kim Mcillece, 53, of Omaha, Neb., was allegedly driving a golf cart across Tiburon golf course after a dinner party last May, with the victim, Debi Deines, as a passenger, when the cart hit a pipe and tipped over, pinning Deines, according to KETV. When Sarpy County deputies arrived, Mcillece had a blood alcohol content of 0.198%, more than twice the legal limit. An arrest warrant was issued this week, charging Mcillece with a class III felony. We don’t believe it was planned or intentional, but we believe it was negligent, said Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov. According to an affadivit, Mcillece called her husband, Kelly Mcillece, who arrived at the scene before going to Deines’ home nearby and getting her husband...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on June 12, 2009 (boomark / email).