Edward Gomez Nava, the driver arrested in connection with the fatal hit-and-run crash earlier this month, was indicted on eight felony counts, according to Kim Smith, the Arizona Daily Star’s courts reporter.
In addition to a second degree murder charge and hit-and-run charges, the attorney’s office added four aggravated DUI charges in connection to the crash that killed Albert Eugene Brack, who was riding his bike in the striped shoulder on Escalante Road on Tucson’s east side.
Smith, in her blog, also noted Nava was charged with something she had never seen before. Here’s what she wrote:
Albert Eugene Brack
Nava has also been indicted on an interesting charge called “causing death by use of a vehicle when license revoked or suspended.”
The indictment says Nava shouldn’t have been driving because his license was revoked or suspended or because “the license was falsely or fraudulently obtained.”
Calls to two attorneys in the vehicular crime unit of the Pima County Attorney’s Office weren’t immediately returned to shed light on why, exactly, Nava was indicted on that last charge.
According to the indictment, Nava has been convicted of two DUIs in the last 84 months.
9 thoughts on “Driver indicted in fatal hit-and-run crash”
Sound like Mr. Nava was using a fake ID.
Sounds like he is an illegal alien…
With no evidence of that, such a comment sounds purely bigoted.
Wow, from all those charges and his past record it doesn’t sound good for him. What’s not to understand about the last charge? It says he killed someone while driving on a suspended license. Pretty self explanatory to me. However, it does sound like they threw the book at him. Still, someone did die.
“Sounds like”. Ease up a bit Psi. Just my opinion. I guess it’s too easy to throw out the “bigot” attack these days. Sigh…
Actually it’s a little too easy to throw out the “illegal immigrant” accusations, especially when there’s nothing in the article to indicate as much.
Please, let’s not let this devolve into an argument about immigration. I can sort of understand the question being raised because of the fact he “illegally obtained” a drivers license.
I also think, if he was here illegally, he likey would have been deported by now given all his other legal trouble in the last few years.
Regardless of his legal status, the real issue is he is accused of allegedly killing another human being while intoxicated and then fleeing the scene. His immigration status has nothing to do with that.
Please, let’s not let this devolve into an argument about immigration. I can sort of understand the question being raised because of the fact he “illegally obtained” a drivers license.
I also think, if he was here illegally, he likey would have been deported by now given all his other legal trouble in the last few years.
Regardless of his legal status, the real issue is he is accused of allegedly killing another human being while intoxicated and then fleeing the scene. His immigration status has nothing to do with that.
Abigal Allin…illegal alien?
Jesse James Segebartt…illegal alien?
and so many others.
We’ll never know because you chose not to the raise the irrelevant issue in those cases, for some Sabinosam reason or something…
Sound like Mr. Nava was using a fake ID.
Sounds like he is an illegal alien…
With no evidence of that, such a comment sounds purely bigoted.
Wow, from all those charges and his past record it doesn’t sound good for him. What’s not to understand about the last charge? It says he killed someone while driving on a suspended license. Pretty self explanatory to me. However, it does sound like they threw the book at him. Still, someone did die.
“Sounds like”. Ease up a bit Psi. Just my opinion. I guess it’s too easy to throw out the “bigot” attack these days. Sigh…
Actually it’s a little too easy to throw out the “illegal immigrant” accusations, especially when there’s nothing in the article to indicate as much.
Please, let’s not let this devolve into an argument about immigration. I can sort of understand the question being raised because of the fact he “illegally obtained” a drivers license.
I also think, if he was here illegally, he likey would have been deported by now given all his other legal trouble in the last few years.
Regardless of his legal status, the real issue is he is accused of allegedly killing another human being while intoxicated and then fleeing the scene. His immigration status has nothing to do with that.
Please, let’s not let this devolve into an argument about immigration. I can sort of understand the question being raised because of the fact he “illegally obtained” a drivers license.
I also think, if he was here illegally, he likey would have been deported by now given all his other legal trouble in the last few years.
Regardless of his legal status, the real issue is he is accused of allegedly killing another human being while intoxicated and then fleeing the scene. His immigration status has nothing to do with that.
Abigal Allin…illegal alien?
Jesse James Segebartt…illegal alien?
and so many others.
We’ll never know because you chose not to the raise the irrelevant issue in those cases, for some Sabinosam reason or something…