Tuesday, July 23, 2013

20 year sentence in Williamson County


Congratulations to DUI Prosecutor, Carlin Hess, and the law enforcement team in Williamson County for the 20 year sentence for Aggravated Vehicular Homicide for Gregory Powers.

When Powers was arrested the following story was on Channel 2 news on November 21, 2012.

 
FRANKLIN, Tenn. -

A Franklin man arrested over the summer for hitting a bar employee with his car has been charged with vehicular homicide following a fatal crash last week that claimed the life of a Virginia man.

The crash happened just before 5 p.m. last Wednesday on Franklin Road near South Berry's Chapel Road.

Thomas Schlapman was pronounced dead at Williamson Medical Center after Franklin police said Gregory Powers crossed the center line and struck the motorcycle Schlapman was driving, head-on.

Powers, charged with vehicular homicide and failure to maintain a lane, remains in the Williamson County jail on a $250,000 bond.

Investigators believe that Powers, 46, was impaired at the time of the crash and are awaiting the return of blood alcohol test results.

Charges may be added or amended, police said.

At the time of the crash, Powers was out on bond for a DUI and vehicular assault charge case filed in July.

According to police, Powers was told to leave The Pond because he was too impaired. As he left the parking lot, he struck an employee who tried to stop him with his car.

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