Charges Filed In 2011 Fatal Crash In Hamlin

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Published: 8/20/2012 5:40 pm

Updated: 8/20/2012 6:49 pm

INDICTMENT: Jacob Stevens, Fatal Hamlin Crash (287.6KB)

Rochester & Hamlin, N.Y. --- On June 5, 2011 a crash at the intersection of Church and Lake Roads in Hamlin killed Danielle Gowanlock, 21, of Holley.

Fourteen months later the driver of the car Gowanlock was riding in is charged with Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, Manslaughter, Vehicular Manslaughter, Assault, Vehicular Assault, Reckless Endangerment, Reckless Driving, and Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs.

Authorities suspect Jacob Stevens, now 21, of being under the influence of marijuana at the time of the crash.

Stevens was arrested last week and an eight-count indictment accuses him of crimes that carry a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.

Stevens and Gowanlock were dating at the time of the crash.

At the time of the crash investigators stated that Stevens ran a stop sign and was broadsided by another vehicle. The driver of that vehicle, Rebecca Maynard suffered life-altering injuries according to the prosecutor now handling the case.

Hamlin Crash, Church Road

"I don't know, I don't think that would be an extremely hard investigation but I don't know,” said Stevens’ lawyer Matt Parrinello when asked why it took authorities so long to charge his client. “I'm not in their office don't know, my understanding was that there was a blood test, don't know the results of it, not sure why it took so long."

State Supreme Court Justice Tom Moran asked Monroe County Assistant District Attorney Karin Intermill that same question before setting bail for Stevens at $25,000 cash or $50,000 bond.

"These cases take a lot of investigation,” A.D.A. Intermill said of the delay in pressing charges. “Accident reconstructions can take quite a long time, there is a lot of technical work, the blood work doesn't always come back quickly especially if drugs were involved because there's a number of different tests that need to be done."

A.D.A. Intermill also said she inherited the case in March of this year after joining the Monroe County D.A.’s Office.

Stevens pled not guilty to all charges and is due back in court next month.

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