SEATTLE – King County prosecutors have charged an Everett man and his grandfather with failure to secure a load that caused a fatal accident on I-5 just north of Seattle.
Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office, said it’s the first time charges have been filed in Washington based on “Maria’s Law,” named for Maria Federici, who was blinded in 2004 by an object that crashed through her Jeep’s windshield.
Prosecutors say Brian Campbell, 21, and his grandfather, William Clark, 77, were driving home Aug. 18 from a remodeling job with a shelving unit in the back of their pickup.
It fell out of the truck, and a driver who swerved to avoid the debris, Gavin Coffee, 43, of Lake Forest Park, was struck by another car and killed.
If convicted, Campbell and Clark could face up to a year in jail. Prosecutors say they’ll ask only for a fine and community service – at the Maria Federici Foundation.
DOL employee accused of illegal license scam
A federal grand jury has indicted a state Department of Licensing employee, accusing him of selling Washington drivers licenses to more than 150 illegal Brazilian nationals who did not pass the required tests.
The licensing employee, Zagari Shunta Moore, 37, of Federal Way, and two others – Mauro Martins, 45, of Kirkland, and Jackson Ronaldo Da Conceicao, 31, of Boston – have been charged with conspiracy to commit document fraud.
Prosecutors say Martins took many of the applicants to a licensing office in Federal Way, where Moore issued the phony licenses for $250, then altered computer records to cover his tracks.
Associated Press
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