Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Another Sunday
Well this week was kinda crazy. The kids are so stinking busy that I can barely keep up with what it is I have to do. And next week or I guess you could say tomorrow starts another even more crazy week for us.
The sentenceing for Michael is on Feb 2nd so that is this week. Hopefully that will put an end to this whole thing. Idk if it will or not but I hope it will provide some closire for my family.
until I am free again happy blogging.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Basketball try-outs
Sitting at the JCMS watching 6th grade travel basketball try-outs. I love watching Brandon play.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Need a break from life
So work is crazy right now and my son was at school today and someone (won't mention any names) pulled the chair out from under him and his buttocks hit the floor and a trip to the MD and 3 Xrays later severely bruised coccyx and to make matters worse basketball try outs are Saturday so he is all upset about that. So if things would just calm down some that would be great.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Broken hearted daughter
Got to love the broken hearted daughter. It kills me to see her so upset over him. I would have never thought in a million years that he would do anything like this to her and to my family for that matter. I took that boy in and treated him like a son. But it is what it is and nothing can be done about it now. I just pray that my broken hearted daughter doesn't spiral down the depression road. I lub u sweet daughter o mine
Monday, January 2, 2012
What my life has been like...
12/30/2011 3:00:00 PM
Plea deal in SR 7 crash that killed 2
Evan Shields
Courier Staff Writer
A Madison man pleaded guilty Thursday, admitting he recklessly killed two North Vernon women in a car accident in March 2010 on State Road 7.
Michael Steven Scroggins II, 33, agreed to a plea deal that had him plead guilty to two counts of reckless homicide, a Class C felony, and one count of criminal recklessness, also a Class C felony. Special Judge Sally Blankenship took the guilty plea under advisement pending a pre-sentence investigation.
According to court records, Scroggins was headed southbound on State Road 7 in a green Chevy pick-up truck at 4:20 p.m. on March 2, 2010. His vehicle crossed into the northbound lane and struck a red Jeep Liberty head-on.
Bonnie Ramey-Low, 67, who was driving the Jeep, was declared dead at the scene. Lois Robinson, 60, died shortly after the crash at King's Daughters' Hospital. Cindy Speer, a passenger in Ramey-Low's car, suffered a fracture and severe chest injuries.
"We believe this is a good resolution for the victims, who don't have to go through a trial," Prosecutor Chad Lewis said.
As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop five counts of criminal recklessness. Each of the charges Scroggins pleaded guilty to is for each woman who was in the vehicle at the time of the accident.
Prosecutors had been attempting to add several charges to Scroggins' case after a deposition with Jessica Short, who was a passenger in Scroggins' vehicle.
Lewis said Short said in the deposition that Scroggins had given her pills and marijuana. The prosecution tried to add two counts of dealing a controlled substance and one count of dealing marijuana to the case. Lewis said Short admitted she and Scroggins had smoked marijuana the day before the crash.
Given that information, the prosecution also tried to add two charges of causing death of another person while operating a vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance and one count of causing serious bodily injury with marijuana in the body.
As part of the plea agreement, the prosecution agreed to withdraw their request to add those charges.
The most recent hearing in the case was over whether blood samples taken from Ramey-Low's chest could be taken into evidence. At the hearing, Jason Pattison and Jennifer Culotta, the two defense attorneys on the case, showed toxicology reports that Ramey-Low had four different types of medication in her system that could have side effects of dizziness and drowsiness.
Blankenship ruled the evidence could not be admitted because no scientific studies had determined the reliability of a post-mortem blood draw from the chest cavity.
Lewis is not sure at this point how much prison time he will recommend for Scroggins at the sentencing hearing. Class C felonies carry a range of two to eight years in prison. The sentences can be stacked, so Scroggins faces a maximum prison sentence of 24 years.
Scroggins' sentencing hearing will be held at 9 a.m. Jan. 20, 2012, in Jefferson Superior Court.
Plea deal in SR 7 crash that killed 2
Evan Shields
Courier Staff Writer
A Madison man pleaded guilty Thursday, admitting he recklessly killed two North Vernon women in a car accident in March 2010 on State Road 7.
Michael Steven Scroggins II, 33, agreed to a plea deal that had him plead guilty to two counts of reckless homicide, a Class C felony, and one count of criminal recklessness, also a Class C felony. Special Judge Sally Blankenship took the guilty plea under advisement pending a pre-sentence investigation.
According to court records, Scroggins was headed southbound on State Road 7 in a green Chevy pick-up truck at 4:20 p.m. on March 2, 2010. His vehicle crossed into the northbound lane and struck a red Jeep Liberty head-on.
Bonnie Ramey-Low, 67, who was driving the Jeep, was declared dead at the scene. Lois Robinson, 60, died shortly after the crash at King's Daughters' Hospital. Cindy Speer, a passenger in Ramey-Low's car, suffered a fracture and severe chest injuries.
"We believe this is a good resolution for the victims, who don't have to go through a trial," Prosecutor Chad Lewis said.
As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop five counts of criminal recklessness. Each of the charges Scroggins pleaded guilty to is for each woman who was in the vehicle at the time of the accident.
Prosecutors had been attempting to add several charges to Scroggins' case after a deposition with Jessica Short, who was a passenger in Scroggins' vehicle.
Lewis said Short said in the deposition that Scroggins had given her pills and marijuana. The prosecution tried to add two counts of dealing a controlled substance and one count of dealing marijuana to the case. Lewis said Short admitted she and Scroggins had smoked marijuana the day before the crash.
Given that information, the prosecution also tried to add two charges of causing death of another person while operating a vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance and one count of causing serious bodily injury with marijuana in the body.
As part of the plea agreement, the prosecution agreed to withdraw their request to add those charges.
The most recent hearing in the case was over whether blood samples taken from Ramey-Low's chest could be taken into evidence. At the hearing, Jason Pattison and Jennifer Culotta, the two defense attorneys on the case, showed toxicology reports that Ramey-Low had four different types of medication in her system that could have side effects of dizziness and drowsiness.
Blankenship ruled the evidence could not be admitted because no scientific studies had determined the reliability of a post-mortem blood draw from the chest cavity.
Lewis is not sure at this point how much prison time he will recommend for Scroggins at the sentencing hearing. Class C felonies carry a range of two to eight years in prison. The sentences can be stacked, so Scroggins faces a maximum prison sentence of 24 years.
Scroggins' sentencing hearing will be held at 9 a.m. Jan. 20, 2012, in Jefferson Superior Court.
My letter to the judge
Words can never begin to express what this man has taken from my family. But unfortunately words are all I have left.
The day Mr. Scroggins took my mother started out just like every other day. I talked to mom from my house all the way to when she stepped out of the car and into work which was typically 40 minutes. The joke about this was I talked to mom everyday, twice a day at least. All the way to work and all the way home which if you do he math that is about 1 hour and 20 minutes a day, so much so, my parents had to increase their cell phone minutes because I went over their minutes all by myself.
The night before she died, mom had picked up my 2 older kids from play practice and academic team and went home and started dinner. My youngest rode the bus home with dad every evening, which made it so nice because when I got off work I had to stop at moms and pick the kids up. I always got the sweet deal because mom would start dinner and by the time I got there dinner was done and it was time to eat. This night was no different except it was one of the few nights that I didn't do the dishes after dinner. As we got ready to leave I kissed mom bye and giggled and said I am stiffing you with the dishes. She kissed back and said that is ok I will get even with you. Little did I know that 2 days later I would be standing at that stupid sink doing those dishes all by myself ( moms way of getting even I suppose).
The last time I saw mom is a memory that haunts me every night when I close my eyes. I was at work when I got the call mom had been in a wreck. That call changed the person I am forever. I ran over to the ER and waited. I waited for what seemed like days. The ambulance arrived, I was told I could have a few minutes but mom was getting ready to be flown to Louisville. Well let's just say that she took a different kind of flight that evening. I was able to hold her hand and tell her I LOVED her before she took her final breathes. She squeezed my hand and wiggled her toe and then it was over, as quick as that; my mother, my everything was gone right before my eyes.
She is not here to talk with, shop with, plan graduations, sweet 16 birthday parties, wedding, the heart break of a break up, vacations. No nothing with, because one person tried to play GOD. I lost her!
The only way to keep Mr. Scroggins from devastating another person the way he has me and my family is to keep him behind bars for as long as the law will allow. His justice will come in time. But justice is not what I am after right now, I want to know that I don't have to worry about him taking another family, or causing this pain to a different family because you know what they say: some people NEVER change and he had more than enough tries to change and it just isn't in him to change. I never want another person to answer the phone and have their life changed at the hands of Mr. Scroggins. That is my wish
The day Mr. Scroggins took my mother started out just like every other day. I talked to mom from my house all the way to when she stepped out of the car and into work which was typically 40 minutes. The joke about this was I talked to mom everyday, twice a day at least. All the way to work and all the way home which if you do he math that is about 1 hour and 20 minutes a day, so much so, my parents had to increase their cell phone minutes because I went over their minutes all by myself.
The night before she died, mom had picked up my 2 older kids from play practice and academic team and went home and started dinner. My youngest rode the bus home with dad every evening, which made it so nice because when I got off work I had to stop at moms and pick the kids up. I always got the sweet deal because mom would start dinner and by the time I got there dinner was done and it was time to eat. This night was no different except it was one of the few nights that I didn't do the dishes after dinner. As we got ready to leave I kissed mom bye and giggled and said I am stiffing you with the dishes. She kissed back and said that is ok I will get even with you. Little did I know that 2 days later I would be standing at that stupid sink doing those dishes all by myself ( moms way of getting even I suppose).
The last time I saw mom is a memory that haunts me every night when I close my eyes. I was at work when I got the call mom had been in a wreck. That call changed the person I am forever. I ran over to the ER and waited. I waited for what seemed like days. The ambulance arrived, I was told I could have a few minutes but mom was getting ready to be flown to Louisville. Well let's just say that she took a different kind of flight that evening. I was able to hold her hand and tell her I LOVED her before she took her final breathes. She squeezed my hand and wiggled her toe and then it was over, as quick as that; my mother, my everything was gone right before my eyes.
She is not here to talk with, shop with, plan graduations, sweet 16 birthday parties, wedding, the heart break of a break up, vacations. No nothing with, because one person tried to play GOD. I lost her!
The only way to keep Mr. Scroggins from devastating another person the way he has me and my family is to keep him behind bars for as long as the law will allow. His justice will come in time. But justice is not what I am after right now, I want to know that I don't have to worry about him taking another family, or causing this pain to a different family because you know what they say: some people NEVER change and he had more than enough tries to change and it just isn't in him to change. I never want another person to answer the phone and have their life changed at the hands of Mr. Scroggins. That is my wish
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