Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Eric James Hunter, 44, will also be required to pay restitution.
A Rosemount man was sentenced to 60 days in jail in connection with a 2009 fatal hit-and-run in Apple Valley. Eric James Hunter, 44, struck Joan LeVasseur, 26, of Apple Valley, with his car on March 6, 2009. She died a week later. Hunter was also sentenced to three years probation and will be ordered to pay restitution to the victim’s family, according to a news release from the office of Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom. Hunter was tried on two counts: leaving the scene of a fatal accident and driving with a suspended license. He originally was tried two years ago, but the the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Here is the full text of the news release: Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom announced that Eric James Hunter, age…
Monday, October 22, 2012
A retrial for Eric James Hunter, 44, was scheduled to begin Monday.
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog A Rosemount man who was scheduled to be retried in connection to a 2009 fatal hit-and-run in Apple Valley has pleaded guilty. In a press release, the Dakota County Attorney’s Office says Eric James Hunter, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of leaving the scene of a accident involved a death, a felony, on Monday. Hunter was scheduled to be retried for his involvement in the crash—in which Joan LeVasseur, 26, was struck by a vehicle on March 6, 2009 in Apple Valley and died a week later—beginning Monday. He originally was tried two years ago, but the the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Hunter originally was tried on two counts: leaving the scene of a fatal …
Monday, December 19, 2011
Derrick Wallace Dahl waived his right to speedy trial and asked for a contested omnibus hearing to argue the evidence against him.
The Apple Valley man charged with manslaughter after he allegedly pointed a loaded handgun that he thought was empty at his friend’s head and pulled the trigger waived his right to a speedy trial in a Dakota County courtroom Monday morning. The attorney for Derrick Wallace Dahl, 22, instead made a motion for a contested omnibus hearing on March 23, which was granted by District Court Judge Tim Wermager. Dahl was charged with manslaughter in July after he and friends allegedly were "playing around" with empty guns and he pointed a loaded .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun—which he told police he thought was empty—at his friend’s head while at a home in Burnsville. "A speedy trial is the last thing we need," Dahl's attorney told Wermager …
Saturday, April 23, 2011
A judge declared a mistrial last fall in Eric James Hunter's original trial.
A Rosemount man will be retried this fall on charges of leaving the scene of an accident in which he’s accused of hitting and killing a deaf woman in Apple Valley two years ago. Eric James Hunter, 42, is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident and driving with a suspended license in connection with the death of Joan LeVasseur, 26, in March 2009. His new trial is set to begin Oct. 3. Hunter originally was tried on the charges last October. That trial ended when the jury was unable to reach a verdict and Dakota County Judge David Knutson declared a mistrial. According to the complaint, authorities found an unconscious and bleeding LeVasseur lying in a crosswalk on Cedar Avenue in Apple Valley on March 6, 2009. She was hospitalized…
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1:51 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
And Eric if u read my previous statement, don't be mad. U have a huge 2nd chance, You need to impact this world for two people now, yourself and the life you although "accidentally" but so negligently and unremorefully KILLED. WOULD SHE BE ALIVE IF TOY SPEED INSTEAD OF THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR OWN HEROIN ADDICTED ASS. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE HYPOCRISY HERE AS I WAS ALSO IN JAIL FOR A MISD. WRNT DRIVING … more ›