Man charged in deadly US 60 crash will not be released from jail before trial. Case lookup reveals around TWENTY driving violations over the last ten years or so: speeding, bad lane change, etc, always including no license, no insurance… apparently escaped any sort significant punishment for his ongoing crimes.
Man charged in deadly US 60 crash will not be released from jail before trial.
PHOENIX — The man behind the wheel when two young women were hit on the emergency shoulder of U.S. 60 will not be released from jail before his trial. A judge denied the request Friday… On October 27, … both women were hit by a vehicle that drifted into the emergency lane. Barnes, 22, has undergone multiple surgeries and is still recuperating. Johnson, 23, died at the scene…
Nicholas Meyer of Apache Junction was the driver. The 45-year-old was booked for causing death with a vehicle while driving with a revoked/suspended license, and ARS 28-672A – causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation. Both are class one misdemeanors.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has since filed felony charges.
Meyer went before a judge on Friday with a motion to modify his release conditions and get out of jail before his trial.
Barnes and Johnson’s families spoke in court against that request.
“A man like that does not deserve to be behind the wheel,” Tyler Anderson, Johnson’s partner, said.
…Johnson’s parents spoke about their loss through tears before Judge Sunita Cairo and discussed Meyer’s prior felony convictions.
“It’s just so sad that you have to kill someone to get to this point,” Troy Clemans, Johnson’s father, said.
They also brought up Meyer’s driving record, speckled with violations, even though the judge confirmed he has not had a driver’s license since 1999.
“It’s incredibly concerning,” Samantha Clemans said. “For 27 years, he’s been driving around with no license, continuously breaking the law, and he’s never been held accountable at any point.”Ultimately Judge Cairo denied the motion, explaining she feels Meyer could drive again without a license and endanger the community.
…Ultimately Judge Cairo denied the motion, explaining she feels Meyer could drive again without a license and endanger the community.
…“So he doesn’t do this again,” Barnes said. “It should have never happened. If he was already behind bars, it would have never happened in the first place.” Meyer’s trial date will be set in May.
Mesa mom sides with victims in deadly US 60 crash case against son
…Police say Meyer was driving with a suspended license when he swerved into a disabled vehicle along the shoulder … (the suspect’s mother) Judd told Arizona’s Family that Meyer had been in numerous accidents before and had an ongoing drug problem. She claims to have called the police on him when she heard about his outstanding warrants.
“He’d show up here, face messed up, and I said, what happened to your face?” said Judd. “He said, ‘I fell asleep at the wheel and ran into a pole,’ and I think that’s what happened on the freeway. He fell asleep.”
According to court records, Meyer has a long history of traffic violations that he never responded to in court. He has not had a valid license for 27 years, but that didn’t stop him from getting behind the wheel.
Prior (mostly criminal traffic) cases
case lookupAre they all here? dunno.
M-0766-CT-2023002249 NICHOLAS MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 APACHE JUNCTION, AZ 95201 Gilbert Municipal
M-0751-TR-2019012472 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 MESA, AZ 85208 Scottsdale City Court
M-0751-TR-2021008230 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 MESA, AZ 85208 Scottsdale City Court
J-0704-CT-2021013518 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 San Marcos Justice
J-0713-CT-2022016418 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 MESA, AZ 85208 University Lakes Justice
J-0718-TR-2020117984 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 MESA, AZ 85210 Encanto Justice
M-0745-CR-2014043819 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 MESA, AZ 85208 Mesa Municipal
M-0745-CR-2015078567 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 MESA, AZ 852080000 Mesa Municipal
M-0745-CR-2017003217 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 MESA, AZ 85205 Mesa Municipal
M-0745-CR-2017007302 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 MESA, AZ 852080000 Mesa Municipal
M-0745-CR-2019021989 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 MESA, AZ 852080000 Mesa Municipal
J-0723-CT-2022156184 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 APACHE JUNCTION, AZ 85120 Kyrene Justice
J-0721-CT-2022161238 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 APACHE JCT, AZ 85120 North Mesa Justice
J-0726-CT-2022180919 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 Highland Justice
J-1003-TR-2023000073 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 MESA, AZ 85204 Ajo Justice
J-0723-CT-2023149621 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 APACHE JUNCTION, AZ 85120 Kyrene Justice
J-0720-CT-2023205568 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 San Tan Justice
J-1109-CT-2024000556 NICHOLAS STEWART MEYER DEFENDANT 04/1979 Pioneer Justice Court
Criminal Case
Is someone looking into how he can have racked up 20 or so criminal traffic violations and have not been sent to jail?
Driving on a suspended license is a class 1 criminal misdemeanor (class 1 being the most serious misdemeanor 28-3473) which is “up to 1 year” in jail. Nobody goes to jail for a whole year on the first offense, but after the third? after the tenth? after the twentieth?
This would/will be the first 28-675 or 676 case that I am aware of, so might be interesting to follow.
Here is the current felony case 28-675/676 (the felony version of 28-672, due to no license):
Historical:
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- 2007 vehicle theft and DUI, guilty: CR2007-142641
- 2006 drugs charges CR2006-174867
- 2004 something to do with forgery CR2004-136081
At the moment, this is tagged as a ped fatality, though I am unsure if the victim(s) were insider or outside of the vehicle when they were struck; this is irrelevant to the criminal case.