Teen's Myspace Page Helps Scuttle a Plea Bargain

NASHUA – Photographs posted on a Hudson teen’s Myspace page have helped to scuttle a plea bargain that would have kept him out of jail for a fatal car crash last summer, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Assistant Hillsborough County Attorney Justin Shepherd said he has withdrawn a plea offer in the case of Michael Munoz Ramirez, 17, of 4 Twin Meadow Drive, Apt. B, who faces two counts of vehicular assault.

Police said Munoz lost control of his Nissan while speeding on Old Derry Road in Hudson on July 29, 2006, and veered into oncoming traffic, running headlong into a Ford Explorer driven by Kellie Carlin, then 45, of Hudson. His friend Nathan Hergenhahn, 16, was killed in the crash, and Munoz, Carlin and her 13-year-old daughter all were injured.

Shepherd and Munoz’s lawyer, Michael Bowser, had planned to pitch the plea deal again Thursday to Judge William Groff, who had rejected it as too lenient previously.

After seeing photos of Munoz apparently taking part in an underage drinking party, however, and consulting with Hergenhahn’s mother, Patricia Cyr, Shepherd said he can no longer support the plea bargain.

source: nashuatelegraph.com