Update on the Josh Myers Case

By Gail Myers

There have been a few developments with our case. If you recall, on December 30, 2001 my son’s car was hit by a man driving 75-80 mph. He jumped the median and struck Josh’s Honda Accord almost head-on with his 1986 Grand Marquis. Josh was flown to UT Medical Center on LifeStar suffering from a head injury, a knee injury, and what the doctors thought was a ruptured bowel and chest injury. The knee injury required surgery the next morning and Josh is facing more surgery on that knee when school is out this spring. The doctors have told us that he will have problems with the knee for the rest of his life. But we can deal with that. I thank God everyday that Josh is still with us.

The man who hit Josh had three different prescription drugs in his blood and he tested positive for THC (marijuana). It took several months to get all the blood tests back from the TBI labs and in the mean time this guy moved to Baltimore, MD - just three months after the wreck. Our case went to the Grand Jury in November 2002 and three felony warrants were issued for him. He has been charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, aggravated assault with a weapon (the car) and driving on a suspended license. These three felony warrants are in the “active” file at the Anderson County Sheriff Department because the Assistant DA will not have him extradited back to Tennessee, because in her opinion, there is not enough evidence to convict him and it would just be a waste of money.

I found out recently that this same man was arrested in Baltimore, MD on December 20, 2003 for DUI, reckless driving and driving into the oncoming lanes. I am in contact with the State’s Attorney of Baltimore Co. and she will be assigning his case to a senior prosecutor and she will also provide a phone number for me to stay in contact and keep up with any developments. They are very interested in the information I have about this guy and what he did here in Tennessee. I am hoping that with the information I can provide he will not get off as easy in Maryland as he did in Tennessee. I have decided that if I can’t get him brought back to Tennessee then maybe I can help make his life miserable in Maryland. We are still not giving up hope that one day we will be successful in getting him back here.