{"id":253,"date":"2012-06-14T17:25:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T17:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2012-06-15T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T15:50:35","slug":"teen-who-texted-while-driving-goes-to-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/teen-who-texted-while-driving-goes-to-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Who Texted While Driving Goes to Jail."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aaron Deveau, of Haverhill, MA, was the first driver convicted under the criminal Massachusetts\u2019 texting law.\u00a0 He was sentenced to two and a half years for motor vehicle homicide and two years for negligent operation of a motor vehicle causing serious injury while texting, both sentences to run concurrently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V3-5xNnqbaI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Judge Stephen S. Abany sentenced Deveau after it was determined that he sent 85 text messages before crossing the center line and crashing head-on with a driver on February 20, 2011. Deveau\u2019s Chevy Malibu swerved into a Toyota Corolla driven by 55 year-old Donald Bowley, Jr. from Danville, NH. <strong>Bowley suffered massive brain trauma and was removed from life support a little over two weeks after the car accident.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Authorities indicated that one text was sent about a minute before the auto crash at approximately 2:34 p.m. <strong>Deveau faced a maximum sentence of four years in prison, but will instead serve one year behind bars for the first case of motor vehicle homicide by texting in Massachusetts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you or your loved one needs the services of our expert Boston, MA car accident lawyers, call us <strong>24\/7<\/strong> at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong>.\u00a0 When you have suffered personal injuries or a wrongful death from a Massachusetts auto crash or other Massachusetts motor vehicle accident, please call the <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-auto-car-accident-injury-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA car accident lawyer<\/a> professionals, <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-types-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Massachusetts personal injury lawyer<\/a> advocates and Massachusetts motor vehicle accident attorneys <strong>24\/7<\/strong> at our full service Boston, MA law firm at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong>. Our Boston car accident lawyer experts and <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-boston-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA personal injury lawyer<\/a> professionals will work tirelessly on your behalf to resolve your Massachusetts auto accident claim and get you the personal injury damages or wrongful death damages to which you are entitled.<\/p>\n<p>Please call the Boston, MA car accident lawyer professionals at our expert Boston car accident law office <strong>24 hours a day, 7 days a week<\/strong>, at <strong>617-787-3700 or<\/strong> email our Massachusetts motor vehicle accident attorneys at <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-contact-gilbert-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">gilhoylaw@hotmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Call today! <strong>Your needs are our top priority!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Deveau, of Haverhill, MA, was the first driver convicted under the criminal Massachusetts\u2019 texting law.\u00a0 He was sentenced to two and a half years for motor vehicle homicide and two years for negligent operation of a motor vehicle causing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/teen-who-texted-while-driving-goes-to-jail\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}