August 2007 Expecting Club

I tired to post a link to this article yesterday but it didn't work. A co-worker/friend died yesterday from severe brain trauma. The article does not say that my friend had been attempting to break up with this woman for several months and that she had a gun in the vehicle. Also, my neighbor is the undersheriff mentioned in the story and he said there was no way she was going 25, she was likely going at least 50 or faster. Gary's friends believe that she pulled the gun on him and he feared for his life so he jumped. It would not have been the first time she threatened him with a gun. Please pray for my friend Gary and his family.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Boyfriend Falls From Deputy's Car

By T.J. Wilham
Journal Staff Writer
    A Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy has been placed on leave while investigators determine why her boyfriend fell out of her vehicle while she was driving on N.M. 70 in Lincoln County.
    Early Sunday, Deputy Evangeline Martinez, 35, was driving her personal vehicle on the Mescalero Apache reservation when Gary Hoodless, 23, fell out and was critically injured, State Police said.
    Hoodless was taken to Thomason Hospital in El Paso, where he was listed in critical condition Wednesday.
    "He was injured pretty bad," said New Mexico Department of Public Safety spokesman Peter Olson. "He is still in pretty bad shape."
    Martinez told investigators that while she was approaching a curve, Hoodless said "he was getting out," opened the door and jumped.
    The deputy told State Police she was driving about 25 mph at the time. A witness told investigators that Hoodless had been drinking and may have been under the influence of alcohol, Olson said.
    Martinez was not, he said.
    "We are conducting a very thorough investigation into this incident," Olson said.
    On Monday, Martinez reported the incident to her superiors, who immediately placed her on leave.
    "There is not much we can do until we know what the circumstances were that led up to the incident," said Bernalillo County Undersheriff Sal Baragiola.
    According to court records, Martinez was charged last year with domestic battery, criminal damage to property and making harassing telephone calls after a January incident in which she allegedly forced her way into an ex-boyfriend's home and pushed him down.
    The man told police he struggled with her for several minutes before he was able to force her out of the house. Once outside, Martinez pulled a storm door off its wooden frame in an attempt to get back in, according to court records.
    After eventually leaving, Martinez called her ex-boyfriend 15 times.
    She was not jailed that night because she was gone by the time Albuquerque police arrived. Officers did, however, summon her to court.
    Charges were dismissed after she completed a court-ordered diversion program.
    Sheriff's officials said that an internal affairs investigation was conducted into the incident, and that she was disciplined.

     

My thoughts are with your friend and his family. Also with you. Take care of yourself and your little one through this.

Lisa

How awful!  We'll be praying for him and his family.  Since you know a little about their relationship and the gun, would you be able to report any of that to the police?  I really don't know much about legal issues or anything, but it seems like any evidence in his defense would be helpful.  Especially since she seemed to have a rocky situation with her ex-boyfriend, too.  I hope his family and friends are ok.