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A Cuyahoga County Grand Jury indicted a Berea man last week in connection with the Dec. 3 traffic crash that resulted in the death of a Bainbridge Township woman.
Jaymarlon Hayes, 19, of Berea, faces six felony counts in the incident and will be arraigned Dec. 28.
Those counts include one count of involuntary manslaughter, one count of aggravated vehicle homicide, two counts of aggravated vehicular assault, one count of carrying a concealed weapon, for a loaded handgun found in the vehicle, and one count of failure to comply with order and signal of a police officer.
If convicted, Mr. Hayes could face seven to 26 years in prison, Alexandria Giering, spokeswoman with Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley’s office, said.
Attorney Anna Faraglia, an assistant prosecuting attorney in Mr. O’Malley’s office, will be prosecuting Mr. Hayes in the matter. A defense attorney is not yet listed on the court docket.
Mr. Hayes was released from the hospital recently and transported to the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office where he remains in their jail this week.
Felony charges are pending against his passenger, a 20-year-old Cleveland man, police said, pending his release from the hospital. He is currently under police watch.
Both suspects had sustained injuries in the crash.
Bainbridge resident Sally B. Schultz, 85, died late last Friday at Hillcrest Hospital as a result of the crash.
In the incident, a stolen 2012 Ford Fusion driven by Mr. Hayes was being pursued by police. At the end of the high-speed chase, which went through the villages of Bentleyville and Chagrin Falls, Solon police deployed the use of Stop Sticks, which resulted in the suspect vehicle losing control, traveling left of center and striking two other vehicles.
The occupants of the other vehicles were treated and released from area hospitals.
“We are concerned about civil liability,” Solon Lt. William Vajdich said of the incident. “We were involved with something and that (the death) happened.
“There’s always going to be a concern for civil liability when injuries are involved,” he said. “We do the best that we can to document the things that happened. We review all our police incidents of serious nature to make sure we are following policy and training.”
The family has asked for privacy while they deal with this tragedy, Lt. Vajdich added.
In addition to the indictment involving the traffic fatality, Mr. Hayes was indicted in June on nine counts of drug-related charges including trafficking a controlled substance and drug possession. The trafficking counts involved Fentanyl, among other substances, according to the indictment. He is accused of knowingly preparing the drugs for shipment, transporting them and for their distribution and sale, according to the indictment.
A pre-trial for this matter was scheduled for yesterday (Dec. 15). Mr. Hayes is being defended in this matter by Attorney Morgan Pirc of the Cuyahoga County Public Defender’s Office.
The nature of the original theft involving the stolen vehicle remains under investigation by the Cleveland Police Department, Lt. Vajdich said.
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