Counts dismissed in cellphone case
From Times Wire Reports
Charges have been dismissed against a Fallon driver accused of killing a 12-year-old bicyclist while making a cellphone call in August 2006.
Under an agreement accepted by Justice of the Peace Terry Graham, Richard Hutchings will pay $1.3 million to the family of victim of Jeremiah Horne in return for the dismissal of a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge.
The Horne family requested that Hutchings not be prosecuted, local newspapers reported.
The Hornes and Hutchingses belong to the same church.
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