21 year-old Jason Rodney Castillo, the man who was suspected of knocking down 25 year-old Shane Dougal almost 8 weeks ago, is at prison tonight after he was arraigned on charges relating to Dougal's death.
As we reported, Dougal, who is a security guard with Harpy Security, was riding his bike to work in the Ladyville area. At around 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, September 8, he was at mile 5 on the Phillip Goldson Highway, when he was knocked down and killed.
Castillo was initially detained but no formal charges were brought against him, and he was eventually released.
Well, police detained him once more, and he was charged with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, driving motor vehicle without due care and attention and failure to provide specimen for testing.
Police said that on the date in question he was driving his grey Nissan Altima car on the highway, and he knocked down Dougal. The responding officers believe that he may have been under the influence of alcohol, and requested that he provide a urine or blood specimen, but he refused without giving a reasonable excuse.
Castillo was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith, and due to the nature of the offences, he was not eligible for bail.
Chief Magistrate Smith remanded him to prison until his next court date, which is set for December 6. Castillo is being represented by Attorney Dickie Bradley.
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