Monday, October 27, 2008

Drunk driving's impact on our youth... By Andrew Zebrun III


A drunk driver killed my nephew, Jeff Brown, in 1994 in Evans, NY, on Rt. 20 not too far from Sturgeon Point Rd. He was a 19 year old college student as well, he was at Canisius, and I believe he was in the same class as Jodi Johnston if I'm not mistaken. He wanted to become a sports reporter, and if not for the actions of Terry King, on April 6th, 1994, Jeff may be a smart news reporter too. Terry King ran into Jeff Brown while driving drunk. And Jeff sadly passed away several weeks later on his grandfather's birthday! Terry King admitted his guilt to me personally a few days after he crashed into Jeff. Rev. Terry King now runs Grace Ministries, http://www.sgmworld.org/boardmembers.htm and seems to have turned his crime of vehicular manslaughter against Jeff Brown into what would seem to be a successful career. This might lead one to believe that crime pays? Certainly a little over 4 years of your life, in exchange for taking a life seems quite minor? Now there might be a lawyer possibly involved in such a similar crime, only this alleged perpetrator left the scene? Seems our law makers, like Jack Quinn for instance, may want to sponsor some tougher laws for crimes like this, that some might say could possibly be a form of legalized homicide? Penalties for taking lives in any manner should be strengthened before we lose more bright young college students. Didn't a similar crime occur in Amherst, NY too? We must all remember, and study history, or we are doomed to repeat it, again, and again...

2 comments:

greg said...

Let's not forget that the blessed Rev Terry King and his partner at the time swindled $800,000 from elderly people for investments. He should be locked up 35 plus years with no chance of parole.

Andrew Zebrun III said...

And he just skates on stealing everything he can from anyone he wants even if has to kill them to get it! He stole my nephews life joyriding on beer, then he turned it into a career!