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    Two teens plead guilty in fatal roadside wreck

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    Posted on Thu, Jan. 12, 2006

    Two teens plead guilty in fatal roadside wreck
    By Kenneth A. Gailliard

    The Sun NewsTwo teens pleaded guilty Wednesday in the death of a Myrtle Beach woman who was struck by one of two cars that were racing as she retrieved her mail from a roadside mailbox.

    The death was one of 63 last year in Horry County, which recorded the second highest number of traffic fatalities in the state, based on a preliminary report from the S.C. Department of Public Safety.

    The driver of the car that struck Joyce Dargan pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in Horry County Family Court. He was 14 at the time of the Oct. 13 crash and has since turned 15. The other driver, also 15, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

    Prosecutors said both teens, who are not named because they are juveniles, are in the country illegally.

    After their pleas, the victim's husband, Waldeck Sligh Dargan, told the court: "Ninety days ago my wife was slaughtered and my children no longer have a mother." He implored the teens to take note of the rights they were granted without citizenship.

    Assistant 15th Circuit Solicitor Alicia Richardson said the teens were going nearly 80 mph on U.S. 17 in the Chestnut Hill area when one driver lost control of his car, which went off the road, struck Dargan and then flipped.

    In 2005, traffic deaths statewide and on the Grand Strand increased over 2004, with more multiple-fatality wrecks recorded. Statewide, 1,078 people died in 2005, compared with 1,031 in 2004, an increase of 4.6 percent. Horry County had one more fatality in 2005 than 2004. The numbers had dropped from 2003, when the county led the state with 75 deaths. Georgetown County's figures increased from 11 to 21 from 2004 to 2005.

    The rise in Horry County's road deaths and an increase in deaths on Georgetown County roads over the past three years has Department of Public Safety officials concerned, Senior Trooper Sonny Collins of the S.C. Highway Patrol said.

    Troopers will work to shrink the death rate with increased enforcement where patterns of frequent crashes emerge, and by raising driver awareness of safety issues through educational programs and media campaigns.

    The new primary seat belt law, which went into effect statewide in December, also is expected to help reduce fatalities, Collins said.
    Collins said one factor in the 2005 increases was the number of crashes with multiple deaths.

    In Georgetown County, three people died in one crash in December and four died in a crash in the spring. One Horry County crash claimed five lives.

    Collins said state police formed a team of troopers last year who patrol areas identified as sites of multiple crashes. Team members review crash counts weekly to determine where they are needed.

    "So far they have been having a good impact," he said.

    It's not likely a single crash such as the one that killed Dargan would warrant the work of the team. But team members will respond to locations of repeated accidents, whether or not they are fatal, he said.

    Through an interpreter, the drivers in that crash apologized to Dargan's family and friends Wednesday.

    "We are very sorry for all that has gone on and really apologize to the family that has been affected," said the driver of the car that struck Dargan.

    They are scheduled to return to court on Feb. 27 to be sentenced. The maximum sentence would be until their 21st birthdays.

    The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has been notified of the case. It will investigate to determine whether the teens should be deported, Richardson said. If the agency decides the teens should be deported, they will be required to serve their S.C. sentence first.

    "I can't tell you how much we are suffering," Waldeck Dargan said. "Our lives will be affected till the day we die."
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    Well, folks, it's not even safe to walk to your mailbox any more.

    I hope all that support this invasion from third world countries read this article and are haunted by the death of this innocent woman for as long as they live.
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    How many more poeple have to die?
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    Teens sentenced today in fatal car crash

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    Posted on Mon, Feb. 27, 2006
    Teens sentenced today in fatal car crash
    Pair pleaded guilty in wreck
    By Kenneth A. Gailliard
    The Sun News


    A pair of teens who pleaded guilty in the October death of a Myrtle Beach woman will be sentenced today in Horry County family court, prosecutors said.



    The 15-year-old boys admitted guilt in the death of Joyce Dargan during a hearing last month.

    Dargan was killed Oct. 13, when one of the boys lost control of the car he was driving while racing. The car went off the road and struck Dargan as she was retrieving mail from a roadside mailbox.

    The driver of that car pleaded guilty to reckless homicide. The other teen, who police say fled the crash scene, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

    Neither of the boys' names have been published because they are juveniles.

    Family Court Judge Lisa Kinon is expected to determine their sentences today. Under state law the maximum sentence the boys could receive cannot exceed their 21st birthday.

    Dargan's family could not be reached for comment.

    Prosecutors said both boys are illegal immigrants and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are trying to determine whether they should be deported. If it is determined the boys should be deported, they would be required to serve their sentences in South Carolina first, prosecutors said.

    The two boys have remained in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice since the crash.

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    Teens get maximum sentence in MB death

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    Posted on Tue, Feb. 28, 2006

    Teens get maximum sentence in MB death
    Two will serve about six years each

    By Kenneth A. Gailliard
    The Sun News

    A pair of 15-year-old boys will serve no more than about six years each in S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice custody for the death of a Myrtle Beach woman.

    Joyce Dargan was killed Oct. 13 after one of the boys lost control of a car while racing with the other on Kings Highway. His car went off the road, and struck and killed 57-year-old Joyce Dargan.

    Because the boys are juveniles, the maximum sentence each boy could receive was an uncertain term not to last beyond his 21st birthday, and that was the sentence handed down Monday by Family Court Judge Lisa Kinon.

    The sentence was met with silence and sadness from nearly 30 of Joyce Dargan's family and friends who filled half of the crowded courtroom. They comforted each other with hugs as they exited.

    "She gave the maximum [sentence] she could under the law, and we're thankful for that," said Dargan's husband, Waldeck Dargan, who added he didn't consider the sentence fair.

    Dargan said lax immigration laws contributed to his wife's death.

    Both teens are illegal immigrants from Mexico, and neither have driving credentials.

    The boy whose car killed Joyce Dargan had been stopped for traffic violations twice in the six weeks before her death, which Waldeck Dargan said could have been avoided if the boy had been identified as an illegal immigrant, held and deported.

    Loopholes in North Carolina's laws recently led U.S. Rep Sue Myrick to propose legislation that would make local police more responsible for tracking illegal immigrants in that state.

    She proposed the legislation after an illegal immigrant, Ramiro Gallegos, 26, was charged in an accident that killed a Brunswick County teacher in July.

    Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Greg Hembree said he's not aware of similar efforts in this state.

    He said prosecutors' authority with illegal immigrants usually ends with referring those found guilty to federal authorities.

    "When we get them, there's nothing we can do but say [to U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement Agency officials], 'We have one for you,'" Hembree said.

    "In our experience [deportation] happens in more serious cases," he said.

    He couldn't be sure whether deportation guidelines are the same for adults and juveniles. "Juveniles are not considered, for criminal convictions, the same as adults."

    Hembree said adult illegal immigrants whose conviction carries with it a sentence of more than one year usually are deported after serving their sentences.

    Area Latino leaders condemn the accident that killed Joyce Dargan but say they worry it could fuel animosity toward Hispanics.

    "I'm concerned it will reinforce prejudices that people have," said Min Alexander, former head of Latinosamericanos en Accion.

    Officials at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency could not be reached Monday.

    Waldeck Dargan says he intends to follow the deportation issue where it involves his wife's killers.

    Last month one boy pleaded guilty to reckless homicide; the other pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. That boy drove away from the scene of the accident but returned a short time later.

    Dargan said, "When they get out, we will do all we can to see that they are deported."

    He said his two children and other relatives and friends haven't yet had time to deal with the citizenship status of the two boys.

    "We've had too much to deal with," Dargan said. He said his family's relationship with God has helped them deal with his wife's death. "If I didn't know she was in [God's] presence now, I couldn't deal with this."

    Joyce Dargan's friend and neighbor, Nan Norman, described Dargan as "a law abiding citizen who loved her country and mankind."

    Norman said Dargan was active in her community and in schools.

    "Our community knew exactly who she was," Norman said. "We knew her well."

    She told the teens: "You owe a debt to this family, to the community and to our world."

    The teens' relatives declined to comment after the sentencing.

    The boys' lawyers described their clients as good boys who made good grades at Myrtle Beach High School before the accident.

    The teen whose car struck Dargan lived with friends for months before the collision, his lawyer, Ryan Stample of Myrtle Beach, said. His mother had previously returned to Mexico because she was ill.

    Stample said the boy had hopes of finishing high school and becoming a citizen. He acknowledged that the boy was stopped by police for other traffic violations in Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach before Dargan's death.

    Assistant 15th Circuit Solicitor Alicia Richardson said that the boy gave police fictitious birthdate information when he was stopped.

    The other teen has lived in the U.S. since he was about 2 years old, his lawyer, James Bain, said. He also said that the boy has siblings who were born in the U.S.

    That boy was driving a car registered to his uncle the day Dargan was killed. The other was driving a car registered to his stepfather, who returned to Mexico with his mother, prosecutors said.

    Lawyers for the boys said they considered the sentences fair under the circumstances.


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    Absolutely....these two need to be deported when they turn 21 and are let out of jail. They will be adults then. They should both get a one-way ticket to Mexico. Hopefully by then, our borders will be secure and they won't be able to enter into the United States illegally, again. Why do we have to keep reading and hearing about these horrendous stories where innocent people are being killed by ILLEGALS THAT SHOULD NOT BE IN OUR COUNTRY!!!!!!!! I beg you, Mr. President, please do something! Your silence is a slap in the face to Americans!

    Too bad the families of these victims can't sue the President or the government for not enforcing existing laws and allowing our country to be over run by illegals. Oh, I forgot, these two boys were in the United States to do the hard work and jobs that no American would do. What a bunch of BS! Everytime I hear Bush say that, I want to puke!

    Each state should start a mail campaign. Everytime a crime is committed by an illegal, we should mail copies of the stories to our (un)elected officials from local gov't all the way up to the White House. Then they couldn't use the excuse that they didn't know what was going on.

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    Posted on Thu, May. 08, 2008

    JOYCE DARGAN'S DEATH

    Driver in fatal wreck out on parole


    By Zane Wilson - zwilson@thesunnews.com

    COLUMBIA --
    Two Horry County lawmakers are demanding an investigation into why a juvenile involved in a street-racing incident that resulted in the death of a Myrtle Beach woman was released on parole Monday.

    Joyce Dargan was struck by a car and killed as she went to her streetside mailbox on Oct. 13, 2005.

    Two 15-year-olds were racing their cars on Kings Highway when one swerved off the road and struck Dargan.

    Both were sentenced two years ago to up to six years in juvenile prison. Both were also illegal immigrants who would be up for deportation when they got out of prison.

    Rep. Thad Viers, R-Myrtle Beach, said he and Rep. Alan Clemmons, R-Myrtle Beach, asked for an investigation and demanded that the governor remove members of the Board of Juvenile Parole who allowed the youths release.

    "This is outrageous. This is a slap in the family's face," Viers said.

    He said he was told that the board was going to release the boy without supervision but that board member Greg Killian of Myrtle Beach, who voted against the parole, insisted he be held for deportation.

    A spokesman for the governor's office said the incident will be investigated.

    Contact ZANE WILSON at 357-9188.

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    BOTH boys and their families MUST be deported. They are underage and should have only been released to their families, which would've needed to show ID. The boys should serve their sentences, but their families NEED and MUST be deported NOW!
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    Posted on Wed, Aug. 06, 2008
    Street-racing immigrant to stay in juvenile custody
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    A teenager who was involved in a 2005 street-racing incident that killed a Myrtle Beach woman will remain in state Department of Juvenile Justice custody after a parole board rejected his request for early release.

    The ruling came Monday against the teen, who drove the car that struck and killed Joyce Dargan.

    The teen pleaded guilty in January 2006 to reckless homicide in Horry County Family Court. He was 14 at the time of the Oct. 13, 2005, crash. The other car, who was 15, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

    Dargan was killed as she went to her streetside mailbox, and police said the two teens were racing on Kings Highway when one swerved off the road and struck her.

    Both boys were sentenced as juveniles in February 2006 to indefinite terms up to their 21st birthday. Both also were illegal immigrants, neither had a driver's license and one had previous driving violations.

    Although the Board of Juvenile Parole, decided not to release the teen on Monday, the case can be reviewed again before the end of the year.

    The other teen, who was driving the car that didn't hit Dargan, was granted parole in May.

    His release caused a stir among state lawmakers, who demanded an investigation into why he was paroled. The issue became part of a debate on the Senate floor at the time over an immigration control bill.

    In May, Joel Sawyer, Gov. Mark Sanford's spokesman, said the governor would not intervene in a decision of the parole board unless there is evidence that it exceeded its authority.

    Juvenile law allows youth who commit crimes to be sentenced until their 21st birthday, although under certain circumstances they can be held beyond that date.

    The parole board has the authority to release inmates based on recommendations of the staff who work with them.

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