Bond reduction denied in vehicular homicide case
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A Washington County judge denied a bond reduction for a McDonald man accused of killing a 50-year-old Moon Township man in a wrong-way, head-on crash June 7 in Robinson Township.
Daniel H. Fleet, 25, remains in Washington County jail on $100,000 bond after Judge Valarie Costanzo denied a motion Wednesday to reduce his bond. Fleet’s attorney, David Shrager, said his client has admitted that he has an alcohol problem and is remorseful. Shrager requested Fleet’s bond be reduced so he could enter an inpatient treatment facility.
Fleet is charged with homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, aggravated assault while DUI, homicide by motor vehicle, driving while under the influence and reckless endangerment in the death of George Raymond Jucha Jr. Fleet is accused of traveling the wrong way on Route 22 while allegedly intoxicated.
Fleet had been previously arrested in Allegheny County on May 1 for a separate DUI case. He is charged with having a blood-alcohol content higher than 0.16 percent in that May 1 case, court records show.