MR. LOCKHART - THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR, FOR ALLOWING
ME TO SPEAK TO THE VICTIMS AND THE FAMILIES OF THE
VICTIMS.
WHAT I DID ON THAT NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH,
2016 HAS PROFOUNDLY CHANGED ALL OF YOU GUYS LIVES. I
FOUND OUT THAT THREE PEOPLE HAD LOST THEIR LIVES AND FOUR
OTHERS WERE SEVERELY INJURED BY MY RECKLESS ACTIONS. MY
HEART SANK AND DEVASTATED ME. AND EVERY SINCE THAT NIGHT
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY SO I CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S
REALLY BEEN ON MY HEART SINCE THAT DAY.
TO THE FAMILY OF BRIAN LEWANDOWSKI, TO
MICHELLE LITTLEFIELD AND TO THE FAMILY OF RICHARD TREADWAY
IT REALLY PAINS ME TO KNOW THAT MY ACTIONS HAVE TAKEN AWAY
SOMEONE'S SON, SOMEONE'S DAUGHTER, SOMEONE'S WIFE OR
SOMEONE'S HUSBAND. I REALIZE THAT THESE PEOPLE HAD A LIFE
FULL OF DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS AND GOALS AND BIG PLANS FOR
THE FUTURE AND BY MY RECKLESS ACTIONS OF WHAT I DID THAT
NIGHT I TOOK AWAY ALL OF THOSE DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS AND
THOSE GOALS AND THEIR LIVES. AND FOR THAT IT'S
UNIMAGINABLE JUST HOW MUCH -- HOW MUCH PAIN AND SUFFERING
THAT I'VE CAUSED FOR THE FAMILIES, EVERYONE'S FAMILY.
THE ONLY REASON THAT I CAN GIVE FOR MY ACTIONS
THAT NIGHT IS A PURELY SELFISH ONE AND THAT'S BECAUSE I
WANTED TO WIN, AND WITH THAT SELFISH MINDSET I HAVE CREATED A TRAGEDY THAT'S GOING TO FOREVER BE ON THE
FOREFRONT OF MY MIND EVERY SINGLE NIGHT UNTIL THE DAY THAT
I DIE.
TO THE FAMILY OF BRIAN LEWANDOWSKI, I'M VERY
SORRY FOR TAKING AWAY YOUR LOVED ONE. TO THE FAMILY OF
MICHELLE LITTLEFIELD, I'M DEEPLY, DEEPLY SORRY FOR TAKING
THE LIFE OF YOUR LOVED ONE. AND TO THE FAMILY OF RICHARD
TREADWAY, I'M SO SORRY FOR TAKING AWAY THE LIFE OF YOUR
LOVED ONE.
TO ALFONSO MURILLO, THE THIRD, THOMAS WON, TO
MIGUEL RUIZ AND ANTHONY MIRAMONTES I FEEL DEEP REGRET FOR
MY ACTIONS AND I'M DISGUSTED WITH MYSELF KNOWING THAT MY
ACTIONS HAVE CREATED DEBILITATING AND LIFE ALTERING
INJURIES TO YOU. I REALIZE THAT YOU ALL HAD DREAMS,
ASPIRATIONS, GOALS AND CAREERS AND I ASK THAT YOU JUST
PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR TAKING AWAY THOSE DREAMS AND THOSE
ASPIRATION AND THOSE GOALS THAT YOU HAD FOR THE FUTURE. I
AM VERY SORRY FOR THAT AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF MY RECKLESS
ACTIONS ON THAT NIGHT.
I FULLY ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND ALL THE
CONSEQUENCES THAT COME FROM MY ACTIONS ON THAT NIGHT.
WHAT I THINK ABOUT MOST ABOUT THIS EVENT IS THE EMOTIONAL
LOSS -- THE EMOTIONAL LOSS THAT YOU ALL ARE FEELING AND I
THINK ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL PAIN THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN
FEELING FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND IT REALLY HURTS ME TO
KNOW THAT I'VE CAUSED YOU THAT SUFFERING AND THAT PAIN. I
THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE HOLIDAYS AND CHRISTMASES,
THANKSGIVINGS AND ALL OF THE BIRTHDAYS AND YOUR LOVED ONE
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ISN'T THERE. AND IT REALLY HURTS ME TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS
ARE GOING THROUGH THAT KNOWING THAT THEY'RE NOT THERE TO
BE ABLE TO BE WITH YOU AND TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE VICTIMS THAT
CAME AND SPOKE. IT WAS REALLY HARD LISTENING TO THAT, BUT
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CANDOR TOO IN SAYING WHAT NEEDED TO BE SAID.
ALL OF THESE THINGS THEY STAY WITH ME. I
MEAN, I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE HARDSHIPS THAT THE FAMILIES
HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH WITH HOSPITAL COSTS, PHYSICAL
TREATMENTS, PHYSICAL SESSION TREATMENTS AND ALL THOSE
THINGS, AND I THINK ABOUT THOSE AND IT REALLY HURTS AND IT
REALLY PAINS ME TO KNOW THAT THAT LEVEL OF -- JUST THAT
LEVEL OF INTENSITY HAD TO HAPPEN TO YOU GUYS AND THAT I
WAS THE REASON FOR YOU GUYS GOING THROUGH THAT. I'M VERY
SORRY FOR THAT, I'M VERY, VERY SORRY THAT I PUT YOU
THROUGH THAT, PUT YOU THROUGH THAT FOR THOSE THREE YEARS.
I WOULD LIKE THE COURT TO KNOW THAT I HAD A
LOT OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT MY ACTIONS THAT NIGHT AND WHAT
I'VE DONE. I REALIZE THAT IN A BLINK OF AN EYE AND JUST
THROUGH MY IRRESPONSIBLE ACTIONS I CHANGED LIVES. I HAVE
CHANGED A WHOLE LOT OF LIVES AND I REALIZE THAT AND I
REALLY NEEDED TO CHANGE MY BEHAVIOR. SO WHILE I WAS
INCARCERATED I WAS ABLE TO BE ABLE TO BETTER MYSELF BY
TAKING CLASSES THAT DEALS WITH -- WITH DEALING WITH TAKING
RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MY ACTIONS.
AND WHILE I WAS THERE I WAS ABLE TO HELP OTHERS JUST NOT
MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES THAT I HAVE THAT HAVE THE SAME
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RECKLESS MISTAKES THAT I'VE DONE TO PREVENT ANOTHER
TRAGEDY LIKE THIS.
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I KNOW THAT -- I KNOW THAT ASKING FOR
FORGIVENESS AND APOLOGIES ESPECIALLY IN A SITUATION LIKE
THIS OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS TOUCH AND GO. I UNDERSTAND TO
THE FAMILIES IF YOU CANNOT FORGIVE ME OR YOU WILL NOT
FORGIVE ME, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT I'M DEEPLY SORRY FOR MY
RECKLESS ACTIONS THAT NIGHT AND I'M DEEPLY SORRY FOR
TAKING AWAY YOUR LOVED ONE. I'M DEEPLY SORRY FOR CAUSING
PHYSICAL INJURIES TO PEOPLE -- TO THE MANY PEOPLE THAT I
DON'T EVEN KNOW. AND THAT NIGHT REALLY PUT IN PERSPECTIVE
THE MAGNITUDE OF MY ACTIONS AND JUST THE FOOLISHNESS OF
STREET RACING AND THE CONSEQUENCES. I NEVER THOUGHT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO ME, AND I NEVER
THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE THE SOURCE OF YOUR NIGHTMARE, OF
YOUR NIGHTMARE, OR OF YOUR NIGHTMARE AND I'M SORRY FOR
THAT.
AND AGAIN, I AM VERY SORRY AND I DEEPLY
APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT I'VE DONE FOR CHANGING YOUR LIVES SO
ABRUPTLY AND FOR CAUSING SO MUCH PAIN AND SUFFERING YEAR
AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
AND TO MY OWN FAMILY, TO MY MOM, I PRAY THAT
YOU CAN FORGIVE ME FOR MY ACTIONS. I NEVER MEANT TO PUT
SO MUCH STRESS, ADDED STRESS, ON AN ALREADY LOADED PLATE
THAT YOU HAVE. I ASK THAT YOU JUST PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR
PUTTING THAT STRESS AND PUTTING THAT ANXIETY AND PUTTING
ALL OF THAT JUST ADDED PRESSURE ON YOU.
TO MY FIANCE SYLVIA, I PRAY THAT YOU FORGIVE
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ME, ALSO. I NEVER MEANT TO -- I NEVER MEANT TO JEOPARDIZE
OUR RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER, PUT OUR RELATIONSHIP ON HOLD BY
MY FOOLISH ACTIONS.
AND SO TO ALL OF THE FAMILIES AND TO ALL THE
INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED, I JUST PRAY EVERY DAY, EVERY SINGLE
DAY I PRAY THAT GOD CONTINUES TO HEAL YOU PHYSICALLY, THAT
GOD CONTINUES TO HEAL YOU MENTALLY, AND THAT HE WILL
RETURN THIS TRAGEDY INTO SOMETHING GOOD.
THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO
SPEAK.
4 12 2019
Who is Dealio Lockhart charged with three murders in fiery crash after racing on 5 freeway in Los Angeles, California
A Whittier man was sentenced on Friday to 22 years and four months in prison for triggering a fiery, chain-reaction crash in 2016 that killed three people and injured four others on the 5 Freeway in Commerce, prosecutors announced.
The sentencing for 38-year-old Dealio Lockhart came after he pleaded guilty to 18 counts, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. https://ktla.com/2019/04/12/man-gets-22-years-in-prison-for-street-racing-crash-that-killed-2-teens-ups-driver-on-5-fwy-in-commerce/
Who is Dealio Lockhart charged with three murders in fiery crash after racing on 5 freeway in Los Angeles, California
The Crash - https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/47xr5c/three_dead_as_multivehicle_crash_shuts_down_5/
Dealio Lockhart, who was 35 at the time of the crash and is now 37, made a lengthy apology in court to the victims' families and those who were injured, and cited the "foolishness of street racing."
"I fully accept responsibility and all the consequences that come with my actions that night," he said. "I am deeply sorry for my reckless actions that night." https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Whittier-Man-Sentenced-to-Prison-for-Street-Racing-Crash-That-Killed-Three-508520231.html
6 6 2018 A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Whittier man accused of killing three people, including two Valencia residents, in a 2016 crash.Dealio Lockhart, 35, appeared Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. He’s charged with murder in a crash that killed Brian Lewandowski, 18, Michelle Littlefield, 19, both of the Santa Clarita Valley. https://signalscv.com/2018/06/hearing-set-for-man-accused-of-killing-three-in-alleged-racing-crash/
THE DEAL FOR DEALIO If convicted, Lockhart faces up to life in state prison.
Dodge Challenger, which was traveling at 127 mph 2 1/2 seconds before the crash."This was an 11-mile race," the prosecutor said, noting that it stretched from Beverly Boulevard to Washington Boulevard
HERE IS THE MATH AND SCIENCE
Want to stop street racing
Suspected street racer arrested in crash that killed three and shut down 5 Freeway
Street racing is being blamed for a multivehicle crash on the 5 Freeway in Commerce early Saturday that left three people dead and shut down the highway in both directions.
The drivers of two vehicles were racing in the southbound lanes near Washington Boulevard shortly after midnight Friday, when one of them lost control of his vehicle and veered into a UPS big-rig, authorities said. The UPS truck slammed into the center divider, then flipped over into the northbound lanes and collided with several oncoming vehicles, causing an explosion, said Sgt. Luis Mendoza of the California Highway Patrol.
Three people died at the scene and four others were injured, Mendoza said.
Dealio Lockhart, 35, of Whittier, identified as one of the suspected street racers, was arrested at the scene and will face vehicular manslaughter charges, according to a statement from the California Highway Patrol.
CHP Officer Alex Rubio said Lockhart admitted to investigators that he had been racing.
Lockhart, who was driving a Dodge Challenger, was racing the driver of a Dodge Charger at the time of the crash, authorities said. Lockhart tried to swerve around a slower vehicle, applied hisbrakes and lost control of his car, crashing into the UPS truck and triggering the fiery pileup.
The big rig became airborne and hit a gray Nissan, shearing its top off, before coming to rest atop a red Ford Explorer on the northbound side of the freeway, according to the CHP statement.
The male driver of the big rig and two women in the Nissan died at the scene, CHP Officer Tony Polizzi said.
Mendoza said the driver of the big rig appeared to be a white male adult in his 50s while the dead women “looked like they were in their very low 20s … very young.”
Kyle Peterson, a UPS spokesman, said the company would cooperate with any investigation by law enforcement and would conduct its own investigation into the incident as well.
Peterson would not disclose the name of the driver or detail his experience with the company, but said the man worked at a UPS facility in Cerritos.
Four other people were injured and transferred to local hospitals where they were in critical condition, Mendoza said.
The driver of the Charger remains at large.
This is a special report on illegal Street Racing. Parts of this was shot during two recent Drag-net Bust's on airport Drive in Ontario, Ca
The Bust was Sept 27th 2008 not 2009 "typo"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsrE2hinFJk
April 12, 2019: Driver Sentenced For 2016 Fatal Street Race near Downtown Los Angeles
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This guy is not a young kid making a stupid mistake. This is a full grown male who intentionally engaged in street racing, knowing full well the danger he created for others. Hope he spends the rest of his life in prison to gain a glimpse of the pain & suffering he caused.
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ReplyDeleteI was on the opposite side of the sound wall about a block away. Heard the thump. Then the explosion. Had no clue the tragedy that was unfolding.. weeks later met the father of the young girl who was killed. He was tending a cross and flowers placed along the only spot possible. It was an tragic honor to have met him and witness the hope of unconditional love fearlessly piercing through the chaotic chorus of commuting cars and the dread of days drowned by deaths destruction.Doth the divinity of a dad's determination.
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