Schober appears on aggravated vehicular homicide charges
Lead Summary
By
Brandy Chandler-brandychandler@gmail.com
A Batavia man charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide appeared Friday in Highland County Common Pleas Court.
Albert Schober was indicted in July on the two second-degree felony charges following a March 26 crash on state Route 73 in Washington Township that left two dead.
As previously reported in the Highland County Press, the Wilmington Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated the crash and reported that at approximately 10:22 p.m., a red 2000 Ford F-150 was traveling southeast on state Route 73 when it allegedly failed to negotiate a curve, traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck several trees.
The truck was occupied by Schober, 21; Troy Phillips, 26, of Felicity; and Tiffany Walters, 19, of LaFollette, Tenn.
Schober was transported to Highland District Hospital and was later flown to Miami Valley Hospital for treatment of injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
Phillips and Walters were both pronounced dead at the scene by the Highland County Coroner's Office.
In court Friday, Schober was not represented by an attorney, and he told Coss that he intended to hire one. Coss questioned him on whether or not he had made appointments with attorneys to see if they would take his case. Schober said that while he did not have appointments, he had left messages for two attorneys and hoped to meet with them soon.
Coss said that a pretrial hearing is scheduled for Aug. 17, so he set another hearing for Aug. 12 "for the sole purpose to answer inquiries about the situation" regarding retaining counsel. The judge said he anticipated that the first action taken by the attorney will be to file a continuance since they will have received the case at a late date.
A Batavia man charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide appeared Friday in Highland County Common Pleas Court.
Albert Schober was indicted in July on the two second-degree felony charges following a March 26 crash on state Route 73 in Washington Township that left two dead.
As previously reported in the Highland County Press, the Wilmington Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated the crash and reported that at approximately 10:22 p.m., a red 2000 Ford F-150 was traveling southeast on state Route 73 when it allegedly failed to negotiate a curve, traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck several trees.
The truck was occupied by Schober, 21; Troy Phillips, 26, of Felicity; and Tiffany Walters, 19, of LaFollette, Tenn.
Schober was transported to Highland District Hospital and was later flown to Miami Valley Hospital for treatment of injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
Phillips and Walters were both pronounced dead at the scene by the Highland County Coroner's Office.
In court Friday, Schober was not represented by an attorney, and he told Coss that he intended to hire one. Coss questioned him on whether or not he had made appointments with attorneys to see if they would take his case. Schober said that while he did not have appointments, he had left messages for two attorneys and hoped to meet with them soon.
Coss said that a pretrial hearing is scheduled for Aug. 17, so he set another hearing for Aug. 12 "for the sole purpose to answer inquiries about the situation" regarding retaining counsel. The judge said he anticipated that the first action taken by the attorney will be to file a continuance since they will have received the case at a late date.
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