A memorial commemorating the lifetime of 14-year-old Gavin Knupp is on show within the spot alongside Grays Nook Street the place the Ocean Pines, Md., resident was killed in a hit-and-run collision on July 11, 2022.
Practically one yr after 14-year-old Gavin Knupp of Ocean Pines, Md., was killed by a hit-and-run driver just a few miles from his dwelling, expenses have been filed within the case.
Tyler Allen Mailloux, 22, of Berlin, Md., was charged in Worcester County (Md.) Circuit Court docket, in Snow Hill, Md., on Friday, April 28, with offenses together with failure to instantly cease a automobile on the scene of an accident involving physique damage, realizing or moderately realizing the accident may end in severe bodily damage, failure to instantly cease a automobile on the scene of an accident involving demise, realizing or moderately realizing the accident may end in demise and that demise occurred, failure of the driving force concerned within the accident to render help, failure to instantly return and stay on the scene of an accident involving demise and realizing or moderately realizing the accident may end in demise and failure to supply insurance coverage data at scene or inside 15 days.
Legal professional Neil Dubovsky, who represents the Knupp household, advised the Coastal Level that the household is “immensely grateful to [Worcester County States] Legal professional Kris Heiser and her staff for the diligence and exhausting work that led to the submitting of those felony expenses in opposition to the defendant Tyler Mailloux.”
“We additionally once more need to categorical our appreciation to our household, associates and your complete group for his or her love and assist,” the household acknowledged. “We’ll eternally be pleased about the energy you’ve got given us to maintain preventing and we’ve solely simply begun. This presents an essential step towards accountability for Gavin’s demise, however it’s only a step in that course. Let there be no confusion — we won’t relaxation till that course of is accomplished, each by this felony prosecution along with pursuing any and all accessible civil treatments.”
Mailloux was not detained on the time expenses had been filed however will probably be tried. His trial is scheduled in Snow Hill in Could.
