Lawyers cite media, biking community in change of venue request
The lawyers for hit and run suspect Eli Webb want the case tried somewhere other than Richmond.
The lawyers for hit and run suspect Eli Webb want the case tried somewhere other than Richmond.
Eli Webb’s attorneys are expected to ask for a “change of venue.”
An estimated 30,000 motorists drive through this bottleneck on a typical weekday.
Todd Stone spoke to CBS 6 about what circumstances the judge took into account when granting Webb a $200,000 bond. Webb was also forced to surrender his driver’s license and his passport.
Eli Webb, 30, walked into the John Marshall Courts building Wednesday morning.
Why was Elias Webb still free two days after being indicted for the hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of 24-year-old bicyclist Lanie Kruszewski on River Road?
“Folks are genuinely concerned,” says Bruce Tyler. “This is an accident that should have never happened.”
24-year-old Lanie Kruszewski was killed riding her bicycle along River Road.
CBS 6 Legal Analyst Todd Stone expects an indictment.
The ride, which began at 9 p.m. Sunday at the Oregon Hill lookout, honored the life of 24-year-old Lanie Kruszewski.
Police sources told CBS 6 a man came forward Thursday to admit he was driving the SUV that hit Lanie Kruszewski
Police sources say Elias Webb admitted Thursday to driving the S-U-V that hit and killed Kruszewski while she was riding her bicycle on River Road.
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