By John Estridge
Josh Trammell was out of jail for less than a day before he was rearrested Friday morning, August 13.
Trammell is charged with four felonies regarding the vehicular death of Virginia “Jenni” Fasbinder on July 7 of this year.
Originally, charges were filed Thursday, August 12, and Trammell was quickly arrested. However, he bonded out later that day on an $80,000 bond, with $8,000 in a cash bond. Trammell also has three open cases, two felonies and one misdemeanor, in Franklin County
Franklin County Prosecutor Chris Huerkamp, after Trammell was arrested August 12, filed Motions to Revoke Bonds in all three open cases.
One of the three was approved this morning, allowing officers to go back and re-arrest Trammell, and at this point, there is no bond allowed.
In his latest case, Trammell has been charged with Operating a Vehicle while under the Influence of a Controlled Substance Causing Death, as a Level 4 Felony; Operated a Vehicle while Intoxicated Causing Death, as a Level 4 Felony; Reckless Homicide, as a Level 5 Felony; and Illegal Possession of a Syringe, as a Level 6 Felony.
He is alleged to have driven his Silverado across the center line and struck Fasbinder, who was driving a Kia, head-on. The crash occurred on U.S. 52 west of Brookville near its intersection with Yellow Bank Road. Trammell was going eastbound and his pickup was pulling a trailer.
After the crash, Fasbinder’s vehicle went off the road and caught on fire. Trammell’s pickup overturned. While she was declared dead at the scene, Trammell received cuts on his head and face and was taken to Margaret Mary Hospital in Batesville for treatment and a blood draw.
The results of the blood draw were returned to Franklin County Sheriff’s Department late Wednesday or early Thursday, allegedly showing amphetamine and methamphetamine in Trammell’s body at the time of the fatal crash.
Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Lovins has been heading the investigation. He was the first law enforcement official on the accident scene. The highway was closed for six hours during the initial investigation. Lovins said in his Affidavit for Probable Cause, two syringes were found in the truck’s debris after the wrecker righted the pickup truck.
When Lovins asked Trammell about the accident during the initial investigation, Trammell alleged Fasbinder’s vehicle was the one to cross the centerline. In his affidavit, Lovins said the Trammell’s claims were not supported by what he viewed at the accident scene.
If convicted of a Level 4 Felony, Trammell could receive a sentence of two to 12 years in prison. Huerkamp also filed a charge of Habitual Offender against Trammell. If convicted of the Level 4 Felony and it is found Trammell’s past convictions fall within the parameters of the Habitual Offender statute, his sentence could be enhanced by six to 20 additional years in prison.
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Ok you are under drugs and driving, kill someone, out on bail numerous times and only facing 20 years..WTH…then you have others with others kinds of charges due to law authority enticement that get a lot more…so if you kill you get less charges than other crimes…makes no sense