{"id":210456170,"date":"2011-09-02T20:02:50","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T20:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=210456170"},"modified":"2011-09-02T20:02:50","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T20:02:50","slug":"charges-expected-in-natasha-pettigrew-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=210456170","title":{"rendered":"Charges Expected in Natasha Pettigrew Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from TheWashCycle by Jim Titus<br \/>\nSources close to the investigation of the death of Natasha Pettigrew say that the State&#8217;s Attorney will seek an indictment for fleeing the scene of an accident in which a death occurred.  Given the lack of witnesses willing to testify, there is insufficient evidence for manslaughter.  No other details are available at this time.<br \/>\nMs. Pettigrew was the Green Party candidate for US Senate last year, until she was struck by an SUV while riding south on Largo Road (MD-202) near Prince Georges County Community College, early in the morning of September 19, 2011.  The driver stopped briefly and then proceeded home to Upper Marlboro, dragging Ms. Pettegrew&#8217;s bike all the way, later telling police she thought she hit a deer.  Initial statements by the state police implied that the police believed the driver and blamed Ms. Pettigrew for the crash, for not wearing reflective clothing.  Reporters and Ms. Pettigrew&#8217;s mother soon found reflective clothing that she had been wearing at the scene of the crash.<br \/>\nA memorial bike ride for is planned for September 17.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewashcycle.com\/2011\/09\/charges-expected-in-natasha-pettigrew-case.html\">https:\/\/www.thewashcycle.com\/2011\/09\/charges-expected-in-natasha-pettigrew-case.html<\/a>oldId.20110902200250337<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from TheWashCycle by Jim Titus Sources close to the investigation of the death of Natasha Pettigrew say that the State&#8217;s Attorney will seek an indictment for fleeing the scene of an accident in which a death occurred. Given the lack of witnesses willing to testify, there is insufficient evidence for manslaughter. No other details are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=210456170\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Charges Expected in Natasha Pettigrew Case&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210456170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-maryland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210456170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210456170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210456170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210456170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210456170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210456170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}