(HE)
TONIGHT A TARGET 12
INVESTIGATORS
EXCLUSIVE.
WE'RE TAKING AN IN-
DEPTH LOOK AT THE
JUSTIN NUNES LAW --
DESIGNED TO CRACK
DOWN ON STREET
RACING.
NUNES DIED IN A TRAGIC
CRASH THAT CLAIMED THE
LIVES OF TWO PEOPLE
BACK IN 2003.
(0930) Thats your child. your
child is
not supposed to leave you that
is
not supposed to happen.
(MM)
THE LAW HAS BEEN ON
THE BOOKS FOR 10 YEARS
NOW.
A TARGET 12 REVIEW
FINDS THE MAJORITY OF
THOSE CHARGED...
SEE THEIR CHARGES
DIMISSED OR DROPPED AS
PART OF A PLEA DEAL.
TARGET 12 INVESTIGATOR
TIM WHITE IS HERE NOW
WITH THE DETAILS
THE PROMISE OF THE STREET
RACING LAW WAS TO GIVE
PROSECUTORS THE TOOLS
THEY NEED IN THE
COURTROOM... WHICH THEY
NOW HAVE.
BUT OUR DATA SHOWS NOT A
SINGLE PERSON HAS FACED
ANY PRISON TIME AS A RESULT
OF BEING CHARGED WITH THE
JUSTIN NUNES LAW.
BEHIND THE STATE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS IN SCITUATE
SITS A FENCED-OFF PARKING
LOT...
LITTERED WITH DOZENS OF
CARS - MANY MANGLED
BEYOND RECOGNITION.
EACH ONE BEING HELD AS
EVIDENCE IN AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION INTO A
HORRIFIC CRASH.
(4620) We call it the bone yard.
STATE POLICE SEGREANT
JEFFREY L'HEUREUX RUNS THE
AGENCY'S COLLISION
RECONSTRUCTION UNIT.
(4626) If you look around at the
vehicles in here you can see
there
are some horrific crashes, we
are
holding these cars for criminal
cases.
THIS MUTILATED SUBARARU
FROM A RACE DOWN ROUTE 99
ENDING WITH ONE DEAD.
THIS AUDI...
FROM A FIERY CRASH IN
JOHNSTON IN JANUARY.
THE STREET RACE ENDED WITH
THE AUDI SLAMMING INTO THIS
HONDA SUV WHICH STRUCK A
GAS PUMP AND BURST INTO
FLAMES.
TWO PASSENGERS IN THE AUDI
WERE KILLED.
(5350) This is from the parked
Honda. You can actually see the
honda emblem was right there.
w; look at that
THE TWO DRIVERS IN
JOHNSTON ARE NOW FACING
MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING
STREET RACING.
IN THE WAKE OF THAT CEASH...
TARGET 12 DECIDED TO
EXAMINE HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN CHARGED UNDER
THE JUSTIN NUNES LAW.
HERE'S WHAT WE FOUND:
PREPRO
54 PEOPLE WERE CHARGED
WITH STREET RACING SINCE
THE LAW WENT ON THE BOOKS
IN 2007.
COURT RECORDS SHOW:
31 OF THOSE CHARGES WERE
DISMISSED OR THE CHARGE
WAS AMENDED AS PART OF A
PLEA DEAL.
16 PEOPLE PLEADED NO
CONTEST TO THE CHARGES...
7 CASES HAVE NO RECORDS,
WHICH THE COURTS SAY LIKELY
MEANS WERE EXPUNGED.
BUT THE DATA SHOWS NO ONE
HAS EVER SERVED ANY PRISON
TIME UNDER THE JUSTIN NUNES
LAW.
MOST CASES ARE
MISDEMEANORS SO THEY
NEVER REACH THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR
PROSECUTION.
[FROM: "combined camera nunes"]
(0956) Pleading out, I can't
plead
with God, to get him back? How
do
you get to plead out to a judge?
You
did what you did (1002)
LORI NUNES FOUGHT TO GET
THE STREET RACING LAW
NAMED AFTER HER SON ON THE
BOOKS.
SHE NOW LIVES IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
(1620) if you are just slapping
people on the wrist and letting
them
go, its not a deterrent.
APRIL 19TH MARKED THE
ANNIVERSARY OF HER SON'S
DEATH...
JUSTIN WAS 17 YEARS OLD AND
A PASSENGER IN ONE OF THE
CARS RACING DOWN ROUTE
136 WHEN IT LOST CONTROL
AND CRASHED INTO A TREE IN
BRISTOL.
(0830) I called Bristol police
and
asked, can you tell me what
happened on metacom avenue with
Justin Nunes? They asked me if I
was alone and I said I was, and
I
just hung up the phone and that
was
it.
AS IT TURNS OUT...
THAT 2003 CASE WAS THE FIRST
STREET RACING ACCIDENT
SERGEANT L'HEURUEX EVER
INVESTIGATED...
AND HE SAYS THE LAW THAT
AROSE FROM THE TRAGEDY
HAS BEEN A VALUABLE TOOL.
(4430) The way the statute is
wrritten you do not need a
starting
aline a finish line and someone
waving a flag, all it takes, its
a
course of conduct of driving
erratically at a high rate of
speed
with another vehicle through
traffic.
LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS
TARGET 12 COLLECTED, LORI
SAYS SHE'S HEARTENED THAT
THE DATA SHOWS...
POLICE ARE OUT THERE DOING
THEIR JOB AND CHARGING
PEOPLE WITH THE CRIME.
(2040) In Rhode Island its
just... we
need to get tougher, we need to
get
tougher and we need to stop
being
so lenient in that courtroom.
(2046)
SERGEANT L'HEUREUX TELLS
ME WE ARE COMING UP ON A
TRADITIONALLY BUSY TIME FOR
STREET RACING ...
SUMMER MONTHS TEND TO BE
WHEN SOME YOUNG PEOPLE
HIT THE ROAD WITH THE INTENT
TO RACE.
(HE)
NEW DETAILS IN A TARGET
12 INVESTIGATORS
EXCLUSIVE.
THE HEAD OF THE STATE
POLICE UNIT THAT
INVESTIGATES ILLEGAL
STREET RACING TELLS
US...
THEY ARE USING VIDEOS
AND IMAGES POSTED TO
SOCIAL MEDIA -- MORE
AND MORE... AS PART OF
THEIR INVESTIGATIONS.
(MM)
AS WE REVEALED LIVE AT
FIVE...
A LAW DESIGEND TO
CRACK DOWN ON STREET
RACING HAS YET TO PUT
ANYONE BEHIND BARS
SINCE IT WAS PASSED 10
YEARS AGO.
TARGET 12 INVESTIGATOR
TIM WHITE IS HERE NOW
WITH THE EXCLUSIVE
DETAILS
FACEBOOK LIVE, INSTAGRAM
STORIES, SNAPCHAT...
WE CAN ALL BROADCAST WHAT
WE'RE DOING FROM THE PALM
OF OUR HAND.
NOW WITH ILLEGAL STREET
RACING CASES, POLICE ARE
TAKING NOTICE.
JULY 2014...
A STREET RACE ENDS
TRAGICALLY ON ROUTE 99 IN
LINCOLN.
THE PASSENGER OF THIS
SUBARAU KILLED...
THE DRIVER - THREE YEARS
LATER - IS STILL SO INJURED...
THE CHARGE AGAINST HIM
REMAINS PENDING.
It was group of kids that
decided to
go up on the highway and go
fast,
STATE POLICE SEGREANT
JEFFREY L'HEUREUX RUNS THE
STATE POLICE COLLISION
RECONSTRUCTION UNIT.
HE SAYS THE PASSENGER WAS
DOING SOMETHING THEY ARE
SEEING MORE AND MORE
OFTEN:
this was what they call a follow
car,
they were videtoaping the first
two
cars to see and declare who was
the
winner of that race.
THAT VIDEO WAS USED AS PART
OF THEIR INVESTIGATION,
ULTIMATELY FOUR OTHERS
WHO TOOK PART IN THE RACE
WERE CHARGED WITH STREET
RACING.
THREE WERE CHARGED WITH
RECKLESS DRIVING.
the kids like badge of honor
'you
want to see how fast I'm going,
here's a picture of my
spedometer.'
INVESTIGATORS ARE USING
VIDEOS LIKE THIS, POSTED
ONLINE...
NATS
THE DRIVER OF THIS CAR WAS
CONVICTED OF STREET
RACING... IT'S HARD TO SEE BUT
THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWS
THE CAR GOING UPWARDS OF
125 MILES PER HOUR ON A
RHODE ISLAND HIGHWAY.
we've done some Facebook shots
of
some crashes where you can see
their spedometers still shots,
videos
of them driving in excessive
speeds.
A TARGET 12 ANALYSIS OF THE
STREET RACING LAW...
NOW IN ITS TENTH YEAR,
FINDS MOST CASES WERE
DISMISSED OR AMENDED AS
PART OF A PLEA DEAL.
16 OF 54 PEOPLE CHARGED
WITH THE JUSTIN NUNES LAW
PLEADED NO CONTEST TO THE
CHARGE,
BUT NO ONE HAS EVER FACED
PRISON TIME.
MANY ARE DISMISSED OR THAT
CHARGE IS AMENDED AS PART
OF A PLEA DEAL IN THE
COURTS.
Its a thought about act, these
are
not accidents. the wrecks are a
result of negligient behavior.
LORI NUNES IS THE MOTHER OF
JUSTIN -- THE 17 YEAR OLD WAS
A PASSENGER IN A CAR THAT
WAS TAKING PART IN A STREET
RACE.
THE CAR LOST CONTROL ON
ROUTE 136 IN BRISTOL...
SHE NOW LIVES IN NORTH
CAROLINA
Law enforcement is doing what
they
are supposed to be doing, they
are
out there, they are cracking
down
they are charging these epople,
judgese are letting people plead
out
and they are not getting the
full
sentences they deserve
WE WANTED TO KNOW IF THE
STATE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED
HOTSPOTS FOR ILLEGAL
STREET RACING,
SGT. L'HEUREUX IDENTIFIED
FOUR STATE HIGHWAYS... THEY
ARE:
THE UPPER END OF ROUTE 295
AND ROUTES 37, 99 AND 403.
ALL OF WHICH ARE HAVE
SECTIONS OF REMOTE
STRAIGHTAWAYS.
WITH THE TARGET 12
INVESTIGATORS TIM WHITE
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