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Apollo Beach, FL

Jul 29, 2007

Fatal DUI in Palmetto

Palmetto, Florida A Palmetto women is dead after Ruth Gerding, 30 of St. Petersburg is in the Manatee County Jail after driving under the influence. via WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

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Aug 9, 2007
 
POOP POOP POOP POOP
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Aug 23, 2007
 

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She has had several traffic violations..
take her license away for sure. She is a First grade Teacher.
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Aug 28, 2007
 

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she needs to be locked up and not be teaching first grade at a private school. what an example p.o.s.
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Aug 31, 2007
 
deal with her wrote:
she needs to be locked up and not be teaching first grade at a private school. what an example p.o.s.


She is a good person.She made a bad choice.
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She is a good person.She made a bad choice.
Made a BAD choice my ass,try not drinking and driving.... have YOU seen her driving record! She has road rage and a prior DUI in O2...
I hope they teach her a lesson!
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Sep 7, 2007
 
anyone know the outcome of the hearing today?
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Sep 7, 2007
 
Ive tried to find the results but I have had no luck. Please, if anyone knows the outcome, please post. Thanks.
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Sep 15, 2007
 

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Made a BAD choice my ass,try not drinking and driving.... have YOU seen her driving record! She has road rage and a prior DUI in O2...
I hope they teach her a lesson!
SHE HAS 2 LIVE THE LIFE OF THAT SHE TOOK SOME ONE LIFE. We all have made bad choice. I feel sad. Only God can has the faith of are life. Who are you to judge. We all live a life of sin. I hope you don't live in a glass house.My lesson to you is take a look at your life.
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Sep 20, 2007
 

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concerned parent wrote:
She has had several traffic violations..
take her license away for sure. She is a First grade Teacher.
How do you know she has several traffic violations? Do you work for the police department or just snoop through other people's records for recreation? I am not denying that she does have several violations, but I am amazed that you so casually comment on this as if it's only a matter of "googling" her name and its all there for the public to see. I have been trying to find out her blood alcohol level at the time, but it doesn't seem to be easily accessible as it is never mentioned in any of the news articles.
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Sep 30, 2007
 
Two DUIs? Really? Is this confirmed? I don't see other charges, though I've heard this was her second.

IS there an update on her arraignement from Friday?
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Oct 9, 2007
 
If you are SO conerned about people GOGGLING names then they are trying to find out information pertaining the the well fair of the children..ITS CALLED PUBLIC RECORD! WHAT DO YOU CARE...REMEMEBER WE ARE NOT TO JUDGE,RIGHT? What does it matter what the blood alcohol level was anyway, she made a BAD desicion to get in the car an drive....after drinking simple as that.....
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Oct 10, 2007
 

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Ms. Gereding has to live with the rest of her life that she took the the of women. Living with that would make her living HELL. God bless
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Oct 24, 2007
 

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If she were an illegal immigrant she would be released on bond, and they would never look for her again. Amazing how we go after our LEGAL citizens, and yet allow these people who are violating federal immigration laws, as well as many others to run free.

Trust me. I was hit on my motorccycle by a van full of illegals, who fled the scene. They were caught running. Only the driver was arrested. He bonded out for $1000. Continues to live as an illegal. Police don't look for him. They are waiting for him to come to them.

I lost a leg, wife suffered permanent brain damage and many other injuries.

Since this accident, I have been hit by two more people who had no licenses or insurance. Both times, they are released at the scene.

Drunk drivers, who cause accidents need to be shot. I would use the defense of "I didn't see them....I was shooting at a bird and didnt see them!!!"

Isnt that what people say when they run over a motorcyclist?
Maybe if they were shot, GOD would sort it out for them.
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Oct 27, 2007
 

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new info about the cycle rider...she was drunk as well. charges will be dropped soon. i'd love to know what bad choices MADD and concerned parent have made.
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Oct 28, 2007
 
Hogrider, so you would "purposely" kill someone who "accidently" killed someone? you comments make you sound like the stereotypical biker...you probably belong to a hate group don't you? and, a lot of biker accidents are because bikers themselves are too reckless. they should always be on the look-out. ps....yes, i am a rider myself but i have seen too many bikers driving reckless themselves.
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Oct 29, 2007
 

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A DUI is not an accidental killing. EVERYONE knows that if you drink and drive you may kill someone. Period. Bad decision? Yes!
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Oct 29, 2007
 
DUI is not an accident. Killing while doing so is an accident. We have laws covering this. If you accidently run a red light and kill someone it is not and shoould not be considered murder, drunk or not. I for one would like to seperate stupid and sensless actions that cause a death vs. someone actually putting a gun to my head (for what ever reason) and deliberately pulling the trigger. You can debate the punishments for each until the cows come home. Don't drink and drive.
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Oct 29, 2007
 
SHE PULLED THE TRIGGER WHEN SHE GOT IN THE CAR AND DROVE
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Nov 6, 2007
 
Does anyone know of an update? Is she still teaching at the school?
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Nov 8, 2007
 
MADD wrote:
If you are SO conerned about people GOGGLING names then they are trying to find out information pertaining the the well fair of the children..ITS CALLED PUBLIC RECORD! WHAT DO YOU CARE...REMEMEBER WE ARE NOT TO JUDGE,RIGHT? What does it matter what the blood alcohol level was anyway, she made a BAD desicion to get in the car an drive....after drinking simple as that.....
Your comment is not quite coherent. If it was public record it would be available, without price, which it is clearly not. The blood alcohol level is important because she may not have had a drink at all. DUI can be given even if the driver is way under the legal limit including cases where the driver simply had a dose of cough syrup. Have you honestly never driven after taking cold medicine? DUI does not mean drunk. Drunk usually is indicated by the blood alcohol level, which is absent from all news reports. Did public record tell you she drank or are you, being nonjudgmental of course, implying without proven fact that she had been drinking?
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