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Washington County man charged in 2008 traffic death - update
VERNON - A Vernon man has been charged with DUI manslaughter and driving while license suspended or revoked causing death in the aftermath of a 2008 accident in which his passenger was killed.
Timothy C. Berg was arrested Feb. 27 after investigation into a Sept. 14, 2008 accident on County 284 in Washington County. Florida Highway Patrol reported that Berg was traveling west in a 1993 Buick and failed to negotiate a curve to the left.
The car went onto the north shoulder and into a ditch, where it struck a culvert and driveway access embankment. Berg, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected and the car went airborne and landed upright on top of the driveway. The passenger, Jeremy J. Berg, Timothy’s brother, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The FHP report stated that alcohol was involved in the accident and neither Berg was wearing a seatbelt.
Assistant State Attorney Greg Wilson said that Florida Highway Patrol Cpl. R.F. Bailey came to him Thursday with test results from the accident.
“Based on those results we had probable cause and I approved issuing the warrants,” Wilson said. Circuit Court Judge Allen Register approved the warrants and the driver was located elsewhere in Florida.”
Berg is also charged with violation of probation on driving while license suspended or revoked, and Sarasota County violation of probation on violation of injunction.
Wilson will serve as prosecutor. “Once we get him up here on first appearance we’ll go from there,” he said.
Wilson will also prosecute the murder case of Arthur Lee Sisson, Jr. of Chipley scheduled to begin on March 23. Sisson is charged with the strangulation murder of Daniel Eads of Orange Hill Road.
Sisson is accused of murdering Eads sometime between March 20-26, 2007 at 559 Bennett Road in Chipley. The murder apparently followed an argument about the proceeds of check fraud. Sisson is charged with first-degree murder, with the state seeking life in prison. Wilson said the state would not seek the death penalty.
