RALEIGH -- State alcohol agents have arrested a young man on charges that he bought the alcohol that a group of teenagers were drinking the night of the crash that killed a 17-year-old Millbrook High School student Jan. 7.

Anthony Du Juan Geter, who turned 21 less than a month ago, was arrested by N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement agents on Friday night and booked into the Wake County Jail. He was charged with two counts of aiding and abetting an underage person possess alcohol.

Elizabeth Molloy was killed in the 2:15 a.m. crash of a Jeep SUV driven by Garrett Prince, 16, when it went off the road in the 7200 block of Rainwater Drive and hit a tree.

Prince was charged with driving while impaired, provisional driving while impaired, felony death by motor vehicle, careless and reckless driving, speeding, having an open container of spirituous liquore in the vehicle and possession of marijuana.

Agents say Geter bought two 1.75-liter bottles of Bacardi Dragon Berry rum at an ABC store on Sandy Forks Road in North Raleigh the evening of Jan. 6. He is accused of giving some of it to Molloy and Prince, and he is also charged with two counts of providing alcohol to two other underage girls who were not involved in the wreck.

Geter, of 7104 Sandy Forks Road Apt. 3A, was released on $4,000 bond pending a court appearance March 14.

The ALE is still investigating and expects to file more charges, according to a statement the agency released today.

From News Observer

Raleigh Lawyers

RALEIGH, N.C. — The motorcycle in a crash that claimed the life of the rider on Glenwood Avenue Friday night was traveling an estimated 80 mph when the driver hit his brakes, according to a police report released Sunday.

Officers who investigated the crash that killed Samuel Zachary Johnson, 24, of 220 Elizabeth St. in Chapel Hill said they found 114 feet of skid marks at the scene on westbound Glenwood Avenue between Triangle and Angus drives.

Police charged the driver of the car, Carolyn McCormick, 37, with a safe movement violation and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. They estimated that her 1993 Chevrolet was going about 10 mph as she was pulling out of parking lot at 9016 Glenwood.

The accident happened about 10:30 p.m., police said.

Investigators said Johnson's 2002 Ducati hit the left rear corner of McCormick's vehicle hard enough to spin the car around so that it wound up facing east in the westbound lanes.

The motorcycle, police wrote "was approaching at a speed estimated near 80 mph. Vehicle 2 (Johnson) applied the brakes and left 114' of skid marks."

From WRAL

Raleigh, NC Lawyers

RALEIGH, N.C. — Friends say a Raleigh woman killed in a wreck on Interstate 85 near Greensboro on Tuesday lived to improve other people's lives. Emerald Padilla, 24, lost control of her 2006 Infiniti on the rain-slicked highway, and the car ran off the side of the road, hit an overhead sign post and burst into flames, authorities said. A state Highway Patrol trooper, who happened to be about 100 yards away at a gas station off the Groomtowne Road exit of southbound I-85, tried to pull Padilla from the car, but the flames were too hot. Friends said Wednesday that Padilla was bright and bubbly but had no tolerance for social injustice. She worked for the AmeriCorps service program for two years after graduating from Campbell University, which led to her work for the Interfaith Food Shuttle in Raleigh. "Emerald had the most energy of anyone I know. I mean, she was, like, full of energy and just vibrant," said Will Hall, a training chef with the Interfaith Food Shuttle, where Padilla helped teach low-income families how to cook nutritionally. "I know people die every day. You just wouldn't think it was her," he said. "She's so young (and had) so much going for her. She seemed really focused and driven. It was the last thing you want to hear." Hall and co-worker Kia Baker said Padilla didn't spend much time at her desk in the nonprofit's office, choosing instead to be out in the community meeting one-on-one with parents and children. "She was a very inspirational teacher – very motivational – with a spirit that just lit up the room," said Baker, director of food distribution for the organization. "She was a young lady with so much promise, so much leadership potential, so much to offer this community." Padilla, who was planning to pursue a master's degree in social work, will be remembered in a service at 1 p.m. Friday at Baptist Grove Church on Leesville Road.

From WRAL