Man with suspended license tested for drug use after crash in Otsego killed other driver
Pedrys remained jailed ahead of a bail hearing Monday. Court records do not yet list an attorney for him.
Deputies recovered from Pedrys’ SUV a small container with three pills determined to be oxycodone and a crystal substance, which tested positive for methamphetamine.
The discovery of the powerful drugs and Pedrys’ actions behind the wheel prompted authorities to collect a blood sample from Pedrys to test for narcotics. Results of those tests are pending.
Pedrys spoke with a staff member of the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office soon after the crash and told her “he was having trouble with life and couldn’t catch a break,” the criminal complaint read.
In less than eight years, Pedrys has been convicted twice for drunken driving, once for drinking and driving under age 21, twice for underage drinking and once for drug possession.
Along with not having a valid license, Pedrys also was driving without insurance at the time of the crash, the complaint noted. Monday’s charges include misdemeanor counts covering those offenses.
According to the charges:
Pedrys was heading east on
A 13-year-old girl in the trailing vehicle was hospitalized with noncritical injuries.
Pedrys told a sheriff’s deputy at the scene that he was driving from Monticello to his parents’ home in
Shortly before the crash in Monticello, a motorist told authorities that she saw Pedrys’ SUV driving erratically and speeding on
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