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Early Release Angers Overpass Victims

154 views · Published 22 August 2012 · 2:26 · Indexed 18 October 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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By Jerry Askin A McMinn County man-- who admitted to throwing things off an overpass and hitting vehicles below-- is out of jail-- just two months after pleading guilty.20-year-old Jeremy Mulkey entered that plea back in June for throwing a mailbox off an I-75 overpass-- shattering the windshield of a tractor trailer. Then, weeks later, a fan motor hit a bus carrying Lee University students.Shelton Lewis has been driving buses for more than 11 years. On November 28, 2010 he was driving a group of 18 Lee University students on Interstate 75.The same day a large fan motor came crashing down on top of their bus."The sound was like an explosion. My first thoughts was some airbag system had malfunctioned and has blown the windshield out," says Lewis.Those Lee students were heading back from a trip in Pennsylania. Police say 20-year old Jeremy Mulkey threw the fan on top of the bus from an overpass above Interstate 75.Mulkey plead guilty in June of this year and was sentenced to four years in jail. But less than 60 days later--- he's on the streets once again."I wouldn't have thought something would happen so soon. I thought it would have been more time served before anything like this would have happened," says Lewis.Shortly after Mulkey's arrest,  his attorney asked the court to put him in the McMinn County community corrections program-- in other words on house arrest. But the state is fighting that request-- saying the 20-year-old's Reckless Endagerment conviction-- makes him ineligible.The program is intended for non-violent offenders. Until an appeals court decides, Mulkey is out of jail-- leaving THIS bus driver uneasy."Because of the danger this could happen again.. Hopefully it wouldn't, but you just never know," says Lewis.Mulkey does not have a court date set yet. They're waiting on a response from the court of appeals.We tried calling Mulkey's attorney to find out

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