“Uh, yes.”
Those were the only words uttered in court by accused car-killer John Dungan, in court Friday morning for what had been slated as his arraignment hearing. Dungan, dressed in an orange jail-issue jump suit and sitting in a wheelchair behind a thick plexiglass partition in Judge Clifford Anderson’s courtroom, is charged with intentionally steering his Camaro into an oncoming Chevy Volt on Highway 154 on October 25. The ensuing collision killed not just the driver, Vanessa Bley, but her two children, Lucienne Bley Gleason and Desmond Bley Gleason, ages two years old and four months old, respectively.
Dungan’s response came after Judge Anderson asked if he agreed to extend his arraignment date to November 20. Other than that, Bill Makler, Dungan’s attorney on a previous charge of felonious stalking, withdrew as counsel and was replaced for the day by Mindy Boulet with the Public Defender’s office. She in turn will be replaced criminal defense attorney Jeremy Lessem by the time Dungan is finally arraigned.