Wednesday, May 10, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Conviction tossed for woman BrightSide
who ran over girls in leaf pile participating
in rescue
of labs
By Steven Dubois
Associated Press
PORTLAND (AP) — The
Oregon Court of Appeals
on Wednesday reversed
the conviction of a motor-
ist who drove an SUV into
a pile of leaves that con-
cealed two girls, killing
them.
The opinion written by
Judge James Egan said it’s
established that Cinthya
Garcia-Cisneros wasn’t
immediately aware she hit
6-year-old Anna Dieter-
Eckerdt and 11-year-old
Abigail Robinson, the step-
sisters who were playing
in the leaf pile in October
2013. Oregon law, the opin-
ion states, does not con-
tain an “implicit require-
ment” that a driver return
to the scene after learning
of an accident sometime
later.
Garcia-Cisneros was 19
when she was found guilty
of failing to perform the
duties of a driver to injured
persons. She was sentenced
to probation and community
service, and faced possible
deportation before eventu-
ally being released from
an immigration detention
center.
Garcia-Cisneros, brought
to the U.S. from Mexico
as a 4-year-old, was on her
way home from getting fast
food when she drove through
leaves that were raked near
the curb on Main Street in
Forest Grove, a small town
west of Portland.
Garcia-Cisneros plowed
through the pile shortly
before 8:30 p.m., she testi-
fied, and felt a bump.
Her brother, who was a
passenger, later passed the
scene on his way to his girl-
friend’s house. He saw a
man standing over the pile
screaming.
He returned home and
told his sister she may have
hit children. She didn’t iden-
tify herself as the driver until
police tracked her down the
next day.
A prosecutor told jurors
at the January 2014 trial that
Garcia-Cisneros’ decision
not to come forward was
morally and legally wrong.
The defense told jurors
that Garcia-Cisneros was
in a state of denial, cling-
ing to hope that she wasn’t
responsible. Moreover, the
defense argued, Oregon law
doesn’t say anything about
the requirements of a driver
who isn’t immediately aware
of an accident.
The appeal court agreed,
saying the trial judge should
have granted a motion for
acquittal.
BrightSide Animal Center
of Redmond is among sev-
eral shelters in Oregon and
Washington taking in about
40 dogs rescued this week
from a hoarding situation in
Stevens County, Washington.
BrightSide employees
will travel to Spokane and
bring eight dogs back to
Redmond. After they have
had medical exams and any
medical treatment that may
be necessary, the dogs will
be spayed or neutered and
then made available for
adoption.
All or most of the rescued
dogs are Labrador retriev-
ers. BrightSide will receive a
mother and her two puppies,
three young adults, and two
senior dogs. Jamie McAtee,
from Rescue4All, a Spokane-
area nonprofit that rescues
and fosters animals, described
the conditions the dogs were
living in as deplorable.
“We are glad to be able to
help out in this situation and
will work to find new secure,
loving homes for these dogs,”
said BrightSide Shelter
Manager Pat Bowling.
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