ST. GEORGE – At a hearing Tuesday, 5th District Judge Eric Ludlow postponed taking a plea on behalf of Timothy Tyler Andrew Walker for the 13th time as he did not appear in person and his defense attorney said his paperwork had not yet been received. Tyler was arrested after leading law enforcement on a high speed chase in January 2013.
“This will be the 13th time he’s missed this,” Walker’s defense attorney Douglas Terry said.
Ludlow gave Walker until Dec. 2 to deliver his plea-by-mail.
“He has until the 2nd, then he has to appear in person and we’ll go from there,” Ludlow said.
Charges against Walker stem from the January 2013 incident in which he is accused of fleeing from officers and drug possession. At the time, the Nevada Highway Patrol was alerted to be on the lookout for a reckless driver on northbound Interstate 15. Once located, a pursuit began and one Nevada trooper clocked the car, a BMW, traveling at 140 mph.
The BMW passed into Arizona and then into Utah where the tires were spiked at Utah mile post 2 and all four tires were blown. The car then pulled over at mile post 6 and, once stopped, Walker attempted to flee on foot but was quickly subdued by an Arizona Highway Patrol trooper. His girlfriend at the time, Raelle McDonald who was traveling with him, was taken into custody without incident.
According to a UHP statement, a subsequent search of the BMW produced alleged methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and alcohol.
Walker was a professional race car driver, having previously raced stock cars and trucks in various NASCAR races. He was suspended from racing in 2007 for violating the association’s drug policy.
Persons arrested or charged are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law or as otherwise decided by a trier-of-fact.
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The justice system in southern Utah, namely the 5th. District in St. George, is a joke.
Don’t you just love how that idiot evil twit thinks he had a clue of what’s going on.. He has to dial 911 to get help from getting lost in a roundabout
Call 911 to get out of the roundabout… that’s funny.
That’s your buddy.
Round-abouts are like a mini NASCAR race…..but going the opposite direction.
13th postponement? In Washington County? When did he convert to Mormonism?
Being a Christian is Okay
Binging homophobic, misogynistic, racist, or otherwise hateful person in the name of christianity is not okay
Being a atheist is okay
Being an atheist and shaming religions and spirtuality is silly and not real is not okay.
I am an atheist and I absolutely agree.
Probably before he got arrested
It is a justice system in name only. It is a legal system, and has very little to do with actual justice. And that is not just here in Dixie, but everywhere.
Spend a career in “The Criminal Justice System,” and see just how quickly you realize that.
OK Zonkster, come on in.