A 23-year-old Roanoke man was indicted of killing two passengers and injuring a third by a Botetourt County grand jury Dec. 7.
Efrain Hernandez-Claros was indicted on two counts of aggravated involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggressive driving under the influence with maiming, according to the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office.
The charges came after a late August fatal crash on the Blue Ridge Parkway, killing 19-year-old Juvier Alexander Espinoza-Regaldo and Christian David Spil-Canales, 23. Jorge Moran-Hernandez, 19, was injured, according to press reports at the time.
Hernandez-Claros reportedly drove a Dodge Durango off the road near mile marker 105, returned to the road before rolling the vehicle. The three passengers were ejected. None were wearing seatbelts. The incident was investigated by the National Park Service.
Hernandez-Claros, who is a foreign national, is in the Botetourt County jail in Fincastle. Hernandez-Claros reportedly told park rangers he’d been drinking before the crash, but cannot remember driving.
All total, the grand jury returned indictments against 49 individuals when it met in Fincastle. Of those, certified indictments were returned against 33 individuals and direct indictments were returned against 13 others.
DIRECT INDICTMENTS
• Richard Gardna Austin of Roanoke, two counts of distributing methamphetamine
• Ronald Lee Bonds III of Roanoke, two counts of distributing fentanyl, distributing heroin
• Victor Carlton Bradshaw of Roanoke, distributing imitation Schedule II drugs, conspiracy to distribute imitation Schedule II drugs
• Darlene Francis Cash of Troutville, possession of methamphetamine
• Jason Craig Cassell of Roanoke, distributing methamphetamine
• Richard Crawford of Buchanan, driving under the influence
• Curtis Daryl Day Jr. of Salem, distributing imitation Schedule II drugs
• Rachel Lynn Desmond of Roanoke, distributing heroin
• Kelsey Diane Giles of Buchanan, possession of methamphetamine
• Daniel Monroe Haynes II of Buchanan, three counts of distributing tapentadol, three counts of distributing methamphetamine
• Joyce Marie Huffman of Roanoke, two counts of distributing methamphetamine
• Randall Scott Hustead of Roanoke, distributing methamphetamine/subsequent, distributing imitation Schedule II drugs/subsequent, conspiracy to distribute imitation Schedule II drugs
• Bishop Keanu Jackson of Roanoke, distributing cocaine/subsequent
• Thomas Ernest Lee III of Roanoke, two counts of distributing imitation Schedule II drug
• Thomas Lee Letchford Jr. of Roanoke, three counts of distributing methamphetamine
• Devin Glen McAllister of Buchanan, three counts of distributing methamphetamine
• Jaclynn Tate McGuire of Rocky Mount, distributing fentanyl, two counts of distributing heroin
• John Raymond Moore of Roanoke, distributing methamphetamine
• Michael Wayne Morrison of Goodview, distributing methamphetamine, petit larceny/third offense
• Stacey A. Peck of Norton, possession of methamphetamine
• Justin Michael Phillips of Roanoke, possession of methamphetamine
• Daniel Lee Sanderson of Buchanan, possession of methamphetamine
• Jesse Dean Smith of Buchanan, three counts of distributing methamphetamine
CERTIFIED INDICTMENTS
• George Allen Lane of Buchanan, assault and battery on family member/ third offense
• Emanuel Peters III of Houston, Texas, unlawful wounding
• Anthony Lee Murrell of Roanoke, grand larceny with intent to sell
• Carol Ann Bennett of Troutville, petit larceny/third offense, failure to appear
• Colter John Neufeld of Daleville, driving under the influence/third in five years
• Brandy Michelle Moore of Roanoke, reckless endangerment
• Ryan Levi Moore of Daleville, grand larceny, eluding
• Kaytlin Ashley Lang of Fincastle, two counts of reckless endangerment,
• Misty Leigh Evans Hatter of Troutville, embezzlement
• Gary Leon Williams of Rocky Mount, receiving stolen goods, failure to appear
• Maghan Elizabeth Campbell of Eagle Rock, possession of hydrocodone
• Kenneth Fitzgerald Winston, a/k/a Keno Sincere Winston, of Montvale, petit larceny/third offense
• Shawn Allen Sowers of Troutville, reckless endangerment
• Adam Joseph Bryant of Natural Bridge, possession of a firearm with drugs, receiving a stolen firearm, possession of methamphetamine
