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Posted: July 11 2004,11:08 pm

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Boat builder pleads no contest in 3 deaths

By Joan M. Travis
Sunday, July 11, 2004 11:05 PM MDT

PARKER - A California boat builder charged with three counts of negligent homicide changed his plea from not guilty to no contest.

Grier Dean Rush, 63, of Maywood, Calif., entered his plea Tuesday in La Paz County Superior Court. He also pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated assault with a dangerous instrument causing substantial injury.

The defendant now faces up to 15 years in prison, said La Paz County Attorney Glenn Buckelew. He said that Superior Court Judge Michael Burke could impose anywhere from 1 to 3.75 years for each count.

The charges were leveled against Rush, the owner of Rush Performance Boats, following a Sept. 19, 2003, accident on the Colorado River north of Parker in which three young people were killed and a fourth was seriously injured.

La Paz County Sheriff's reports said that a Sanger jet boat, driven by Jonathan Herbert, Laguna Hills, Calif., with passengers Raquel Herbert, 18, the driver's sister, Ashley Rollins, 18, and Josh Rogers, 18, collided with a Rush Performance Boat driven by Rush. Two passengers, Don Kramer, of Norco, Calif., and Steve Shoop, Minnesota, were riding with Rush.

The young women and Josh Rogers were recovered from the water and taken to La Paz Regional Hospital in Parker. The young women were pronounced dead and Rogers was airlifted to a Phoenix hospital with serious injuries.

Buckskin Fire Department divers recovered Jonathan Herbert's body about two and one-half hours later.

After the collision, Rush left the scene of the accident, reports said, and went back to California. He later returned to La Paz County with attorney Ron Cordova and turned himself in. He was held on a $1 million bond, which was later reduced.

When a defendant pleads "no contest" the result is conviction on the charges and for sentencing purposes, the plea is the same as a guilty plea. However, unlike a guilty plea, it may not be used in a subsequent civil case as proof of guilt.

Burke and the attorneys determined Sept. 17 as Rush's sentencing date. The Herbert family will be in attendance, as well as their attorney, Michael Sutton.

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Posted: July 11 2004,11:20 pm

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It's so sad to see lives lost due to stupidity.

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Posted: July 11 2004,11:27 pm

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Quote (Bullitt Bob @ July 11 2004,11:20 pm)

It's so sad to see lives lost due to stupidity.

Uh-oh.

Just so you know BB, Jonathan Herbert's Dad post's under "Dossangers". One of the girls was his sister and the other was a cousin I believe.

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Posted: July 11 2004,11:27 pm

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It's still a sad subject for me, but those lost will not be forgotten. Â This board will have an official rememberance once again in September. :peace

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Posted: July 11 2004,11:35 pm

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Quote (Sleek-Jet @ July 11 2004,11:27 pm)

Quote (Bullitt Bob @ July 11 2004,11:20 pm)

It's so sad to see lives lost due to stupidity.

Uh-oh. Â

Just so you know BB, Jonathan Herbert's Dad post's under "Dossangers". Â One of the girls was his sister and the other was a cousin I believe.

OOOOPS. My bad.. I forgot about that. Maybe we (someone) should take this thread down.. Sorry.

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Posted: July 11 2004,11:42 pm

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Quote (RVRGIRL @ July 11 2004,11:35 pm)

Quote (Sleek-Jet @ July 11 2004,11:27 pm)

Quote (Bullitt Bob @ July 11 2004,11:20 pm)

It's so sad to see lives lost due to stupidity.

Uh-oh. Â

Just so you know BB, Jonathan Herbert's Dad post's under "Dossangers". Â One of the girls was his sister and the other was a cousin I believe.

OOOOPS. My bad.. I forgot about that. Maybe we (someone) should take this thread down.. Sorry.

I don't see a need for that. I've been curiouse as to what was going on with the case, thanks for posting it RVRGIRL.

I just didn't know if BB knew how those involved were tied to the boards (Hot Boat, RiverRatLife, here).

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Posted: July 11 2004,11:46 pm

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Well I only posted this article here. Not on any other boards.

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Posted: July 11 2004,11:54 pm

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Quote (RVRGIRL @ July 11 2004,11:46 pm)

Well I only posted this article here. Not on any other boards.

That's OK. :peace

It's on all the other boards anyway.

Jonathon was actually on this site himself.

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Posted: July 12 2004,12:04 am

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Quote (Sleek-Jet @ July 11 2004,11:27 pm)

Quote (Bullitt Bob @ July 11 2004,11:20 pm)

It's so sad to see lives lost due to stupidity.

Uh-oh. Â

Just so you know BB, Jonathan Herbert's Dad post's under "Dossangers". Â One of the girls was his sister and the other was a cousin I believe.

Thanks for the heads up, Doug.

The stupidity I was referring to was the 62 year old Rush leaving the scene. That is inexcusable! :angry

My heart goes out to the families of the lost ones.

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Posted: July 12 2004,5:48 am

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Yes indeed, a very sad thing!.

Just 2 hours before it happened, I took Jonathan for a ride in my boat, when we got back he said that was the most fun he had in his life!..

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Posted: July 12 2004,5:59 am

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I have not seen this posted on the HB forums, nor have I seen any comments on it by Wayne Herbert (Dossanger). I'm sure that this is still a very sensitive deal with the Herbert Family.
In reading the article, it would appear that they found Rush at fault but I wonder why? I've heard lotsa stories about what happened and many variations of how it happened, but don't know for sure exactly what happened.
In Rush's pleading no contest, I am assuming that there may be an impending civil suit filed, but that is just a guess.

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Posted: July 12 2004,6:15 am

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I am sure there is a civil suit filed !

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Posted: July 12 2004,10:13 am

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Guilty or not lives were lost! 18 year old lives for that matter............How dare a grown man leave a scene! I hope to GOD that no one ever has to feel the lost of a child, let alone a loved one to an preventable accident! I hope peace comes quickly to the Herbert family and justice is served!

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Posted: July 12 2004,8:57 pm

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Quote (Sleek-Jet @ July 11 2004,11:27 pm)

Quote (Bullitt Bob @ July 11 2004,11:20 pm)

It's so sad to see lives lost due to stupidity.

Uh-oh. Â

Just so you know BB, Jonathan Herbert's Dad post's under "Dossangers". Â One of the girls was his sister and the other was a cousin I believe.

they were both his kids.

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Posted: July 12 2004,9:21 pm

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Jonathan and Jacquel were brother and sister, the other girl was a friend of hers, the other guy was Jacquel's boy friend and he survived and he's phisically ok but he's having a hard time dealing with it mentally!...

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Posted: July 12 2004,9:52 pm

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Randy met Jonathon at Elsinore with his dad...very tragic accident.

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Posted: July 12 2004,9:53 pm

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Quote (Silver @ July 12 2004,10:13 am)

Guilty or not lives were lost! 18 year old lives for that matter............How dare a grown man leave a scene!

As a first responder to 911 you'd be surprised what people do in the heat of the momment.

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Posted: July 12 2004,10:24 pm

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No HB I understand, but he needed to step up, if those were his children he would have at least tryed...........I know everyone is different.

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Posted: July 13 2004,8:04 am

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It was a tragic incident no one can disagree with that.

But one thing I have learned form the boards is that the stories you hear here are always biased and usually missing some or most of the facts. What really happened will probably never be known.

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Posted: July 13 2004,8:12 pm

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Within 2 hours I heard 5 different stories how it happened, and all 5 said they witnessed it!.. :rolleyes

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Posted: July 13 2004,8:17 pm

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The only story i heard that was true was the guy that told me that he didn't see it but he did know that 2 boats hit each other.

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Posted: July 13 2004,8:23 pm

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That's all I can say about it too, except I'm glad I didn't see it!..

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Posted: July 13 2004,9:49 pm

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That's all I can say about it too, except I'm glad I didn't see it!..

I personally never want to see anything like it! Ever!

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Posted: July 13 2004,9:57 pm

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Quote (GoFastRacer @ July 13 2004,8:23 pm)

That's all I can say about it too, except I'm glad I didn't see it!..

I personally never want to see anything like it! Ever!

Yeah, especially if you know the people involved!..

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Posted: July 13 2004,10:28 pm

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Meeting Wayne and his wife in needles was a treat. To actually see him at the river when at one time he said he was never going back was a treat in itself. It takes alot of courage to return to the water that took his loved ones from him. Wayne and Jana seem happy and are living life by the day. As they say gone but not forgotten. Art you were a lucky man to have given Jon that ride. I'm sure he is still smiling!

Remember that this could happen to any one of us. There are lots of good boaters out there and lots of idiots. I believe that both of them were good boaters just caught up at the wrong place at the wrong time.

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