Man accused of hitting, killing Prescott Valley teen back behind bars
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[{'start': '0.009', 'end': '3.309', 'text': "We begin with an update to a 12 News exclusive. The man accused of hitting and killing a Prescott Valley teen has found himself back in jail. The teen's family says the streets are safer with him behind bars. 2 News journalist Sean Rice is here to break down these new allegations. Sean, -- Martin -- Kribe, the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office tells me they rearrested Daniel Jones back on April 16th for having dangerous drugs, namely methane. Amphetamine in his car during a traffic stop that evening. Jones was already out of jail on pretrial release after posting $1000 in cash in another case where police say he hit and killed Gabriel Grande. He was a bike riding teen last November. Grande's parents tell me they're grateful he's now back in jail, and they hope he stays there until a trial in their son's case. I'm just happy that no one was hurt, and our streets are just a little bit safer today than they were before. Safe streets and preventing future tragedies. It's been the mission Juan and Megan Grande have been pushing for since their son Gabe was hit and killed while riding his bike home 6 months ago. The man behind the wheel, Daniel Jones, has been charged with felony manslaughter. After witnesses reported seeing him swerve off of viewpoint drive, striking and killing the teen, a toxicology report would later reveal that Jones was allegedly under the influence of multiple drugs at the time of the crash. Let's say your kid died or someone you, whoever you love the most, and someone told you. Oh, hey, by the way, they can get out again. On $100,000. Is that enough for you? Is that what you is that justice? In January, Gabe's parents expressed frustration over Jones posting $1000 in cash to get out of jail on pretrial release. It's a right every person charged with a crime is afforded, but they warned letting Jones operate a car again could be a dangerous proposition. He can do a lot of damage in a little bit of time with the kind of behavior that he's exhibiting. And the entitlement and attitude that he has, and he could hurt other kids, he could hurt other adults. As Jones walked out of a pretrial hearing back in February, 12 News sought to understand his side of the story. We haven't had a chance to talk to you in our coverage of this case. I'm wondering if there's anything you'd like to say. I'm. The press being here. No comment today. Two months later, Jones would find himself back behind bars. On April 16th, the Yavapai County sheriff's deputy stopped Jones's car and found meth inside of it. He was booked into jail on multiple felony charges. I wish I could have paid. You know, a few $1000 to have my kid wake up and bills and whine about going to school tomorrow, you know. As the Grades await justice, their attention has now turned to improving their community in Gabe's honor. They support an effort by community members to build a multi-use pathway for bikers along the heavily trafficked road where Gabe lost his life. -- We're -- doing this in the name of Gabe, we will keep him in the public consciousness, and the local public consciousness, and that's, that's what we wanna do because, I mean, his whole life, he just wanted to make other people happy and Like safe? Their push, supported by the entire Prescott Valley community, the movement embodied by a memorial that now sits along the crash site with some of Gabe's favorite items, and even a bike made and dropped off by a complete stranger. -- We -- sure love him, but holy moly, like this whole community just really loves him. It's just, it's, it brings me a smile every single day when we drive by that memorial. And today Daniel Jones' attorney told me once again no comment on his new charges. There is so much more that the Grandes are doing to help other kids who love riding bikes in the Prescott Valley community either for recreational use or competitively like Gabe did, and we'll include ways that you can help them tonight on 12News.com. Back to you guys. All right, Sean, thanks."}]