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LANCASTER - The ex-wife of the man who was killed a year ago in a traffic accident involving former Garrard County Emergency Management Director Dwayne Nave has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Nave and county officials. Donna Moore filed the complaint last week in Garrard Circuit Court as the administratrix of the estate of Willard Quinn and on behalf of his son, Justin Quinn, a minor. It seeks an undisclosed amount of compensatory and punitive damages. Nave, 42, was driving a county-owned Chevy Tahoe on April 29, 2007, when he crossed the center line of U.S. 27 near Bryantsville and struck Willard Quinn's pickup, killing him and injuring passenger Kevin Reed.

LANCASTER - Nearly two years after former Garrard County Emergency Management Director Dwayne Nave was involved in a fatal car accident, his murder case could come to trial. Garrard Circuit Judge Hunter Daugherty on Friday set March 30 as the date Nave will stand trial for murder, assault and driving under the influence. It was April 2007 when Nave was driving a county-owned vehicle involved in a fiery crash on U.S. 27 near Bryantsville. The crash killed Williard Quinn of Parksville and seriously injured Kevin Reed of Stanford.

Former Garrard County Emergency Management Director Dwayne Nave was formally sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison. Nave was driving while intoxicated in an SUV owned by Garrard County in April 2007 when he crashed into a truck driven by Willard Quinn of Parksville, who was also intoxicated. Quinn died in the crash and his passenger, Kevin Reed was seriously injured. Nave was originally charged with murder, first-degree assault and driving under the influence. He recently worked out a deal with the state prosecutor, pleading guilty to reckless homicide, fourth-degree assault and first-offense DUI, in exchange for a sentence of just five years in jail.

CARTERSVILLE - A fire Tuesday afternoon destroyed a trailer with a built-on addition on Brock Road in Garrard County. Emergency Management Director Dwayne Nave said the unit was engulfed in flames by the time he arrived on the scene seven minutes after receiving the call about 12:30 p.m. "A Cartersville firefighter arrived there in three minutes, and he said it was already fully engulfed," Nave said. This morning, it still was unknown what caused the blaze. "There's been some talk of a wood-burning stove being kicked over, but we still don't know," Nave said.

A Garrard County grand jury has indicted Emergency Management Director Dwayne Nave for murder in an indictment that was released today. Nave was driving his county-owned vehicle when he was involved in an April 29 crash on U.S. 27 that killed Willard L. Quinn of Parksville. Quinn's passenger, Kevin L. Reed, was injured in the crash. Nave also was indicted for first-degree assault related to Reed's injuries. According to the indictment, Nave "operated a motor vehicle under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, and wantonly engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death to another and thereby caused the death of Willard L. Quinn.

LANCASTER - The murder trial of former Garrard County Emergency Management Director Dwayne Nave was put off Friday and a hearing to debate expert testimony scheduled in its place. Circuit Judge Hunter Daugherty scheduled a Daubert hearing for March 30, the day Nave's trial was scheduled to begin. A new trial date will be set after the March hearing. Nave has pleaded not guilty to murder, assault and driving under the influence in the April 2007 crash that killed Williard Quinn of Parksville and seriously injured Kevin Reed of Stanford.

LANCASTER - Garrard County's Emergency Management director was involved in a fiery, fatal traffic crash early Sunday that claimed the life of a 43-year-old man who was trapped inside his burning pickup truck. Garrard EM Director Dwayne Nave, 42, of 1446 Kirksville Road, was traveling north on U.S. 27 shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday when witnesses say he crossed the center line in his 1997 Chevy Tahoe, his official vehicle. Kentucky State Police said Willard L. Quinn, 43, of 10430 Lebanon Road, Parksville, was traveling south and swerved his 1995 Chevrolet pickup truck into the northbound lane to avoid Nave's on-coming vehicle.

LANCASTER - Garrard County has paid $2.1 million to the estate of a Parksville man killed in a fiery car crash involving former Emergency Management Director Dwayne Nave. The settlement, reached in September, came as the result of mediation with the attorney for Donna Moore, the ex-wife of Williard Quinn, who burned up in his vehicle following the April 2007 crash on U.S. 27 near Bryantsville. Moore filed the lawsuit on behalf of Quinn's son, Justin, who is a juvenile. Nave was driving a county-owned SUV and tests showed he had a blood-alcohol content of .12 percent - above the .08 level the state considers legally drunk - when the crash occurred.

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LANCASTER ? Though he had received about 50 letters supporting Dwayne Nave, Garrard Circuit Hunter Daugherty was not moved Friday to grant the former emergency management director shock probation. "It is unusual to have so many letters in support, but I don't want to tamper with the deal arranged by prosecutors for the reasons state previously," Daugherty told David Marshall, Nave's attorney. Nave was sentenced to five years in prison in July after pleading guilty to reckless homicide in the 2007 death of Willard Quinn of Parksville.

LANCASTER ? Garrard Circuit Judge Hunter Daugherty denied shock probation Friday for former Emergency Management director Dwayne Nave, who has served only three months of a five-year sentence for reckless homicide. Granting probation to Nave after such a short time in jail would "undo the seriousness of the offense," Daugherty said. "I look at this case with sadness," the judge said. "A lot of it was bad luck. The defendant could have been the victim and vice versa. " Nave initially was charged with murder for killing Willard Quinn of Parksville in a crash on U.S. 27 near Bryantsville in 2007.

Former Garrard County Emergency Management Director Dwayne Nave was formally sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison. Nave was driving while intoxicated in an SUV owned by Garrard County in April 2007 when he crashed into a truck driven by Willard Quinn of Parksville, who was also intoxicated. Quinn died in the crash and his passenger, Kevin Reed was seriously injured. Nave was originally charged with murder, first-degree assault and driving under the influence. He recently worked out a deal with the state prosecutor, pleading guilty to reckless homicide, fourth-degree assault and first-offense DUI, in exchange for a sentence of just five years in jail.

Dear Editor, I am a recovering drug addict and have been clean for 10 months. I was just watching the TV news and heard the biggest malfunction of justice in a Garrard County murder case with suspect Duane Nave, former head man at the Garrard County emergency management office, who had been facing a murder charge, worked a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to reckless homicide and be sentenced to five years in jail. Here's my story. In March 2008, I was found with drug paraphernalia - a pipe - and since trace amounts and residue are scrapped from a pipe it subsequently resulting in a possession charge.

LANCASTER - Jurors won't get to hear testimony that Dwayne Nave had trace amounts of marijuana in his system the night he was involved in a fatal accident more than two years ago, a judge ruled. In an order filed Tuesday, Garrard Circuit Judge Hunter Daugherty ruled in favor of a defense motion seeking to suppress evidence that toxicology tests show Nave had a small amount of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in his blood after the crash that killed Willard Quinn. "The level ... of THC is such that it just as easily could have been a residual from chronic smoking as a result from recent smoking," Daugherty wrote.

LANCASTER - The murder trial of former Garrard County Emergency Management Director Dwayne Nave was put off Friday and a hearing to debate expert testimony scheduled in its place. Circuit Judge Hunter Daugherty scheduled a Daubert hearing for March 30, the day Nave's trial was scheduled to begin. A new trial date will be set after the March hearing. Nave has pleaded not guilty to murder, assault and driving under the influence in the April 2007 crash that killed Williard Quinn of Parksville and seriously injured Kevin Reed of Stanford.

LANCASTER - Garrard County has paid $2.1 million to the estate of a Parksville man killed in a fiery car crash involving former Emergency Management Director Dwayne Nave. The settlement, reached in September, came as the result of mediation with the attorney for Donna Moore, the ex-wife of Williard Quinn, who burned up in his vehicle following the April 2007 crash on U.S. 27 near Bryantsville. Moore filed the lawsuit on behalf of Quinn's son, Justin, who is a juvenile. Nave was driving a county-owned SUV and tests showed he had a blood-alcohol content of .12 percent - above the .08 level the state considers legally drunk - when the crash occurred.

LANCASTER - Nearly two years after former Garrard County Emergency Management Director Dwayne Nave was involved in a fatal car accident, his murder case could come to trial. Garrard Circuit Judge Hunter Daugherty on Friday set March 30 as the date Nave will stand trial for murder, assault and driving under the influence. It was April 2007 when Nave was driving a county-owned vehicle involved in a fiery crash on U.S. 27 near Bryantsville. The crash killed Williard Quinn of Parksville and seriously injured Kevin Reed of Stanford.

LANCASTER - The ex-wife of the man who was killed a year ago in a traffic accident involving former Garrard County Emergency Management Director Dwayne Nave has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Nave and county officials. Donna Moore filed the complaint last week in Garrard Circuit Court as the administratrix of the estate of Willard Quinn and on behalf of his son, Justin Quinn, a minor. It seeks an undisclosed amount of compensatory and punitive damages. Nave, 42, was driving a county-owned Chevy Tahoe on April 29, 2007, when he crossed the center line of U.S. 27 near Bryantsville and struck Willard Quinn's pickup, killing him and injuring passenger Kevin Reed.