Tag: Jimmie Anklam

EDC director gets six months in jail

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Special to the PRESS BROWNSVILLE – South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Darla Lapeyre was sentenced to six months in jail at a state facility Thursday for negligent homicide charges dating back to a Feb. 6, 2011 incident in which the vehicle she was driving struck and killed Michigan …

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Lapeyre seeks plea deal

By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com  A plea deal has been worked out for a fatal DWI case that happened on South Padre Island in February 2011. Darla Lapeyre is expected to plead guilty to negligent homicide in March. Jimmie Anklam, a tourist from Michigan visiting South Padre Island in 2011 when his motorcycle was hit …

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