(HE)
A PROVIDENCE WOMAN--
ON PROBATION FOR A
DEADLY DRUNK DRIVING
CRASH-- IS ARRESTED
AGAIN.
(MM)
THIRTY TWO YEAR OLD
BRANDY GRAFF--
WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY THIS WEEKEND--
ON ANOTHER D-U-I
CHARGE.
(HE)
SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED
TEN YEARS FOR A 20-05
CRASH IN
NARRAGANSETT--
THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES
OF TWO ELDERLY
SISTERS.
(MM)
TONIGHT--
WE'RE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE NEW
CHARGES SHE'S FACING.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER ERIC
HALPERIN--
HAS WHAT LED TO HER
RECENT ARREST-
LIVE FROM THE MOBILE
NEWSROOM.
(EH)
BRANDY GRAFF IS NOW
BEING HELD WITHOUT
BAIL. ACCORDING TO A
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE
PROVIDENCE POLICE
DEPARTMENT...THIS
LATEST DUI CHARGE
COMES JUST UNDER A
YEAR AFTER SHE GOT HER
LICENSE BACK FROM HER
PREVIOUS DUI
CONVICTION.
Brandy Graff is behind bars
again.
She was arrested by Providence
Police shortly after midnight
Friday
after a head on crash. Police
say
she was driving drunk the wrong
way on a one way.
According to the police report
she
claimed the other driver was
driving
on the wrong side of the road.
When
asked if she had anything to
drink,
"she slurred that she had a few
glasses of wine earlier in the
night."
The officer later wrote her
blood
alcohol content was nearly three
times the legal limit.
It's not her first time being
accused
of driving drunk. Back in 2005
she
was involved in a crash in
Narragansett that killed two
elderly
sisters...95-year-old Theodora
Mastracchio and 86-year-old
Victoria Riccio. Cameras were
not
allowed in the courtroom at
today's
hearing. At her sentencing in
2007
she apologized to the victims'
family.
I don't think there's anything i
could
say that could truly express how
sorry i am, but i am, sorry
wirth
every bone in my body
She was sentenced to 10 years in
prison and would be on probation
until June 2022. According to an
ACI spokesperson she got out a
little more than two years early
in
March 2013 due to what the state
calls "good time" and
"industrial
days she earned"
But she still was not allowed to
have
her license back for five years
after
her release.. A providence
police
spokesperson says she got it
back
on March 20 last year. Five days
short of having it for a full
year..she was arrested on a DUI
charge again.
(EH)
GRAFF'S LAWYER DIDN'T
HAVE ANY COMMENT
AFTER THE HEARING
TODAY. COMING UP NEW
AT 6...WHAT GRAFF TOLD
POLICE AS THEY WERE
TAKING HER TO THE
POLICE STATION THE
OTHER NIGHT. LIVE IN
FIRST AT SIX --- NEW
DETAILS FROM A POLICE
REPORT, ABOUT THE
ARREST OF A PROVIDENCE
WOMAN --- OUT ON
PROBATION FOR A DEADLY
CRASH NEARLY 15 YEARS
AGO.
(MM)
BRANDY GRAFF WAS 18
WHEN SHE WAS
ARRESTED FOR THE
DRUNK DRIVING CRASH
THAT KILLED--- TWO
ELDERLY SISTERS IN 2005
--- GRAFF WAS CONVICTED
AND SENTENCED TO TEN
YEARS IN PRISON.
PROVIDENCE POLICE
SAY----- SHE WAS
ARRESTED AGAIN EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING, ONCE
MORE ON SUSPICION OF
DRIVING UNDER THE
INFLUENCE.
(HE)
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER ERIC
HALPERIN HAS BEEN
LOOKING INTO THE NEW
CHARGE --- HE JOINS US
LIVE FROM THE MOBILE
NEWSROOM.
(EH)
BRANDY GRAFF IS NOW
BEING HELD WITHOUT
BAIL. ACCORDING TO
POLICE, AS SHE WAS
BEING TAKEN BACK TO THE
STATION LATE LAST WEEK,
SHE TOLD THEM ABOUT
HER DEADLY CRASH IN
2005.
AFTER A DEADLY CRASH IN
NARRAGANSETT IN 2005,
BRANDY GRAFF PLEADED
GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS OF
DUI, DEATH RESULTING. THE
TWO WOMEN KILLED IN THE
CRASH WERE SISTERS..95-
YEAR-OLD THEODORA
MASTRACCHIO AND 86-YEAR-
OLD VICTORIA RICCIO. AT HER
SENTENCING IN 2007, GRAFF
APOLOGIZED TO THEIR FAMILY.
There isn't one minute that
passes
that i don't wish that i would
have
made better choices that day but
i
know that i can never go back
BUT 14 YEARS LATER SHE'S
BEEN ARRESTED FOR DRUNK
DRIVING AGAIN.
SHE WAS ARRESTED BY
PROVIDENCE POLICE SHORTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY AFTER
A HEAD ON CRASH. POLICE SAY
SHE WAS DRIVING DRUNK THE
WRONG WAY ON A ONE WAY.
ACCORDING TO THE POLICE
REPORT HER BLOOD ALCOHOL
CONTENT WAS ALMOST THREE
TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. THE
OFFICER WROTE THAT AS THEY
WERE TAKING HER TO THE
STATION, "SHE TOLD THEM THAT
SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN
CHARGED WITH A DUI
RESULTING IN TWO DEATHS
WHEN SHE WAS 18-YEARS-OLD.
CAMERAS WERE NOT ALLOWED
AT HER HEARING TODAY BUT
THEY WERE THERE FOR HER
SENTENCING IN 2007.
i am, sorry wirth every bone in
my
body
SHE WAS SENTENCED TO 10
YEARS AND WOULD BE ON
PROBATION UNTIL JUNE 2022.
ACI SPOKESPERSON SAYS SHE
GOT OUT A LITTLE MORE THAN
TWO YEARS EARLY IN MARCH
2013 DUE TO WHAT THE STATE
CALLS "GOOD TIME" AND
"INDUSTRIAL DAYS SHE
EARNED"
BUT SHE STILL WAS NOT
ALLOWED TO HAVE HER
LICENSE BACK FOR FIVE YEARS
AFTER HER RELEASE..
ACCORDING TO PROVIDENCE
POLICE SHE HAD IT BACK FOR
FIVE DAYS SHORT OF A YEAR
WHEN THIS LATEST CRASH AND
ARREST HAPPENED.
(EH)
GRAFF'S LAWYER DIDN'T
HAVE ANY COMMENT
AFTER THE HEARING
TODAY.
LIVE IN PROVIDENCE I'M
ERIC HALPERIN,