Matheney was not in the Montgomery County Jail at the time of writing, and is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 27.
Matheney’s charges are connected to a Sept. 7, 2024 crash at Ohio 49 and Free Pike at around 8:11 p.m.
Lakeisha Janay Brown, 33, was driving a 2022 Chevrolet Malibu west on Free Pike and crossing the intersection with Ohio 49 when a 2020 Dodge Ram, driven by Matheney, ran the red light and crashed into the car, according to a Trotwood police crash report.
The pickup truck went off the left side of the road into a cement median, while the Malibu went off the right side of the road and came to a stop.
Crews removed Brown from the car by mechanical means, the crash report said. She was not wearing a seat belt.
Brown was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.
According to her obituary, Brown worked as a paraprofessional with Trotwood-Madison Middle School and had three children.
Matheney and a passenger in his vehicle were not injured, the report said.
Police at the time said that they believed that Matheney was under the influence when the crash occurred. A blood test found that Matheney had a 0.235 blood alcohol content, almost three times the legal limit of 0.08 in Ohio.
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