Man arrested in YouTube sex-sting due in court today
According to a sentencing memorandum filed by prosecutors, Butt was operating a three-wheeled motorbike with Lynn Frye-Goss on the trike behind him holding onto his waist in May of 2018. Butt drove eastbound on Needmore Road at a high speed, just past the intersection of Wagner Ford Road, and lost control of the vehicle striking a concrete median, prosecutors said.
“After driving on top of the median, he came off into the eastbound lanes and then drove off the right side of the road and collided with a brick wall,” the memorandum says. “Ms. Frye-Goss was thrown off the trike and suffered blunt force internal injuries.”
The memorandum says that witnesses at the scene approached the crash and asked if everyone was alright. The court document says Butt told a witnesses everyone was OK, even though Frye-Goss was lying in a ditch asking for help.
“(One witness) then yelled to (another witness) to call 911 and that is when the defendant drove off on the trike, leaving Ms. Frye-Goss lying in the ditch,” the memorandum says.
Officers were unable to catch up to Butt in time to test whether he was under the influence, the court documents says, and Butt’s driver’s license was suspended at the time of the crash.
In a defense memorandum, attorney Patrick Mulligan asked the court to sentence his client to community control.
“Mr. Butt and Ms. Goss were friends from at least the time Mr. Butt was in high school,” the court document says. “As such, he had known her for over 35 years, and they were close friends and Mr. Butt knew the family as well. Mr. Butt and Ms. Goss had not gone out together that particular evening, rather she had simply asked him for a ride home. Because they were friends, Mr. Butt was happy to fulfill that request.”
Two in custody after armed robbery at Dayton mini mart
The defense said Frye-Goss’ injures were internal and she had indicated to him that she was OK.
“Mr. Butt certainly regrets leaving the scene; however, undersigned counsel would submit that the accident itself was truly that, an accident, and his staying at the scene would not have altered the consequences of the internal injuries that Ms. Goss suffered,” the defense said in the court document.
Butt said during sentencing, “Every time I think of this accident, it rips my heart out.”
Adkins said during the sentencing that Butt should have stayed and tried to help instead of fleeing.
About the Author