Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 | 4:46 p.m.
Approximate crash location
Formal felony charges of driving under the influence, reckless driving and involuntary manslaughter have been filed against a woman in the Aug. 26 crash that killed her husband on U.S. 93.
Melanie Moses-Sisco, 36, is scheduled to appear Nov. 10 in Boulder City Justice Court on the charges.
Terry Sisco, 34, a security guard at the Hacienda casino, died after the Dodge truck Moses-Sisco was driving north from the Hacienda left the road and rolled. Sisco was not wearing a seat belt. They had been married for five years.
Moses-Sisco, who was a waitress at the Hacienda, had told police her husband came to the casino to pick her up after her shift about 10 p.m., and they both had a few drinks before leaving just before 4:30 a.m., according to a police report.
She was released from the Clark County Detention Center on her own recognizance in early September after test results showed her blood-alcohol level at 0.066 and 0.043. Chief Deputy District Attorney Ronald Bloxham sent Boulder City Justice of Peace Victor Lee Miller a letter stating he had no objection to releasing her at the time.
Once the investigation was complete, the District Attorney’s office decided there was enough evidence to charge her with felony driving under the influence, reckless driving and involuntary manslaughter, Bloxham said.
“We believe the facts involved in the case would justify the conviction on any of those,” Bloxham said.
The legal definition of drunken driving is 0.08, but impaired driving can be demonstrated at levels below that, he said.
According to the police report, the samples for the blood-alcohol test were taken at 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., hours after the crash.
No attorney of record was on file for Moses-Sisco, and attempts to reach her were unsuccessful.
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