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Metro Police investigate after a car crashed into a bus stop on Spring Mountain Road east of Decatur Boulevard, killing four people, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.
By Conor Shine (contact) 
Published Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 | 11:33 a.m.
Updated Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 | 3:53 p.m.
Gary Lee Hosey Jr.
The man arrested in Thursday's alleged drunk driving accident where his car left the road and struck a bus shelter full of people, killing four, had been arrested five times by Metro Police in the past two years.
Police identified Gary Lee Hosey Jr., 23, as the driver of the Chevrolet Monte Carlo that collided with the bus stop near Spring Mountain Road and Decatur Boulevard at 6:25 a.m. Thursday, injuring eight people and killing four others.
Hosey, who was injured in Thursday’s accident and is in police custody at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, was charged with four counts of felony driving under the influence causing death stemming from the incident. At midafternoon Friday, Officer Bill Cassell, Metro spokesman, said Hosey was in the process of being released from the hospital and would be booked Friday evening into the Clark County Detention Center.
"He will see sunrise from bars," Cassell said.
Hosey was scheduled to appear at 7:30 a.m. Monday in Las Vegas Township Justice Court.
Hosey has had several previous run-ins with Metro, starting with an April 2011 arrest for possession of a controlled substance, Metro spokeswoman Laura Meltzer said. Since then, Hosey has been arrested by Metro four more times, including for lewd and lascivious conduct, obstructing a public officer, and an August arrest for larceny from a person.
Also, in June 2011, Hosey was ticketed for speeding 11 to 20 miles per hour over the posted limit and failing to obtain a Nevada’s drivers license within 30 days of moving to the state.
Three male victims remained in critical condition Friday morning — two at University Medical Center and one at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, according to hospital officials.
One of the four males transported Thursday to UMC has been released from the hospital, UMC spokeswoman Danita Cohen said. The fourth male was hospitalized in fair condition, she said.
At Sunrise Hospital, three other victims — two males and one female — were in good condition Friday, said Stacy Acquista, a spokeswoman for Sunrise.
Sun archives
- Day after deadly crash, bus riders wonder about missing passengers (9-14-2012)
- Police ID driver in bus-stop crash that killed 4 (9-13-2012)
- After agonizing wait at bus stop crash site, daughter learns of mom’s death (9-13-2012)
- Riders worry for their safety at Las Vegas bus stops (9-13-2012)
- A sad litany of accidents at bus stops (9-13-2012)
It's a shame this bum wasn't in jail a long time ago, for a long time. Hopefully now, we''ll have at least a few decades without having to worry about him.
Vegas has a high turn out rate for repeat petty offenders. They're drug addicts, they're alcoholics, and gamblers, they're misguided youth, they're sometimes homeless. And...these people continue to offend the law and the community they live in getting booked and ticketed and released until they royally muck something up and end up with a sentence, probation, or God knows what. And really the most daunting and unfortunate problem for the rest of the community these people live within, is that we can do nothing to ban them from making these poor decisions.
Ridiculous. Our justice system is a joke. No accountability. America needs to grow a pair and start dealing with these mouth-breathing dreggs of society the only way they understand: by putting them down for good. He kills four and still lives? Where's the justice? I hate the soft-hearted morons of the world who stand against the death penalty.
I am reminded of the campaign by KLAS TV to get the lines reduced at the Courthouse. Seems the channel has a problem with lawbreakers standing in the sun waiting to pay their fines and appear in court.
Sorry this town needs to seriously step it up. Apparently if one has not robbed a Casino they don't care. In fact they use their assets to water down further the Public Laws.
BTW Spring Mountain is 45 mph and should be 30. You will not hear a darn thing about that even if 400 people had been run over.
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Gee, why am I not surprised? For some reason, it seems little is done to creepolas such as this guy until they kill someone. Guys like this need to be put away until they can no longer harm innocent folks who are merely going about their daily tasks. How long is long enough? Until they are planted six feet under, as far as I am concerned. Let some poor schmuck who smoked a joint out so there is room in our prisons for guys like this.
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Nothing but an idiot and with a neck tattoo. Hopefully he will get life in prison! Not much should be said, lock him up and forget about him!
The verdict is in, MOST people living in this country cannot handle FREEDOM. In fact they go out of their way to make it known how much they are unqualified to be responsible citizens. It is now fashionable to wallow in serfdom.
Then we wonder why there are so many laws? Gee maybe if most behaved like FREE People we wouldn't need all the correction.
The enemy of Freedom and Liberty is not in Libya, it is on parade in this town everyday.
Look no further than the pictureof Mario Lopez to the right on this very page, under shirts are now acceptable outer wear? No sorry they are not loser. Buy a proper shirt and grow up. This is America not some backwater cesspool where one can hang in their underwear.
His facebook says "Get a Lane" Nice kid
https://www.facebook.com/#!/gary.hosey
Nice, and he has a daughter.....what a waste as usual.
We live in a 24 hour party town and then we are suddenly so shocked by this terrible tragedy. Sadly, we can't brag about being "Sin City" then not expect any consequences to that sin.
My heart goes out to the innocent victims of this horrible tragedy. The honorable and hard working people on their way to work, killed by a drunken thug who somehow thought it was OK to be driving at high speed after a night of partying.
An established career criminal. You see it all the time with arrest records 3 pages long. These people are not going to go straight and arrow. They will be career criminals served upon an unsuspecting population. In this case 4 individuals who died at his hands.
When are we going to stop the revolving door justice system!!?? 5 arrests in 2 years!! This idiot needs to go to prison for life because if he doesn't he will just continue to do what he's doing. It's just a big game to these thugs. In one door, out the other the next day.
so now we are equating a drunk driver killing 4 innocent people..to the guy exercising his "freedom" to make a film that causes an uprise in Libya etc.. and the guy wearing a tank top-outside at a pool-in the summertime is the loser!! complete disconnect their stephen.
Actually shayne7 the quote is "Make a lane" whatever that means.
This guy looks like a total thug. What a waste.
This guy is an idiot plain and simple. Unfortunately his being stupid affected other innocent people. He should never get out of jail.
To the people in the car with him, they too should be thrown in jail for aiding and abetting.
One look at his facebook page and you can see the thug life. Flashing his "cash", hanging with his hoodlum friends and then the soft side with a picture with his daughter (isn't that nice?). He's not married to the baby's Mom as he's listed as single. 5 arrests in the past two years (how many times wasn't he caught?). No education, no job and no prospects. Then we have his "ghetto english" on his facebook page and from all his friends. How do these people expect to raise themselves out of poverty and the gutter when they cannot even put a coherent, grammatically correct sentence together?? White, black, hispanic, There are areas of Las Vegas that have more trash per sq. mile than anywhere on this planet.
Bill Cosby is right...get it together.
I agree w/ nikkicage. 1. I quoted wrong.... 2. Theres no way those passangers should not be charged with something. They need to investigate and find out how he could get soooo drunk and just jump in a car like that. A 100mph down Spring Mountain??? Are you kidding me?
"Actually shayne7 the quote is "Make a lane" whatever that means."
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I think "Make a Lane" is a rap song.
So, after reading more comments here, I go explore the FB page and look further at the pictures. I feel like throwing up. What a piece of complete trash this thug is.
I agree with TomD and with the sentiment that the others in the car also need to be held accountable somehow.
This story has really hit me hard.
I drive Spring Mountain everyday. Just went by there. What a sad scene. My thoughts go out to the families of those lost to this tragedy.
Let see, the solutions are we either crank up protective and judicial services, or we spend more money on education and youth services. But this is Nevada, where we distrust government spending and choose the "every human for him/herself" mantra.
Thus, don't expect a fix anytime soon. Put your head on a swivel.
Why not live like an animal. We pay for these things to breed and that they do often. We pay for their food, housing and blunts. Why would they work or get an education. The only disadvantage is that these people are plain lazy! Time to rid society of these leeches!
RobRBarron
"This story has really hit me hard."
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The carnage is brutal. I'm more angry than anything else that this criminal thug was on the streets. Driving like he was, under the influence just shows a total lack of respect for people, law and life in general.
Another Kalifornia transplant.
Sounds like the typical rush to judgement. When it was a judge or a judge's son...people had a different take on the accident.
"Sounds like the typical rush to judgement. When it was a judge or a judge's son...people had a different take on the accident."
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Really? Who were those "people" and what was their "take"?
Nothing in his arrest record should've had him off the streets, but this certainly better.
We need to bring back stockades in this country. And this idiot should be the first guest on display.
"Nothing in his arrest record should've had him off the streets, but this certainly better."
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The issue is more the amount of times he's been arrested in 2 years. 5 run-ins. At some point we need to ask ourselves when does this individual become a career criminal with no signs of changing his ways and needs to be taken out of society? Me, personally I give everyone a second chance when it comes to crime. After that you've indicated you don't care, will continue to engage in crime (low level, high level, whatever) and need to be removed from society. This guy used up his quota.
He had half as many run-ins during that time as Lindsay Lohan, a seriously hardened criminal.
It is my understanding that the victim who worked at Treasure Island - lived alone with her only child - a teenager in high school.
I cannot imagine the pain this poor child is experiencing at this time. The same applies to the other families.
I hope this child has family here in Vegas that will support him through this tragic ordeal. The thought of this child not having family here in Las Vegas to help him or her deal with this tragedy is truly beyond comprehension.
If Las Vegas Sun can look into this - I hope a fund is created to help with expenses.
Prayers go out to this child and the other family members affected by that corrupted man who sits in jail today.
Well Well Well...... Gary get use to the P&j sandwiches for life. I don't see you standing on your head in the corner waiting to be released THIS TIME. OH THE FREE LAWYER (SHYSTER) will say you were drunk and not responsible, but we know you were. so will the judge. so cop out and take the 25 to life. jail skids like you should be worried about who owes you commissary not driving cars.
@Jerry Fink: I hardly ever agree with you but today I do.
I'm going to be politically incorrect here and I don't care. The other occupants in the car have foreign names. African "refugees"? And yes, they are just as responsible, but we do not know what was going on in that car before the driver decided to drive 100 MPH. They could have told him to slow down. Only time will tell. My guess they will sing like canaries when Metro comes calling.
Another question: WHere were these thugs drinking before this horror happened? In a bar? Private house? An alley?
I can't remember, but do the bars in Vegas have "dram shop"? Here in Illinois, the survivors can go after the bar who served the drinks. It's not always successful especially if there is more than one place involved. But I firmly believe that those who served these morons alcohol are just as responsible - where ever they were. SOME bartender had to see they were overserved, especially the driver. Unless, of course, they had their brown paper bags and were sitting in some alley somewhere.
Det__Munch: It's something we should all be able to agree on. Thanks. As for the "Dram Shop" law. No, NV does not have it, but should. Way back in the 60s, I owned a "plate lunch" bar/restaurant in Milwaukee and one guy, who had been in business a long time, told me the only way I could make money was, when some bum at the bar was getting up to leave, to buy him a drink so he'd change his mind. The guy told me not to let anyone leave until I had emptied their wallets. Guys like this should never be issued a license to sell alcohol, but he's not in the minority. I told a steady customer to go home once in a while and play with his kids instead of sitting at my bar sucking up mugs of 10 cent beers. Little wonder I failed and had to sell. But my conscience is clear. One other thing: "Happy Hour" promotions (which in reality aren't very happy, at all) should be banned, in my estimation.