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tlc20010
01-29-11, 07:05 PM
Father of four dead; Charlotte man charged
By Meghan Cooke and Steve Lyttle
macooke@charlotteobserver.com and slyttle@charloteobserver.com
Posted: Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011


Stephen Helms, 31, of Charlotte, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal hit-and-run collision Thursday ngiht involving a bicyclist in Monroe. He also was charged by Wingate police with DWI. Monroe Police
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Family and friends have scheduled a memorial service, called "A Celebration of Roy's Life," at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Triumphant Word Church, 824 Clarence Secrest Road, in Monroe.


Roy Dean Mittelsteadt had been riding a bicycle to and from work - an 8-mile trek between Porter Ridge High and his family's home in Monroe - for about a year to save money to help his children pay for college.

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/01/29/2016700/bicyclist-dies-in-monroe-hit-and.html#ixzz1CTpJYmP0


10 Wheels
01-29-11, 07:13 PM
Sad indeed:
http://www.foxcharlotte.com/news/nc-news/Police-Arrest-Fatal-Hit-n-Run-Suspect-114809224.html

Video:
http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Driver-arrested-after-deadly-hit-and-run-114790134.html