Attorney General Corbett announces criminal charges against Garrett Reid

Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Attorney General

HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that Plymouth Township Police have filed criminal charges against Garrett Reid surrounding an accident on January 30, 2007, at the intersection of Germantown Pike and Arch Road in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County.

Corbett said an investigation conducted by the Plymouth Township Police Department found that Garrett Reid, 23, of Page Terrace, Villanova, Montgomery County, while under the influence of controlled substances, recklessly drove his vehicle, exceeded the speed limit, ran a red light, and collided with a vehicle operated by Louise Hartman, who was transported to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she was treated for a head laceration and cervical strain and then released.

Following the collision, Reid was found to be in possession of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia. The complaint charges Reid with: simple assault (M2); recklessly endangering another person (M2); four counts of possession of controlled substance (one count each as to heroin, Amphetamine, Phentermine and Testosterone (Anabolic Steroid) (M); driving under the Influence (M); two counts of drug paraphernalia (one count each as to heroin paraphernalia and steroid paraphernalia); one count of driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance (M1).

Reid is also charged with various summary traffic offenses including violating traffic control signals, maximum speed limits, driving vehicle at a safe speed and careless driving.
Garrett Reid is scheduled to surrender at the Plymouth Township Police Department at 8:30 a.m., Friday, February 16. He will be preliminarily arraigned, via a video conferencing system, at the Police Department, where he will also be processed. Blue Bell Magisterial District Judge John Murray will arraign Reid and set bail.

Corbett noted that Garrett Reid's brother, Britt Reid, who was charged in a separate incident, has waived his preliminary hearing which was scheduled for Friday, February 16. Corbett said that the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office referred both the Garrett and Britt Reid cases to the Attorney General's Office to avoid a potential conflict of interest. The cases will be prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Patrick J. Blessington.

Corbett thanked the Plymouth Township Police Department for conducting a thorough investigation.