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Six other charges related to the incident were dismissed: aggravated possession of drugs, operating a vehicle under the influence, operation of a motor vehicle under points suspension, failure to stop after an accident, operating a vehicle under the influence of methamphetamine, and operating a vehicle under the influence of cocaine metabolite.
Sentencing was set for May 24 by Judge Keith Spaeth. Rogers faces a total of 13 years in prison.
Three people — a man pushing a baby in a stroller and two women, including 18-year-old Allison Reyes Castillo — were walking west across the 500 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard at about 7:45 p.m. Nov. 9 when both women were hit in the southbound lane, according to police.
Reyes Castillo died a short time later at Fort Hamilton Hospital. The other female pedestrian, Ann Marie Wagers, 38, was transported to University of Cincinnati Medical Center for treatment.
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While officers were at the crash scene, dispatchers received a call about a red truck pulled over near Pershing Avenue with heavy damage.
Rogers was in possession of methamphetamine and suboxone strips at the time of the crash, according to police.
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