He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Bond is set at $180,000, and his next appearance is scheduled for April 29.
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Rogers’ attorney, Richard Hyde, said Thursday in Butler County Common Pleas Court that more time is needed to review evidence and a motion to suppress may be filed.
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. on 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.
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Rogers was in possession of methamphetamine and suboxone strips at the time of the crash, according to police. Court documents reveal that Rogers has been arrested more than 70 times for various traffic, drug and other criminal offenses since 1990.
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