Jay Gaither Puts Lives Of Burke County Residents At Risk Yet Again By Giving A Deal To Another One Of His "Friends"

This is and epidemic in the DA's office today, personally I think it is the job of the DA to keep the people safe from violent offenders, as it is also with the sheriff's offices and police departments. But when District Attorney, Jay Gaither hands special privilege to violent offenders whom he considers friends, time and time again, ranging from child sex predators, to those involved in domestic battery, and child abuse, and in the latest this DWI case. We see things are way out of hand with this district attorney, and he must be stopped, and voted out. I have been bullied by this man and stalked by his staffers and supporters, but I am not backing down. Here is the latest article from the News Herald.

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By Julie N. Chang | The News Herald

Published: May 19, 2010

Morganton - Police charged a 52-year-old man with an eighth DWI on Tuesday morning after his truck hit a patrol car. That was after the man's truck hit a mailbox and a guardrail, and then rear-ended a truck, police said.

Witnesses reported Keith Nelson Buff driving erratically along Fleming Drive around 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Buff, of Henredon Road, was charged Tuesday with DWI, failure to reduce speed to avoid collision and hit and run. He also is appealing four DWI convictions and awaiting a court appearance on two more. He racked up all six over the last four years. He also has a 2001 conviction on his record.

Buff was not wearing a seatbelt and hit his head on the windshield. He was first transported to Grace Hospital then to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, Morganton Department of Public Safety Officer Sam Adams said.

Public Safety Maj. Billy Bradshaw said several people called 911 Tuesday morning to report an erratic driver causing damage on Fleming Drive.

Adams said Buff's Ford truck hit a mailbox in front of Competitive Housing at 521 E. Fleming Drive and a portion of the guardrail between Hogan and South Sterling streets.

Two of the callers were driving behind Buff, Bradshaw said. By the time the driver approached the intersection of West Fleming Drive and College Street, a public safety officer was behind him.

Police say that's when Buff rear-ended a Ford truck, then rolled backward into a police car.

Adams said the man driving the truck Buff rear-ended was transported to Grace Hospital. He did not release the victim's name.

Buff isn't new to the court system. He was convicted in 2001 of a level 4 DWI. Five years later, in 2006, Buff was found not guilty of a DWI.

But from November 2006 to April 24, Buff amassed six DWI charges. Four of the charges are up for trial on June 7 in superior court.

Chief Assistant District Attorney Eric Bellas said Buff was convicted of those four DWIs in district court, but has appealed to superior court.

The two remaining DWI charges, one of which included a misdemeanor child abuse charge, are pending in district court for July 14 and Sept. 1.