The Sutter Creek man facing vehicular
manslaughter and Driving under the Influence charges for a wreck that killed
his friend, remains in custody in the Calaveras County
jail while awaiting his pretrial. At an arraignment last Thursday in Calaveras
County Court Allen appeared along with his public defender- his next hearing
date is June 7th. Jared Allen, 24 years old, was arrested after a May 1 accident on Hwy 49 in
Mokelumne Hill in which his passenger, Jeremy Brown of Jackson, was ejected from the Jeep Allen was
driving and killed. The California Highway Patrol arrested Allen at the
scene for suspicion of DUI. According to the CHP report, Allen lost control of
the vehicle after attempting to steer around a car that was stopped in the
highway waiting to make a turn. Allen struck the other vehicle and drove off
the roadway, rolling the Jeep and ejecting Brown who was not retrained by a
seat belt.