BRECKENRIDGE, Colorado (KKTV) – Two liquor store merchants are paying the price for their role in a deadly accident in 2019.
Colorado’s Fifth District Judicial District Attorney’s Office publicly announced the sentences for 26-year-old Cody Moral and 28-year-old Avran Lefeber on Friday. Both people were convicted on Tuesday for providing alcohol to someone visibly intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
As of August 30, 2019, Moral and Lefeber were executing registration at the Breckenridge Market and Liquor Store. The prosecutor’s office is reporting that Lindsey Ward was sold beer and tequila. Ward sat behind the wheel of a car and caused an accident that claimed the lives of Benjamin Mitton and Nichole Gough.
“Defendant Ward admitted to drinking on the day of the fatal accident at the Breckenridge golf course, and video surveillance showed Ward drinking several drinks in the early afternoon until an hour before driving, including shots of drink and a beer,” a statement Reading of the Public Ministry. “After leaving the golf course, she drove to the Breckenridge Market & Liquor Store and looked ‘tired’ for Moral and Lefeber at the checkout. The men offered her a ride, but Ward refused.
After the accident, Ward’s blood alcohol level was measured at 0.29, well above the legal limit for operating a vehicle in Colorado at 0.08.
“Although Ms. Ward did not consume the alcohol she bought from Moral and Lefeber, they knew she did not look normal and had a duty not to sell to her at that time,” said Stephanie Cava, Deputy Prosecutor for the 5th District Judiciary.
Summit County Judge Edward Casias chose the $ 800.00 sentence and court fines, which Moral and Lefeber must complete a TIPS (Intervention Procedure Training) class and write a letter of apology to the victims’ families .
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