A plea bargain reached by Travis William May, 22, includes a guilty plea to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. His vehicle struck a Jeep driven by Kevin Garland of Twin Peaks on Highway 18 on May 4, 2011. Garland died at the scene of the crash. (File Photo)
By Michael P. Neufeld
San Bernardino, CA – Travis May is guilty of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Mountain Fifes & Drums co-founder Kevin Garland. (Contributed Photo)
May, 22, had been charged with three felonies related to death of Mountain Fifes & Drums co-founder Kevin Garland, 48, on May 4, 2011, on Highway 18, according to court documents. May’s Ford F-250 vehicle was traveling southbound on Highway 18 when it collided with Garland’s Jeep Wrangler, San Bernardino Police Department documents show. Garland, a resident of Twin Peaks, was pronounced dead on-scene.
PLEA BARGAIN
Under the plea bargain accepted before Judge R. Glenn Yabuno, May will be sentenced Friday, May 26, on the felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. The two additional felonies — driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs causing bodily injury and driving under the influence with blood alcohol level of .08 or more causing bodily injury — will be dismissed at sentencing.
The plea bargain was reached by defense attorney H. Charles Smith and Deputy District Attorney, court documents show. The plea bargain was accepted March 28.
POSSIBLE SENTENCE
Under California law, Judge Yabuno can sentence May to four, six or 10 years in state prison when the sentencing occurs at 8:30 a.m. on April 26 in Department S-27. May has been in custody since his arrest by San Bernardino Police on August 14, 2011. That lengthy incarceration could impact May’s prison sentence should the judge grant credit for time served.
May, who remains in custody at the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino, was referred to the County Probation Department for per-sentence investigation and report.
Judge Yabuno vacated several scheduled court dates including a trial slated to begin April 22.
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