Husband's Co-Worker Arrested - Negligent Homicide

My husband works the late shift at a call center (7:20pm-6:15am) with about 6 other people.  He has a coworker who recently had been in an accident after getting off from his shift (he works the same shift as my husband).  The guy he works with is a total dick (my husband has always disliked him but my husband was always too nice to get him to go away).  Everyone hates him now, obviously.

Okay, so according to my husband (friends, Kalin, and newspapers) here is the jist of what happened the night/morning of the accident (Sept 25th, 2014):

Kalin went into work but kept falling asleep at his desk.  So, all of the people near him kept poking/shaking him awake and he kept repetitively falling asleep.  If you fall asleep at your desk, you get a point (10-12 and you are fired).  He had 9 points at the time, so they kept waking him up so the Team Leader wouldn't see.  Eventually, right before the end of shift, the TL does see and writes Kalin up for it.  Even getting written up didn't phase Kalin, because he still continued to fall asleep afterwards.  This was completely unlike him and had never happened before.

Kalin gets off shift and apparently falls asleep at the wheel.  At around 6:30am, he hits a jeep that is turning in the left turn lane while he is in the left straight lane.  (He basically clips the back right of the jeep)  The jeep does a big u-turn and gets hit by an on-coming pick up truck.  This happened on the only major road out of our tiny town.  It was within minutes of the call center (~5 minutes).  Kalin was driving a silver mini-van.

Here's where it gets fucked up...Kalin takes zero responsibility for the accident.  He refuses to admit that he fell asleep (in the car or at work), even though everyone pretty much figured it out and basically SAW him falling asleep.  He tells the cops that there was something wrong with his steering, and that is why he hit the jeep.  So, the cops have to investigate...and it takes a LONG time to investigate (over 2 months) before people finally get fed up with his lies.

The guy he hit?  Well, he died on impact.  He had 2 kids.  He wasn't wearing a seat belt.  The pickup truck that hit the jeep (from opposing traffic) is destroyed but the driver is alive.  Kalin had only a bruise on his chest from hitting the steering wheel.  All 3 vehicles were demolished, basically.

So, while the cops are investigating...the coworkers (and hubby) are trying to figure out what to do with the information they keep getting from Kalin.  But, they are all pretty much disgusted with him.  It's one thing to make an honest mistake and fall asleep at the wheel (the dude KNEW he was too tired to work, let alone drive).  What pissed everyone off was his attitude afterwards.

(People even offered to drive him home, but he refused.  Everyone at work, hubby included, feels guilty about what happened...but they couldn't force Kalin NOT to drive when he is a grown adult.  Hubby even called the cops right after Kalin left about him driving erratically, but they never pulled Kalin over.  It looks like they never even responded to the 911 call he placed.)

Not only did the guy act like it wasn't a big deal, but he kept making comments like: "Oh, they won't charge me"  "They have nothing on me!"  Things like that.  Basically acting like the complete dick that we all knew he was.  His attitude about it pissed everyone off at work so bad, that they all ratted him out about how he was definitely falling asleep at work (and wasn't anymore awake before he left).  So, they all did and he was arrested within 48 hours (October 31st, 2014).  **I assume he most likely would not have been charged until people came forwards**

The cops actually DID walk into the call center and arrested him on the spot.  He was cuffed and put into a squad car immediately, and transferred to the local jail for holding.

The charges include:  Negligent homicide (Class A Misdemeanor) and Operating a Vehicle W/out Insurance (moving violation).  His punishment will most likely be: Up to one year in jail, Up to $2,500 (for the AM) and we're unsure of what it will be for w/out a license (he could lose it forever).

My husband is just happy that he won't have to see him for at least 6 months, and he's finally getting punished for what happened.  All of us are actually left feeling like Kalin actually deserves to get MORE time for what he did...but we understand that is not likely.

Here's his booking information - http://i.imgur.com/95MWNSP.jpg

The original news story on it (other sites might of copied this information, but didn't have as much detail) - http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/article_86cf9a9e-44b9-11e4-8145-0017a43b2370.html

The original article says that Kalin got into the turn lane, but that's not accurate.  Kalin told coworkers and my husband that he fell asleep while in the straight lane, and somehow managed to hit the guy.  Kalin doesn't remember falling asleep, but he remembers bits/pieces before and after.  He does remember right after he hit the jeep, he remembers waking up to the "little bump" (it was far from little, Kalin was going around 50 mph).

His facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kalin.menlove.5?fref=ts

No one knows why Kalin was passing out at work, he never said.  He still refuses to accept responsibility (he is currently out on bail but not at work).  Coworkers (and hubby) are due to testify about his behavior before/after the accident (we are hoping this won't be required though).  I told my husband to spare no details about the type of person Kalin REALLY is when he went in with his side of Kalin's actions, and if possible to tell Purser's family how very sorry we are for their loss.


Update:

Local news have picked up the story again.  Here is a semi-update on it. http://www.ksl.com/?sid=32213669&nid=

According to Kalin's interview (he IS still currently in jail), he had not slept for close to 72 hours before the accident.  He only had about 3 hours of sleep in the 72 hours prior.  He assumed that he could stay awake with energy drinks.  Supposedly, he was driving without a license, too (this is unconfirmed...).  Supposedly he was also working 2 jobs at the time, though none of my husband's coworkers remember him saying such a thing.  (We think it's a bullshit excuse)  Kalin had never had an issue falling asleep at work before this, so we're not sure...

There is an interview with the widow, and as you can see from the comments...he DID have two kids.  Once again, we are VERY sorry for their loss and hope Kalin remains in prison for a very long time.

Update 2017:

http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/article_6fce6f1e-d75b-11e6-bdef-fbe7f7676686.html

The trial has been postponed.  He is still fighting the case, claiming now that he looked over his shoulder to swap lanes and accidentally rear-ended the other driver.  He still looks the same as he did before...

http://news.hjnews.com/allaccess/attorney-asks-judge-to-dismiss-manslaughter-case/article_fca890a2-9b5b-5c4e-8128-d7b0b3c6322d.html

The judge was also asked to dismiss the manslaughter case.  This will be decided on Feb 7th.

http://news.hjnews.com/allaccess/judge-hears-testimony-in-drowsy-driving-manslaughter-case/article_032bb765-939c-5af8-ae19-0f600ce20a3c.html

Several of the coworkers have been testifying against him.  The card game they were playing was Magic the Gathering, my husband is the one that started the tradition of playing the game during low call volumes.

http://www.sltrib.com/home/3082255-155/court-hearing-man-had-slept-3

Another report on it.  My husband and the rest of the "team" all sat in the same bay.  So, all of the coworkers' statements are the same to police (basically).

As shown in my comments below, my husband has already spoke with police and we are barely involved.  The prosecutor should really interrogate the witnesses about his attitude at work AFTER the crash happened, because Kalin did continue to show up to work until he was fired.  He did a lot of talking at work about the accident, and showed very little remorse.