Was Contreras Driving? Prosecutors Say Yes, Stand By Homicide Charges

Blanca Contreras is facing motor vehicle homicide charges from a 2011 crash in Waltham. However, some people say they believe her boyfriend, William Vasquez, was driving at the time of the accident.

As prosecutors continue their case against a woman accused of motor vehicle homicide in the death of a Waltham man, court papers show multiple individuals have testified she was not driving the car. Blanca Contreras, 29, of Waltham is facing multiple charges, including motor vehicle homicide, for allegedly striking with a car and killing Scott Coxall, 39, on Nov. 23, 2011. While Contreras's trial is set to start on June 13, Waltham District Court documents show several individuals involved in the case have repeatedly said Contreras was not driving the car. They say her boyfriend, William Vasquez, was driving at the time of the accident. Vasquez, in March 2012, told Waltham Police he was driving the car and that he lied previously when he …

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Date Set For Jury Trial of Waltham Woman in Coxall Death

Blanca Contreras is facing motor vehicle homicide charges in the death of a Waltham man.

Date Set For Jury Trial of Waltham Woman in Coxall Death

Blanca Contreras is facing motor vehicle homicide charges in the death of a Waltham man.

Jury selection for the trial of a Waltham woman charged with motor vehicle homicide is set to begin on March 6, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s office. Blanca Contreras, a 29-year-old Guatemalan woman in the country illegally, is charged with motor vehicle homicide in the November 2011 hit-and-run crash that killed Scott Coxall, 39, of Waltham. Her case is being handled at Waltham District Court. Authorities say Contreras was driving the car that struck Coxall at the intersection of School and Church streets on Nov. 23, 2011 at around 6 p.m. The car fled the scene but police later arrested Contreras at her home.  Contreras’s attorney later claimed her boyfriend, William Vasquez, was driving the car that struck Coxall…

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tom vanbuskirk

7:21 am on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

that would depend on your state. over here on the west coast,if its a gross misdemeanor,they deport them asap but are in jail untill then. if its a felony,they serve whatever the sentence is first then get sent back. this being a hit and run,with a fatality,is sure to be several felony charges. so its all on that states own laws. and from the way its worded in this article,as soon as court …   more ›

Waltham Man Pleads Not Guilty To Lying to Police

William Vasquez is charged with lying to authorities in the hit-and-run death of Scott Coxall.

The man charged with misleading authorities in the hit-and-run death of a Waltham man last year was released last week after pleading not guilty, according to WCAC-TV.  William Vasquez, 34, of Waltham, pleaded not guilty to making misleading statements to authorities during a Waltham District Court hearing on Oct. 17, according to WCAC-TV. Vasquez was ordered to surrender his passport as well.  Vasquez is the boyfriend of Blanca Contreras who is facing motor vehicle homicide charges for hitting and killing Scott Coxall the night before Thanksgiving of 2011. Vasquez originally told Waltham Police he was not driving the car that struck Coxall. In a March interview, however, he reversed his prior statements and told police he was driving the …

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Ryan Grannan-Doll

10:56 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012

It's ok Charles. Thanks for adjusting your comments.   more ›

Waltham Man Charged in Coxall Hit-And-Run Death

A Waltham man now claims he, and not his wife, was driving the car that struck and killed Scott Coxall.

The husband of the Waltham woman facing motor vehicle homicide charges has told police that he, and not his wife, was actually driving the car that struck and killed Scott Coxall in November of 2011, according to court records. Waltham Police have officially charged William Vasquez, 34, of 19 Mt. Pleasant St., with witness intimidation after he allgedly bullied his wife into telling police she was driving the car, according to a Sept. 24 Waltham Police report. Previously, Blanca Contreras's attorney had claimed that Vasquez was driving the car that killed Coxall in 2011. However, Vasquez was not formally charged by Waltham Police until Sept. 25, 2012.  According to the report, police, at the request of the Middlesex County District …

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Ryan Grannan-Doll

1:21 pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2012

A previous comment has been deleted because it accused somebody of something without evidence to back it up.   more ›