ST. ALBANS, Vt.—A judge says a Vermont man who went to prison for a fatal drunk driving wreck and was charged with DUI a month after getting out is a threat to public safety and can't be let out.
In court Monday, Vermont District Court Judge Gregory Rainville ordered 54-year-old Douglas Gardner of Highgate held without bail at his arraignment in St. Albans.
Vermont State Police say Gardner drove a car down an embankment Saturday in Highgate. He'd been released from prison April 14 after serving nearly 20 years for a 1990 crash that killed Billy LaBier III.
He faces charges that include drunken driving and aggravated operation of a motor vehicle without the owner's consent.
LaBier's mother, Pat LaBier, of Enosburg, says Gardener's arrest is "reliving 20 years ago all over again."
