The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that a 29-year-old Saginaw man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $10,000 for the May 2008 drunken-driving death of a Central Texas man on Interstate 35 in Waco.
Jason Lang Modgling, who pleaded guilty on Wednesday to intoxication manslaughter, was sentenced in the death of Adam Martinzez Jr.
Modgling said that he had started driving to Saginaw from a work site in College Station after having had seven or eight beers with his work crew.
Modgling had asked the jury to sentence him to probation, but the jurors rejected his request and sentenced him to prison.
-- Lance Murray
Ten years is not enough and the fine will never be paid.
Posted by: Justice Monger | May 08, 2009 at 01:35 PM
the post did not give the whole story read into the whole story before you make such a off the wall comment and why do you care if the fine is paid are you paying it? How excacly doe it effect you?
Posted by: concerned | May 08, 2009 at 02:25 PM
OK, what was in the "whole story" that would cause me to change my mind? I REREAD the story and still stand by my first comment.
By the way, you should go back to grammar school and learn how to write, spell, and punctuate -- and then reread your own post -- before you enter another comment.
I repeat: TEN YEARS IS NOT ENOUGH AND THE FINE WILL NEVER BE PAID.
Posted by: Justice Monger | May 09, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Not stiff enough penalty for causing some
one's death due to plain stupidity.
Posted by: Job | May 09, 2009 at 01:14 PM
I'm truly sad for the death of the other person, but there is alot of loop wholes in the entire story...And know one knows what exactly happened that night except the people that were involved. There was NO proven evidence of Jason Modgling being the one that caused, or did anything and there is only one true judge and Last I checked, it was god... There alot of innocent people behind bars, due to just theories that affect there lives.. Thats the true sad truth in the matter.
Posted by: Stormy Boyd (modgling) | May 09, 2009 at 01:49 PM
If he plead guilty, Modgling MUST admit he did it, was wholly responsible for it, and that it was no one else's fault but his.
Posted by: Robby Moore, Ft. Worth | May 10, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Stormy,
You sat through the trial, as did I and there is PLENTY of evidence that proves that Jason hit Adam. The DPS officers are trained in this field, and they are not just going to assume who hit who. They have PROVEN theories. I know that you are hurting that Jason was sent to jail. Our family is hurting for you. But we are hurting also. Adam is gone, he will never be home. Enough is enough. Drop it, let it be, the facts came out at the trial. It's over. Now is time for the healing to begin.
Posted by: Ashley Gonzalez | May 12, 2009 at 01:03 PM
i just want to say something to these ppl making rude comments jason is my brother as well and you know what the other guy was drinking as well but this says nothing about that im sorry for the lose of the other driver i honestly am and my prayers go out to his family but our family is suffering to two ppl made mistakes that night and this also says nothing about tbhe other driver not wearing a seatbelt now does it so all you ppl making rude comments save it u can have your opinion but u dont know my brother he is human and made a mistake he didnt mean to cause anyone any harm and he pays for his mistake everyday so stop bashing my brother for something that you know nothing about every artical that i have read has a diffrent story and like my sister said the only ones who know what happened where the ones in it and god
Posted by: wendy | May 13, 2009 at 06:56 AM
All of you need to stop fighting about this and grow up.Whats done is done there is nothing that anyone of us can say that will change anything that happened.A terrible thing happened that night and thats something we can all agree on.Jason is my brother as well and I love him to death and he is doing the time for what he did.If anyone disagrees in the sentencing get over it because it was a fair trial!Do you people not understand that every single person in this world makes mistakes no one is perfect.My brother may had only been sentenced 10 years but do you understand that he has to live the rest of his life remembering that night.I am not taking any sides by no means. MY BROTHER IS NOT A BAD MAN he is a 29 year old man who has a son and family who love him very much. This has all changed his life greatly.Its so easy to judge a person you have never met!Does it help you sleep better at night?Now if you were a judge or THE JUDGE that did this trial then maybe someone would listen to what you have to say!But your not so why dont you let our families have our time to deal with whats going on. There are thousands of people every single day who drink and drive. I gurantee you half of you making your judgmental comments have driven while intoxicated. That would make you a hipocrit, the only difference is that an accident did occur and we are trying to deal with this like civil human beings.Because you know thats what adults do.We FORGIVE and move on with our lives.Are hearts go out to Adams family we are very sorry for your lose we can not stretch that enough!
Posted by: Kimberly Modgling | May 18, 2009 at 07:15 AM
I KNOW THAT BOTH DRIVERS MADE MISTAKES AND I KNOW THAT EVERY BODY IS HEARTBROKE BOUT THE WHOLE SITUATION !!BUT I WILL SAY THIS I READ ANOTHER COMMENT THAT DID MAKE SINCE! IS THAT THEY SAID. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT MADE SINCE REAL SINCE . THAT IF ADAM HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING CAUSE ONE HE WAS NOT ABOVE AGE AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AND IF ADAM WOULD HAVE BEEN WEARING HIS SEAT BELT HE WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY! AND I BET IF JASON WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WEARING HIS HE WOULD BE IN THE HOSPITAL OR WORST ON THE GROUND .. SO I THINK THAT ADAM MADE THE WORST DECISIONS ABOUT THAT NITE AND THEY ALSO MADE ANOTHER COMMENT THAT GOD DOES MAKE DECISIONS AND THERE FOR A REASON . SO I THINK THAT THEY ARE RITE JASON DIDNT DO NOTHING WRONG EXCEPT FOR DRINK AND DRIVE . JASON WORE HIS SEAT BELT AND JASON WAS ABOVE THE DRINKING AGE . DONT NOBODY KNOW HOW THE ROAD RAGE STARTED AND CANT NOBODY SAY JASON WAS THE ONE THAT HIT HIM FIRST . ADAM IS NOT HERE TO TELL HIS SIDE OF THE STORY . I KNOW THAT JJ WILL MISS HIS DADDY AND HOPE THAT JASON WILL BEE OUT SOON . WE ALL REALLY MISS HIM LIKE CRAZY ! I KNOW THAT WEN HE DOES GET OUT WE WILL ALL BE AT PIECE!!JASON ALWAYS PUT A SMILE ON EVERYBODYS FACE AND WAS ALWAYS THE ONE TO MAKE FUN I USED TO LIVE WITH HIM AND I KNOW THAT HE WOULD NEVER PUPOSLY CAUSE HARM TO ANYBODYS LIFE !! JASON IS A ANGEL FORM ABOVE AND IS ALWAYS A HAPPY MAN !!!! THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY !!! WE MISS U JASON
Posted by: DONT JUDGE AND U WILL NOT BE JUDGED !!!! | May 24, 2009 at 04:52 PM
Drinking and driving just never mix
Posted by: paintball sniper | August 02, 2009 at 04:47 PM