DUI Suspect Has No More Smile After New Manslaughter Charge

Angenette Welk's first booking photo made headlines but she's no longer smiling
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted May 21, 2018 6:00 PM CDT
DUI Suspect Has No More Smile After New Manslaughter Charge
Angenette Welk before and after manslaughter charges   (Marion County Sheriff's Office via AP)

A Florida woman who flashed a big grin in a mugshot following a car crash and DUI arrest now faces a new charge and prison time after a crash victim died, the AP reports. News outlets report 44-year-old Angenette Marie Welk didn't smile when a new mugshot was taken Saturday at the Marion County Jail in Ocala. Authorities say 60-year-old Sandra Clarkston died May 14, four days after the three-vehicle crash. The Florida Highway Patrol initially charged Welk with DUI with serious bodily injury. The DUI manslaughter charge carries mandatory prison time. The smiling mugshot angered Clarkston's family, who said they're glad Welk has been re-arrested. Attorney Stacy Youmans told the Ocala StarBanner that Welk is "a good-hearted person, a wife, mother and friend who is devastated by what happened." (More DUI stories.)

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