Recovery Agent Charged In Death - Houston Update
Wearing a white T-shirt, gold chain, and khaki baseball cap with the Playboy bunny embroidered on it Alvin Corbello can’t explain what happened fast enough.
"There's not one day that goes by that I just can't believe Glenn's in jail for this," the 40-year-old said.
He is animated, talks with his hands, and speaks fast. Corbello says the last two weeks have been tough mentally after what he experienced.
His friend Glenn Lee Smith, 34, is charged with manslaughter and so far unable to post bond at the Harris County Jail.
Prosecutors believe Smith, a wrecker driver, ran over and killed a Cathy Deemer at a Baytown RV Park on June 23 while repossessing her car. According to the probable cause statement, Deemer’s estranged husband hired Smith to take Deemer’s car “to use as a bartering chip to force [Deemer] to give up possession of a recreational vehicle the husband also owned.”
"Yeah I thought everything was OK,” recalled Corbello. “I thought ‘good.’ Because when you're doing a repo it's kind of scary."
Corbello was also in Smith's tow truck that night. For the first time he told his story to 11News.
Though he heard Deemer yelling and chasing the wrecker, Corbello says he and Smith quickly lifted the vehicle, puts theirs in gear and left like they do for all repossessions.
As they pulled out on to the paved road from the gravel driveway the wrecker shifted, Corbello remembered, and the screaming stopped. He said he thought they had just picked up enough speed to outrun her screams. Corbello said neither man had any idea Deemer had been hurt.
"No! No, no, no. That's not in Glenn's nature and it's not mine either,” he stated emphatically.
Still, Smith faces a felony after initially denying he was involved.
"Even though he may have to do some jail out of this he doesn't deserve a bad title. A bad name. A bad title and he doesn't deserve a bad label to go with this because Glenn is not a bad guy," Corbello said of his friend.
For his part, Corbello isn't in trouble.
Though he can't clear Glenn Smith's name he insists the wrecker driver didn't hurt Deemer intentionally.
"There's not one day that goes by that I just can't believe Glenn's in jail for this," the 40-year-old said.
He is animated, talks with his hands, and speaks fast. Corbello says the last two weeks have been tough mentally after what he experienced.
His friend Glenn Lee Smith, 34, is charged with manslaughter and so far unable to post bond at the Harris County Jail.
Prosecutors believe Smith, a wrecker driver, ran over and killed a Cathy Deemer at a Baytown RV Park on June 23 while repossessing her car. According to the probable cause statement, Deemer’s estranged husband hired Smith to take Deemer’s car “to use as a bartering chip to force [Deemer] to give up possession of a recreational vehicle the husband also owned.”
"Yeah I thought everything was OK,” recalled Corbello. “I thought ‘good.’ Because when you're doing a repo it's kind of scary."
Corbello was also in Smith's tow truck that night. For the first time he told his story to 11News.
Though he heard Deemer yelling and chasing the wrecker, Corbello says he and Smith quickly lifted the vehicle, puts theirs in gear and left like they do for all repossessions.
As they pulled out on to the paved road from the gravel driveway the wrecker shifted, Corbello remembered, and the screaming stopped. He said he thought they had just picked up enough speed to outrun her screams. Corbello said neither man had any idea Deemer had been hurt.
"No! No, no, no. That's not in Glenn's nature and it's not mine either,” he stated emphatically.
Still, Smith faces a felony after initially denying he was involved.
"Even though he may have to do some jail out of this he doesn't deserve a bad title. A bad name. A bad title and he doesn't deserve a bad label to go with this because Glenn is not a bad guy," Corbello said of his friend.
For his part, Corbello isn't in trouble.
Though he can't clear Glenn Smith's name he insists the wrecker driver didn't hurt Deemer intentionally.
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