StateofMinnesota DistrictCourt

CountyofHennepin 4thJudicialDistrict
ProsecutorFileNo. 17A04613
CourtFileNo. 27-CR-17-21485

StateofMinnesota, COMPLAINT
Plaintiff, Warrant
vs.
PATRICKJOHNHAYESDOB:05/04/1982
13885EdgewoodAve
Savage,MN55378
Defendant.

The Complainant submits this complaint to the Court and states that there is probable cause to believe
Defendantcommittedthefollowingoffense(s):
COUNTI
Charge:CriminalVehicularHomicide-OperateMotorVehicleinGrosslyNegligentManner
MinnesotaStatute:609.2112.1(a)(1),withreferenceto:609.2112.1(a)
MaximumSentence:10YEARSAND/OR$20,000
OffenseLevel:Felony
OffenseDate(onorabout):12/02/2016
Control#(ICR#):16410485
Charge Description: That on or about 12/2/2016, in Hennepin County, Minnesota, PATRICK JOHN
HAYES,didbyoperatingamotorvehicleinagrosslynegligentmanner,causethedeathofVictim1.
COUNTII
Charge:CriminalVehicularOperation-GreatBodilyHarm-GrossNegligence
MinnesotaStatute:609.2113.1(1),withreferenceto:609.2113.1
MaximumSentence:5YEARSAND/OR$10,000
OffenseLevel:Felony
OffenseDate(onorabout):12/02/2016
Control#(ICR#):16410485
Charge Description: That on or about 12/2/2016, in Hennepin County, Minnesota, PATRICK JOHN
HAYES did, by operating a motor vehicle in a grossly negligent manner, cause great bodily harm to Victim
2.
COUNTIII
Charge:CriminalVehicularHomicide-OperateMotorVehicleinGrosslyNegligentManner
MinnesotaStatute:609.2112.1(a)(1),withreferenceto:609.2112.1(a)
MaximumSentence:10YEARSAND/OR$20,000
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OffenseLevel:Felony
OffenseDate(onorabout):12/02/2016
Control#(ICR#):16410485
Charge Description: That on or about 12/2/2016, in Hennepin County, Minnesota, PATRICK JOHN
HAYES,didbyoperatingamotorvehicleinagrosslynegligentmanner,causethedeathofVictim3.
COUNTIV
Charge:CriminalVehicularOperation-GreatBodilyHarm-GrossNegligence
MinnesotaStatute:609.2113.1(1),withreferenceto:609.2113.1
MaximumSentence:5YEARSAND/OR$10,000
OffenseLevel:Felony
OffenseDate(onorabout):12/02/2016
Control#(ICR#):16410485
Charge Description: That on or about 12/2/2016, in Hennepin County, Minnesota, PATRICK JOHN
HAYES did, by operating a motor vehicle in a grossly negligent manner, cause great bodily harm to Victim
4.
COUNTV
Charge:CriminalVehicularHomicide-OperateMotorVehicleinGrosslyNegligentManner
MinnesotaStatute:609.2112.1(a)(1),withreferenceto:609.2112.1(a)
MaximumSentence:10YEARSAND/OR$20,000
OffenseLevel:Felony
OffenseDate(onorabout):12/02/2016
Control#(ICR#):16410485
Charge Description: That on or about 12/2/2016, in Hennepin County, Minnesota, PATRICK JOHN
HAYES,didbyoperatingamotorvehicleinagrosslynegligentmanner,causethedeathofVictim5.

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 STATEMENTOFPROBABLECAUSE

Complainanthasinvestigatedthefactsandcircumstancesofthisoffenseandbelievesthefollowing
establishesprobablecause:

OnoraboutDecember2,2016,atapproximately8:25p.m.,officersoftheMinnesotaStatePatrol
respondedtoareportofacarcrashthathadoccurredintheareaofInterstate494andHighway5in
HennepinCounty,Minnesota.

Uponarrival,lawenforcementfoundablue,JeepCherokeethathadbeenstruckbyatan,ChevyMalibu.
TherewereatotaloffivepeopleintheJeep.Alloftheseindividualswereeventuallyidentifiedreferredto
hereinafterasVictim1(born12/15/1965),Victim2(born11/3/1966),Victim3(born10/22/1992),Victim4
(born2/17/1998),andVictim5(9/6/2014).Thetan,ChevyMalibuwasdrivenbyPATRICKJOHNHAYES,
born5/4/1982anddefendantherein.

Whenlawenforcementarrivedatthescene,allofthevictimswereinjuredinsomemannerandonlylimited
statementswereobtained.Victim3reportedthattheyhadjustpickedupVictim4fromtheairportand
weredrivingherhome.

Victim1waspronounceddeadatthescenebytheemergencymedicalresponders.Victim2was
transportedtoHennepinCountyMedicalCenterwhereshewastreatedforherinjuries.Victim3was
transportedtotheHennepinCountyMedicalCenterwhereshediedasaresultofherinjuriesonDecember
2,2016.Victim4wastransportedtotheHennepinCountyMedicalCenterwhereshewastreatedforher
injuries.Victim5requiredCPRfromtheinitialresponders.Victim5wastransportedtotheUniversityof
MinnesotaMasonicChildrensHospital.Victim5eventuallydiedonDecember9,2016,asaresultofhis
injuries.

ThedefendantwastransportedtotheRegionsHospitalwherehewastreatedforhisinjuries.

StatePatrolwasabletoobtainvideosurveillanceofthecrash.ThedefendantsChevyisseentraveling
westboundon494.Thedefendantthenpullsovertotherightshoulderofthefreeway.Thedefendantturns
andheadseastboundeastofthe24thAvenueexit.Thedefendantcontinueseastboundinthewestbound
lanesof494.Meanwhile,thevictimsvehicleistravelingwestboundonHighway5enteringonto494.The
defendantsvehiclepassesseveralvehicles,appearstoaccelerate,andthencollideswiththevictims
vehicle.

Thefrontdriverssideofthedefendantsvehiclehitsthefrontdriverssideofthevictimsvehicle.Both
vehiclesspinaroundandstopinthewestboundlanesof494.

Surveillancevideofromtheairportshowsthevictimsloadinguptheirvehicleandenteringit.Victim1was
drivingthevehicle.Victim2wasthefrontpassenger.Victim3wasseatedintherear,driversside
passengerseat.Victim4wasseatedintherear,centerpassengerseat.Victim5wasseatedintherear,
passengerssidepassengerseat.

OfficersconductedaMirandainterviewwhilethedefendantwasstillbeingtreated.Thedefendant
indicatedthathecouldnotspeaksoofficersaskedhimyesornoquestionsandhadhimspelloutsomeof
hisanswers.Thedefendantindicatedthathewasnotunderanydoctorcareormentalhealthcareatthe
timeofthecrash.Thedefendantsaidhewaslostandthereasonhewasgoingthewrongwayonthe
freewaywasthathewasnotthinking.

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Thenursetendingtothedefendantindicatedthatthedefendanthadbeenspeakingtoherearlierthatday.

OnDecember15,2016,officersspokewiththedefendantsex-wife,Witnessherein.Contrarytowhatthe
defendanthadsaid,Witnessinformedofficersthatthedefendanthasahistoryofepilepticseizuresand
wasunderdailymedicationforit.Shestatedthatthedefendantwasstillabletomovewhenhehad
seizures,buthewoulddooddthings.Witnessstatedthatatonepointthedefendantjumpedoffabalcony
duringoneofhisseizures.WitnessstatedthedefendantwasapatientatNeurologicalAssociatesforhis
condition.Witnesssaidthedefendanthadstoppedbyherresidence(inWhiteBearLake)priortothe
crashonDecember2nd,2016.Shefiguredthedefendantwouldhavetaken694to494to169inorderto
gohome.

FurtherinvestigationrevealedthatthedefendanthadbeeninvolvedintwopriorcaraccidentsinMinnesota.
OnoraboutMarch17,2015,intheareaofSavage,witnessesreportedseeingthedefendantdriving
approximately90-100milesperhour.Thedefendantwasweavingthroughtrafficwhenhecollidedwith
anothercarandrolledhisownvehicle.Thedefendantthenfledonfoot.Thewitnessesapprehendedthe
defendantandbroughthimbacktothescene.Thedefendanttoldofficersthathelostcontrolofhisvehicle.

OnoraboutAugust17,2016,thedefendantcausedaneleven-vehiclecrash.Witnessesatthescene
describethedefendantasbeingoutofitimmediatelyafterthecrashandstillmanipulatingthesteering
wheelactinglikehewasdrivingdowntheroad.

FurtherinvestigationrevealedthatthedefendantwasinvolvedinacaraccidentonoraboutAugust26,
2014,inTexas.Thecrashreportindicatesthatthedefendantwentthroughanintersectionandhitabuilding
becausehesufferedaseizurewhiledriving.

AreviewofthedefendantsMinnesotadriverslicenseapplicationsforthelastfiveyearsshowsthatthe
defendantneverindicatedthathehadaconditionthatmayimpairhisabilitytosafelyoperateamotor
vehicleorthatheusesanymedicationthatcausealossofcontrol.

OnFebruary7,2017,officersreceivedareportfromtheMinnesotaBureauofCriminalApprehension
submittedareportfromablooddrawthatwastakenfromthedefendantafterthecrash.Thereport
indicatedthattheonlycontrolledsubstanceinthedefendantssystemwasmidazolam.

Thedefendantsmedicalrecordsindicatethatthedefendantwasgivenmidazolamatthesceneofthe
December2,2016,crashashewasobservedhavingaseizure.Thedefendantsmedicalrecordsfurther
indicatethathehashadaseizuredisordersincehewassixteenyearsoldandlastsawaneurologistdays
beforethecrash.

MedicalrecordsforVictim2indicatethatshewasdischargedonDecember20,2016.Victim2suffered
numerousinjuriesasaresultofthecrash.Victim2sufferedmultiplefracturestovariousbones.Victim2
hadtobeintubatedforseveraldays.OnthedayVictim2wasdischarged,shewasstillreceivingnutrition
viaafeedingtube.

MedicalRecordsfromVictim4indicatethatshewasdischargedonDecember23,2016.Victim4
sufferedextensiveinjuriesasaresultofthecrash.Victim4sufferedmultiplefracturestovariousbones.
Victim4alsosufferedalife-threateningaorticinjuryfromwhichmostpatientsdonotsurvive.

Thedefendantisnotincustody.

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 SIGNATURESANDAPPROVALS

ComplainantrequeststhatDefendant,subjecttobailorconditionsofrelease,be:
(1)arrestedorthatotherlawfulstepsbetakentoobtainDefendant'sappearanceincourtor
(2)detained,ifalreadyincustody,pendingfurtherproceedingsandthatsaidDefendantotherwise
bedealtwithaccordingtolaw.
Complainantdeclaresunderpenaltyofperjurythateverythingstatedinthisdocumentistrueand
correct.Minn.Stat.358.116Minn.R.Crim.P.2.01,subds.1,2.

Complainant EricZastrow ElectronicallySigned:

StateTrooper 08/29/201710:20AM
3489HadleyAveN WashingtonCounty,Minnesota
Oakdale,MN55128
Badge:85

Beingauthorizedtoprosecutetheoffensescharged,Iapprovethiscomplaint.

ProsecutingAttorney JohnMonnens ElectronicallySigned:

300S6thSt 08/29/201710:07AM
Minneapolis,MN55487
(612)348-5550

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 FINDINGOFPROBABLECAUSE
From the above sworn facts, and any supporting affidavits or supplemental sworn testimony, I, the Issuing Officer, have
determined that probable cause exists to support, subject to bail or conditions of release where applicable, Defendants arrest
or other lawful steps be taken to obtain Defendants appearance in court, or Defendants detention, if already in custody,
pendingfurtherproceedings.Defendantisthereforechargedwiththeabove-statedoffense(s).

SUMMONS
THEREFOREYOU,THEDEFENDANT,ARESUMMONEDtoappearon___________,_____at_____AM/PM
beforetheabove-namedcourtat300SSixthStreet,Minneapolis,MN55487toanswerthiscomplaint.

IFYOUFAILTOAPPEARinresponsetothisSUMMONS,aWARRANTFORYOURARRESTshallbeissued.

X WARRANT
To the Sheriff of the above-named county or other person authorized to execute this warrant: I order, in the name of the State
of Minnesota, that the Defendant be apprehended and arrested without delay and brought promptly before the court (if in
session), and if not, before a Judge or Judicial Officer of such court without unnecessary delay, and in any event not later than
36hoursafterthearrestorassoonassuchJudgeorJudicialOfficerisavailabletobedealtwithaccordingtolaw.

ExecuteinMNOnly X ExecuteNationwide ExecuteinBorderStates

ORDEROFDETENTION
Since the Defendant is already in custody, I order, subject to bail or conditions of release, that the Defendant continue to be
detainedpendingfurtherproceedings.

Bail:$500,000.00
ConditionsofRelease:

Thiscomplaint,dulysubscribedandsworntoorsignedunderpenaltyofperjury,isissuedbytheundersignedJudicialOfficer
asofthefollowingdate:August29,2017.

JudicialOfficer MelDickstein ElectronicallySigned:08/29/201711:08AM

DistrictCourtJudge

SworntestimonyhasbeengivenbeforetheJudicialOfficerbythefollowingwitnesses:

COUNTYOFHENNEPIN
STATEOFMINNESOTA

StateofMinnesota
Plaintiff LAWENFORCEMENTOFFICERRETURNOFSERVICE
IherebyCertifyandReturnthatIhaveservedacopyofthisWarrant
vs. upontheDefendanthereinnamed.
SignatureofAuthorizedServiceAgent:
PATRICKJOHNHAYES
Defendant