Ocala woman’s charge upgraded from DUI manslaughter to vehicular homicide in death of young mother

An Ocala woman who is accused of rear-ending and killing a young mother on Interstate 75 earlier this year has been re-arrested after her charges were upgraded from DUI manslaughter to vehicular homicide.

Melinda Yvonne Dillon, 35, was arrested on May 6 on a charge vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal accident on I-75 that claimed the life of 22-year-old Jasmine Brown.

After she was arrested on March 22, Dillon remained incarcerated until March 28, when Judge Steven Rogers denied the state’s request to keep her in custody until trial and, instead, granted a defense motion to set bond…

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