HALL COUNTY, Ga. — The Hall County Sheriff's Office has set up a fund to help a deputy who lost several members of his family in a car accident.
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Officials said some of Officer Larry Perry's family was traveling from Georgia to Jacksonville Friday night when their van was clipped by a speeding car, sending it into the median, where it was hit by a pickup truck.
Those who died were identified as Perry's ex-wife, Melissa L. Mitchell, 39; Miya Mitchell, 11; and Perry's 4-year-old twin sons, Christian and Keyshawn Perry, all of Lawrenceville. The others who died were Brenda Mitchell Edwards, 57, and Dhanja Mitchell, 16, both of Jacksonville.
Perry has been employed by the Sheriff's Office for about three years and is assigned to the Jail Division, said Hall County officials.
Anyone who would like to make a contribution to the Larry Perry Children's Memorial Fund can do so at any United Community Bank Branch, the Hall County Sheriff's Office Headquarters on Main Street, or at the Hall County Jail.
Meanwhile, Pedro Juan Ocacia Alcazar is charged with six counts of vehicular homicide in connection with the accident.
He's being held in the Nassau County Jail with bail set at $300,000.
Channel 2 Action News looked online and found documents indicating Alcazar's has an extensive criminal record.
Police in two north Florida counties have arrested Alcazar more than a dozen times since the early 1990s. Alcazar has been arrested on charges ranging from unsafe driving and driving on a suspended license to battery and drug charges.
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