9-18-13 —    Former Wayne County Assistant Attorney Rod Tejeda has entered a pretrial diversion agreement for a five-year period in exchange for a guilty plea to reckless homicide.

    The agreement was reached during a conference last week in Wayne Circuit Court, just days before Tejeda was scheduled to go to trial on a charge of murder.

    Tejeda was charged in connection with the April 2012 collision that resulted in the death of a local woman, Jerus Helen Neal.

    The accident occurred on Main Street near its intersection with young Street. Tejeda's trial was scheduled to begin this week.

    A number of stipulations are included in the pretrial agreement, which also included the signature of a member of the victim's family.

    The pretrial diversion will be supervised for the five year term. Probation and parole will conduct home visits during this time.

   Tejeda is required to obey all rules and regulations imposed by probation and parole officials. He cannot have access to a handgun or firearm, and he cannot drive for a period of two years.

    Tejeda must remain drug and alcohol free during this time. He will be subject to drug and alcohol testing at least twice per week, and once a month he will be subject to an unannounced home visit for drug 

and alcohol testing.

    The diversion agreement stipulates that Tejeda is not allowed anywhere that alcohol, drugs or controlled substances are available, and he is not allowed to be in the presence of anyone who possesses 

these substances.

    He must complete 19 hours of community service per month and provide that proof to probation and parole officials.

    If Tejeda fails to complete the terms of the pretrial diversion, the agreement notes that incarceration for a period of five years is recommended.

    If Tejeda successfully completes the terms of the pretrial diversion, the charge will be designated as dismissed-diverted.

    The case is set for review in September 2018, according to court 

documents.