Gregory Fulling, the man accused of driving the wrong way down the Glenn Highway while under the influence and slamming into an Anchorage police officer head-on last September, is about to go to rehab.
Fulling, still wearing a neck brace, made an appearance in an Anchorage courtroom Friday for a bail hearing.
Judge Jack Smith reduced part of Fulling’s bail, based on performance, from $10,000 to $1,000. He kept Fulling’s appearance bail at $10,000.
Smith is also allowing Fulling to start attending an alcohol rehabilitation program at SARP, a Salvation Army in-patient program in Anchorage.
Officer Randy Hughes, still on crutches and recovering from his injuries, was also in the courtroom watching the hearing with his family.
Hughes says he is doing better, but is in pain from the pelvic and leg injuries he suffered in the Sept. 23 crash.
He says he’s looking forward to returning to his job at APD and hopes Fulling will turn his life around.
"I definitely have hopes that he'll have a very productive future," said Hughes, "I always hope for the best for anybody that I deal with."
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