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Sarasota News Leader September 6, 2013 Page 16 Talman previously had been scheduled to go on trial the week of Sept. 9 or 16; however, the plea deal that was structured last month pre-empted that. In the meantime, he remains free on the same bond conditions he was placed under upon his release from the Sarasota County Jail on June 20, 2012. According to those terms, Talman must remain under house arrest with a GPS system allowing law enforcement officers to track his location at all times. He also was ordered not to consume alcohol or use drugs. Additionally, he has been required to wear a SCRAM device, which measures the amount of alcohol in a person's respiration, according to law enforcement officials. The tamper-resistant equipment fits around a defendant's ankle. After Talman was arrested at the scene of the January 2012 incident on Siesta Key's Midnight Pass Road, he was transported to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries and then placed in jail under $118,000 bond. Chen was running northbound on the sidewalk at a curve near St. Michael the Archangel Church when Talman — driving a 2000 Nissan Altima — struck her about 1:10 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2012, according to the Florida Highway Patrol report. At the time, the report said, Talman was fleeing from another vehicle crash that resulted in property damage. His vehicle "failed to negotiate the left curve in the roadway" near the church, the report adds. Then the Altima swerved onto the eastern shoulder of the road, struck a metal pole and continued northbound, hitting Chen, who died at the scene. The Sarasota County Justice Center, on Ringling Boulevard in Sarasota, is home to the State Attorney's Office. Photo by Rachel Hackney