but Wilmington is still a "who you know" type of town. A few years ago, two boys were driving down Live Oak Parkway when the driver rolled his SUV throwing his best friend from the vehicle, killing him. These boys had been drinking at Cape Fear Country Club earlier and suspected of drinking downtown later on. What the driver got was a slap on the wrist and a suspended license. Conversely, on New Year's Eve that year, a drunk driver ran the blinking red light at the intersection of Shipyard and Independence hitting an off-duty Sheriff's deputy, who died a few days later. This driver got 3 years. Go figure!