Goose
Well-known Member
The following should be a wakeup call for anyone who feels the urge to drive after drinking.
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A Nebraska man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for a drunken crash that killed four motorcyclists in western Iowa.
The sentence for 22-year-old Andrew Schlichtemeier, of Murray, Neb., was in keeping with a plea deal he accepted last month in Harrison County District Court. He pleaded guilty to four counts of vehicular homicide.
Iowa authorities say Schlichtemeier drunkenly swerved into oncoming traffic on Aug. 9 near Little Sioux. Prosecutors say Schlichtemeier had a blood-alcohol level more than four times the state's legal limit of 0.08 percent.
The victims were returning from the annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, S.D. They were Dennis Chaney and Dale Aspedon, both of Glenwood, Steven Benscoter of Pacific Junction and Jay Bock of Omaha, Neb.
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It proves that actions do have consequences. As an announcer on KFAB, Omaha, put it, "It was his choice. No one held him down, forced his mouth open, and poured booze down his throat".
And this kid wasn't a loser. He was a bright, intelligent, educated young man with a great future.
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A Nebraska man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for a drunken crash that killed four motorcyclists in western Iowa.
The sentence for 22-year-old Andrew Schlichtemeier, of Murray, Neb., was in keeping with a plea deal he accepted last month in Harrison County District Court. He pleaded guilty to four counts of vehicular homicide.
Iowa authorities say Schlichtemeier drunkenly swerved into oncoming traffic on Aug. 9 near Little Sioux. Prosecutors say Schlichtemeier had a blood-alcohol level more than four times the state's legal limit of 0.08 percent.
The victims were returning from the annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, S.D. They were Dennis Chaney and Dale Aspedon, both of Glenwood, Steven Benscoter of Pacific Junction and Jay Bock of Omaha, Neb.
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It proves that actions do have consequences. As an announcer on KFAB, Omaha, put it, "It was his choice. No one held him down, forced his mouth open, and poured booze down his throat".
And this kid wasn't a loser. He was a bright, intelligent, educated young man with a great future.