The lady involved in this pursuit was sentenced recently & I thought I would post the results. As far as I know, no police officers were disciplined in this case.
What do you think of the sentence length? Being a family member of the person who died, I would probably be happy. This is much longer than I had ever thought she would get.
I put both stories in because they each have some different information.
Woman sentenced in fatal collision
A Random Lake woman who caused a fatal collision at a Glendale intersection last year while fleeing police at speeds of up to 100 mph was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison.
Lara M. Strack, 25, led police on a chase through Washington, Ozaukee and Milwaukee counties in December before she hit a car broadside at N. Port Washington Road and W. Hampton Ave., fatally injuring Benjamin Fagan, 82, of Whitefish Bay.
Her attorney, Douglas Bihler, had sought three years in prison out of the possible sentence of 28 years for his client, but Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Elsa Lamelas found that punishment insufficient.
"It would be impossible to determine how many people Ms. Strack endangered by the recklessness of her conduct," Lamelas said.
Strack was ordered to pay Fagan's widow more than $28,000 in restitution for the wrecked car and funeral expenses.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/gen/jul05/343207.asp
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Random Lake Woman Sentenced After High-Speed Chase, Accident
POSTED: 8:18 pm CDT July 22, 2005
UPDATED: 11:25 am CDT July 23, 2005
Lara Strack, the Random Lake woman who led police on a deadly chase last year, was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison.
Strack killed 80-year-old Benjamin Fagan last December after she ran a red light at Port Washington Road and Hampton while evading police. Her SUV slammed into Fagan's vehicle.
A state investigator had recommended four to five years in prison, but the judge decided to sentence Strack to 15 years.
"If I could take back my mistakes, I would," said Strack. "If I could trade places with Mr. Fagan, I would. Lives were put in danger that day because I thought only of myself. I apologize to everyone involved."
Strack fled police after trying to pass a forged check. She was busted three times in the prior three months for bad checks and didn't want to go back to jail.
Her father told the judge his daughter was desperate, in an abusive marriage and pregnant with twins, which she miscarried in jail.
She will serve 15 years in prison, followed by five years of supervision.
Strack still faces forgery and bad check charges in two counties.
http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/n...47/detail.html