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Saturday, June 11, 2016

19-year-old sentenced in Montgomery Co. crash that killed 2

WASHINGTON — A Montgomery County 19-year-old will spend four years behind bars for his role in a June 2015 crash that killed two Wootton High School graduates, and brought new legislation regarding underage drinking parties.

After an hourslong and emotional hearing, Samuel Ellis, a 19-year-old Gaithersburg resident, was sentenced to four years in a state prison — two years for each of the students who were killed in the crash that happened after the group attended a North Potomac underage drinking party. Another 16 years of prison time was suspended by the judge. In April, Ellis pleaded guilty to charges of vehicular manslaughter.

Ellis had been painted as a callous and selfish teen by the prosecutor, Assistant State’s Attorney Mark Anderson, who quoted a jailhouse conversation in which Ellis said, “If it weren’t for this bullsh**t, I’d be having a lit time at the beach.”

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Murder 2?

Felony manslaughter?

Or will it be, "Oops, he broke a little rule."

Kinda like Hillary did.

Two sets of laws....