Drunken driver who had skipped hearing gets 50 years in fatal crash

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — A D.C. man who sparked a manhunt after failing to show up to his first sentencing hearing for a fatal drunken driving crash has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Before his first sentencing hearing on May 12, Kenneth Kelley, 27, was out on bond. When the day came to receive his punishment after pleading guilty, he was a no-show.

Kelley was supposed to have a GPS monitoring device on at the time, but for unknown reasons it either didn’t work or was removed.

He disappeared for several days before a tip led police to his location at a Suitland, Maryland, hotel.

On Friday, Kelley — dressed in an orange jumpsuit — was escorted into the courtroom by Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office deputies.

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