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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Shooting gets man five years in prison
DAYTON — A man who shot a Trotwood resident last year was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
Billy Joe Barrett, 23, pleaded guilty Dec. 29 to two counts of felonious assault and one count of possessing a weapon after a felony conviction.
Barrett was accused of shooting Ronnie Turner at Turner’s home on the 100 block of Morgan Avenue. Turner’s wounds were not life-threatening, police said.
Police said Turner was arguing with a young man who was dating his daughter when Barrett pulled the weapon. When Turner held out his right hand toward the gun, Barrett fired. The bullet passed through his hand then into his shoulder.
Barrett and three others fled the scene in a car, police said.
Barrett has an extensive criminal record, including a juvenile conviction when he was 14 for aggravated robbery, according to court records.
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Fatal crash by drunk driver leads to five year prison term
DAYTON — A Beavercreek woman who wrecked her car while driving drunk, killing one friend and seriously injuring another, was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
Felicia D. Burg, had pleaded guilty Dec. 15 to two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, two counts of aggravated vehicular assault and two counts of operating a vehicle under the influence. The five-year sentence given by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Frances E. McGee was part of the sentencing agreement.
Burg was driving a Chevrolet Impala at high speed about 3 a.m. Nov. 29, 2008, when she lost control on North Main Street, hit an RTA utility pole and caused her two passengers to be ejected, police said.
Cicely Shontee, 25, of Dayton, died at Miami Valley Hospital. Mykala Mercer, who survived, did not attending the hearing, but Mercer’s victim-impact statement was read by victim-witness advocate Neva Rohrer.
“I have lost a good job, a home and my walking,” Rohrer read. “I wake up every morning in pain. I don’t know what to do sometimes, so I cry.”
In the statement, Mercer wrote that she missed Shontee, but that she was longer angry at Burg.
“I forgive you,” Rohrer read. “I am very sorry this had to happen this way.”
McGee also ordered Burg to pay $5,100 in restitution to cover the cost of Shontee’s funeral, suspended her driver’s license for life, and fined her $10,000.
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Florida man who killed woman in traffic accident sentenced to 90 days in jail
HUBER HEIGHTS — Bryan Sacco, the former Wayne High School student convicted of killing a woman in a two-car accident, was sentenced to 90 days in the Montgomery County Jail on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
Sacco, 19, now living in Orlando, Fla., pleaded no contest Dec. 22, to vehicular homicide, a first-degree misdemeanor. County District Court Judge James Piergies who sentenced Sacco to 180 days, the maximum for a first-degree misdemeanor, but suspended 90. Deputies immediately took Sacco into custody.
Sacco was convicted of causing the death of Michele A. Meade, 42, in a two-car accident in April. Meade’s sister, Monica Littlejohn, gave a victim-impact statement to the court, calling her sister “generous in every way.”
Meade was an elementary school custodian who was beloved by the children who attended her school and the staff who worked with her, Littlejohn said.
“My pain is amplified by anger,” Littlejohn said, adding that Sacco “used the streets as his playground.”
In a soft voice, Sacco told Piergies that he took responsibility for Meade’s death.
“I’m really, truly and deeply sorry,” Sacco said. “I wish I could take it back.”
Defense attorney Jon Paul Rion told Piergies that an accident reconstruction expert that the defense had hired estimated that Sacco had been traveling 3 mph over the speed limit and had a bald tire. He also said that Meade might have survived had she been wearing a seat belt.
Piergies also fined Sacco $500, plus court costs.
“We will hope that you learn from this circumstance,” Piergies said.
Huber Heights police said Sacco was behind the wheel of a Roush special factory edition Mustang GT on April 14 when he ran a red light and collided with Meade’s compact Chevy Truck.
The crash happened about 3:15 p.m. at the intersection of southbound Brandt Pike (Ohio 201) and eastbound Executive Boulevard. Sacco, 18 at the time, was driving 45 to 60 mph in a posted speed limit zone of 35 mph, police said.
Investigators initially tried to secure a felony vehicular homicide charge against Sacco, but prosecutors approved a misdemeanor charge.
Sacco was arrested after the crash on a vehicular homicide charge, but was released while detectives investigated the crash. He moved to Orlando some time after the incident.
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