Whitaker was sentenced to probation in the case. He also must pay a $150 fine.
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A 20-year-old man convicted in a fatal crash was arrested in April on an alcohol-related charge less than a month after he was arrested in an OVI crash.
Jesse Whitaker, 20, was arrested by University of Dayton police for alleged underage alcohol consumption.
The former Bellbrook High School student in 2012 crashed a pickup truck he was driving and killed three teen girls who were riding in his vehicle. He was 17 at the time. Speed, not alcohol, was a factor in the fatal crash that claimed his Bellbrook classmates, officials said.
Whitaker last year pleaded guilty in the fatal crash, and was sentenced to two years probation; 300 hours of community service; and his driver’s license was suspended until he is 21.
He was arrested March 17 in Beavercreek for alleged drunken driving after he crashed his vehicle into a guardrail on the ramp from west U.S. 35 to north Interstate 675, according to Beavercreek police. Neither he nor his passenger was hurt.
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