Two Harbors man sentenced in Midway Township crash that injured 5
The 36-year-old can avoid further jail time if he makes regular restitution payments to the victims, which include a former Hermantown police chief and his family. 6:17 pm, Apr. 15, 2021 ×
Two felony convictions will permanently remain on the record of a Two Harbors man who admitted to drinking before a hit-and-run crash that injured five people in Midway Township last summer.
Rodney Drake Scandin Jr., 36, was sentenced Thursday to six years of supervised probation, the terms of which may include annual jail time, for five counts of criminal vehicular operation stemming from the June 27 collision at Midway and Stark roads.
Two Harbors man reinstates guilty pleas in Midway Road crash that injured 5
The 36-year-old still won t face a prison sentence, but a new agreement could keep felony convictions on his record. 6:02 pm, Mar. 15, 2021 ×
A Two Harbors man pleaded guilty Monday for the second time in a hit-and-run crash that injured five people in Midway Township last summer.
Rodney Drake Scandin Jr., 36, agreed to reinstate his guilty pleas on five felony counts of criminal vehicular operation resulting in great bodily harm after the June 27 collision at Midway and Stark roads.
The renewed pleas, entered at a virtual hearing of State District Court in Duluth, came six weeks after a prosecutor backed out of a plea agreement that was criticized by the victims as being too lenient in light of the severe injuries they suffered.
While attorneys will revisit the plea agreement, there is still "essentially no possibility" that Rodney Scandin Jr. will go to prison for the crash that permanently altered the lives of a local family.