Passenger pleads no contest in Wisconsin hit-run that killed 3 Girl Scouts, chaperone Man grabbed wheel before driver hit group in November 2018.
By Chris Vetter of the Leader-Telegram Tribune News Service April 20, 2021 9:33am Text size Copy shortlink:
CHIPPEWA FALLS The passenger in a vehicle that struck and killed three Girl Scouts and a mother in November 2018 pleaded no contest Monday for his role in the crash.
John E. Stender, 24, of Eau Claire, pleaded no contest to harboring/aiding a felon-falsifying information in Chippewa County Court. A misdemeanor charge of intentionally abusing a hazardous substance was dismissed.
Stender was a passenger in a truck driven by Colten Treu, who st
CHIRS VETTER
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
CHIPPEWA FALLS â A Chippewa County judge rejected Colten R. Treu s request Wednesday to withdraw his pleas for causing a crash in November 2018 that killed three Girl Scouts and a mother.
Judge James Isaacson sentenced Colten R. Treu in March 2020 to serve 54 years in prison, after Treu had pleaded no contest to four counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and one count of hit and run, causing great bodily harm.
Treu, 24, of Chippewa Falls filed a request in January to withdraw his pleas in the matter.
Treuâs new attorney is Dennis Schertz of Hudson, who contends that Treu s original attorneys erroneously advised him that he could still appeal his denied request for a change of venue, even after entering a plea.