Six years in prison for man accused of killing pedestrian
May 19, 2021
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) A Michigan man charged with causing the death of a pedestrian in Fargo will spend six years in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter and failing to report a fatal accident.
Twenty-nine-year-old David Torgenson was also given two years of probation Tuesday for the September death of 39-year-old Peter McKenney, who was originally from Minnesota, KVRR-TV reported. Authorities say McKenney was walking home from the grocery store when he was struck.
The Calumet, Michigan man will get 237 days of credit for time served.
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sheriff. awaiting charges of felony murder. police consider lowery extremely dangerous. and olympic blade runner oscar pistorius should have been charged with murder. that s what the prosecutors said today during an appeal hearing. the south african under house arrest after serving one year of a five year manslaughter sentence. pistorius found guilty shooting through a bathroom door and killing his model girlfriend reva steenkamp. pistorius claim he thought she was intruder. this is horrible. the tsa failing a round of secret tests of airport security. government watchdog telling congress that security at our nation s airports are simply missing. federal officers found problems with technology, procedures and human error at security checkpoints in our nation s airport. and monday night football getting political. two activists arrested after grappling from the upper deck bank of american stadium in charlotte. they were protesting natural gas fracking. they unfurled a sign urging
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