He was also ordered to write an apology to the victim’s family, participate in a community program to talk to kids about the dangers of drunk driving, …

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY — A man who pleaded guilty to causing a DUI crash that killed his long-time friend and roommate will not be spending any time in jail.

Frank Lazarin was sentenced to five years’ probation and will have to meet several court-ordered rules and conditions in the crash that killed 47-year-old Roger Daniels in Jan. 2013.A judge said in Friday’s sentencing that Lazarin will have to report to jail on weekends for six months, have his license suspended for 5 years and submit to random drug testing.

He was also ordered to write an apology to the victim’s family, participate in a community program to talk to kids about the dangers of drunk driving, and attend AA meetings.

Before learning his sentence, Lazarin offered an apology to the victim’s family.

“I’d like to say, first of all, that I’m so sorry for what has happened. And I’d like to apologize to his family and I’d like to say that I’m so sorry for the pain and the suffering that all of you have gone through. But you must know that I loved Roger deeply and with all my heart,” he said.

The victim’s family was shocked and upset that Lazarin did not get any jail time aside from the six months of weekends he has to serve. ….MORE

Sentence awaits Barrington Hills teen in fatal DUI … guilty in Cook County Circuit Court on Wednesday to two counts of aggravated DUI, according to …ROLLING MEADOWS – A 19-year-old Barrington Hills resident pleaded guilty in Cook County Circuit Court on Wednesday to two counts of aggravated DUI, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

 

A former Las Vegas strip club dancer accused of driving drunk in a crash that killed a father and injured his 2-year-old son pleaded guilty today to a …Dabbing tears from her eyes, a former Las Vegas strip club dancer pleaded guilty today to driving under the influence of alcohol during an accident that killed a man and fractured the skull of his 2-year-old son.

Shauna Miller’s plea came a week before her trial in Clark County District Court was scheduled to begin and more than a year after the crash in which James Joseph White, 33, was killed.

Through a deal offered by state prosecutors, Miller, who originally faced two felony counts of driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury or death, pleaded guilty instead to a single count.

Friends and family of Miller and White crowded Judge Valorie Vega’s courtroom at this morning’s hearing, their eyes welling as the defendant stood before them in a jail-issued jumpsuit and handcuffs.

White’s relatives said they were relieved Miller admitted to the crime, although they’re angry she did so more than a year after the wreck.

“It just seems like she could have not dragged it out for so long,” said Janice Lacey

GRAND LAKE, Colo. (CBS4) – The family of a man killed by a drunk driver in Grand Lake over the Fourth of July holiday last year got some resolution …

David Lee Correa was arrested by the California Highway Patrol, following a fatal collision with cyclist Barbara Lane Crowell on the morning of July 3.