Mancheski, answering questions from prosecutor Imran Ali,
admitted he was driving between 83 and 89 miles
per hour before the crash.
To which the judge responds:
Judge Mary Hann warned Mancheski that any additional
offenses before his Feb. 24 sentencing,
including driving a vehicle, could result in prison time.
Star Tribune
By Kevin Giles
November 17, 2011
A Maplewood man pleaded guilty Thursday to causing a collision that killed a Minnesota National Guard staff sergeant who was driving to work.
Anthony Lloyd Mancheski, 21, admitted in Washington County District Court that he was speeding in May 2010 when he lost control and struck Brian J. Jacobson's car.
Under the plea agreement with county prosecutors, Mancheski will spend up to a year in jail on a felony charge of criminal vehicular homicide.
He also will spend as long as 10 years on probation.
Since Jacobson's death, Mancheski has had speeding convictions, all petty misdemeanors, in Cottage Grove, Oakdale and Newport.
He was cited in Maplewood on Sept. 11 for fourth-degree drunken driving, a misdemeanor, after wrecking his car in an accident.
A person operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated can be charged and convicted of a Fourth Degree DWI in situations in which such an individual has no other driving while impaired violations within ten years before the current case. It appears reckless driving and killing someone is acceptable as long as one was not "driving while impaired."
On Thursday, Judge Mary Hann warned Mancheski that any additional offenses before his Feb. 24 sentencing, including driving a vehicle, could result in prison time.
Jacobson's car was "virtually destroyed" in the collision on Hwy. 61 just north of the Hastings Bridge, according to the criminal charges.
Mancheski, answering questions from prosecutor Imran Ali, admitted he was driving between 83 and 89 miles per hour before the crash.
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