Thursday, March 10, 2016

Drunk driver gets up to 12 years for cop’s death in accident he wasn’t involved in

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Drunk driver gets up to 12 years for cop’s death in accident he wasn’t involved in

New York Post Wed, Mar 9 11:35 AM PST

A ​Long Island man was sentenced to up to 12 years in prison Wednesday ​for the DWI-related death of a Nassau County cop​ — even though he wasn’t ​driving the car that killed the officer.
​Police Officer Joseph Olivieri​ ​was re​​sponding to two crashes caused by James Ryan’s drunken​ driving, jurors found in January, when another driver slammed into Ryan’s car on the Long Island Expressway and then ​fatally ​​struck Olivieri.​​

​”​I want to say to the Olivieri ​f​amily, words don’t express how deeply sorry I am for your loss,” a​ choked-up Ryan told relatives of the officer in the courtroom. “And the officer was a very great man and I deeply regret he lost his life that night.”

Ryan’s teary-eyed parents sat behind him throughout the hour-long hearing. Under sentencing​ guidelines, he’ll serve a minimum of five years. The 29-year-old had faced up to 20 years in prison on the 10 counts ​on which ​he was convicted​.

http://nypost.com/2016/03/09/drunk-driver-gets-8-years-for-cops-death-during-dwi-rampage/