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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Ind. Decisions - Fort Wayne lawyer gets 4 years on DWI
Dionne Waugh reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:
A judge sentenced a local attorney Monday to four years in prison for driving drunk and injuring a motorcyclist.Douglas O. Beerbower, 56, of the 4200 block of Winding Way Drive, was originally charged with criminal recklessness, operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury and being a habitual offender.
As part of a plea agreement, Beerbower pleaded guilty last month to the charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicating causing serious bodily injury. In return for his plea, prosecutors agreed to dismiss the other charges and recommend Beerbower serve no more than four years in prison.
Beerbower, who has three prior misdemeanor convictions for drunken driving, has been one of the in-house attorneys for Lincoln National Life Insurance for nearly 20 years.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 24, 2007 08:34 AM
Posted to Ind. Trial Ct. Decisions