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Dekalb County Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Hit-and-Run Death

By Conaway and Strickler

In a tragic story that illustrates the very real stakes that we all play with when we get behind the wheel of our cars, Craig Sumter, of Dekalb County, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian on Buford Highway. Sumter plead guilty to charges of vehicular homicide in the October 14th, 2007 death of Rebecca Jakubcin, 34. Rebecca was standing in a turn lane while walking home from dinner when she was struck by Sumter?s vehicle. Sumter fled the scene following the accident, but police quickly apprehended him at his nearby apartment. At the time of his arrest, officers maintain that he appeared intoxicated. This was not Sumter?s first run in with the law. In 2006 he plead guilty to reckless driving after a prior drunken driving arrest...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on June 27, 2008 (boomark / email).