Friday, August 10, 2012

Another Statistic Regarding Abuse of Alcohol

Forty-nine year old Daniel Bending, formerly of Marengo, was sentenced to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the offenses of Driving with a Blood Alcohol Concentration of 0.08 or more, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Causing Death.

Bending was arrested after having struck 77-year old Leonard Anderson, a truck driver, as he crossed Route 20 on foot in Marengo on April 18, 2008. A blood test revealed that Bending’s blood alcohol concentration two and one-half hours after striking Leonard Anderson was still over the legal limit. Anderson survived the initial crash, but later succumbed to his injuries.

On June 18, 2012, a McHenry County Circuit Court jury found Bending guilty of the above-mentioned three offenses. The case was prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally, Robert Zalud, and Alexander Geocaris.

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