Fort Thompson Man Sentenced for Pedestrian Death



    RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A 20-year-old Fort Thompson man who
authorities say was driving drunk when his vehicle struck a
pedestrian will spend 18 months in federal custody.
     Austin P. Abernathy pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for
the December 2010 incident that killed a man walking on Pomani Road
in Fort Thompson.
     Abernathy will spend 18 months in prison followed by three years of
supervised release.
    
    
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 AP-NY-02-12-12 0935EST
 


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