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CONVICTED
September 22: Barry J. Tobin, 19, pleaded guilty
in St. Clair County Court to Aggravated DUI/Causing Death
and Reckless Homicide. The charges arise from a December 11,
2010 three vehicle crash. Tobin lost control of his vehicle
while travelling at a high rate of speed and struck a truck
head on driven by Richard Thornton of Belleville. Tobin’s
engine block detached from his car and was thrown into a car
driven by 33 year-old Sean Rose. Rose’s car caught fire and
he was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the
defendant‘s car, 21 year-old Damian Brendel, was ejected and
severely injured. A passenger in the truck suffered minor
injuries. Sentencing is scheduled for November 8, 2011.
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