Solomon Neuhardt Attorney At Law

The mother of a man of the Round Lake Beach who was dragged to death on January, 8, filed a $25 million wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday, February 5, against a woman of an Antioch Township.

Loretta Moriarty, mother of Brian Boatright, is seeking damages in Lake County Circuit Court from Lori Michelsen, the ex-girlfriend of Brian Boatright. Mr. Boatright was dragged nearly a mile under Ms. Michelsen’s car after an argument January 8.

According to the police report, Lori Michelsen and Brian Boatright were drinking and arguing in her white Volvo station wagon in the Big Lots parking lot in Round Lake Beach. When Mr. Boatright got out of the car, Ms. Michelsen ran over him, witnesses at the scene said. Mr. Boatright was dragged to death.

Brad Balke, attorney for Loretta Moriarty, is seeking damages for pain and anguish and the suffering of all who depended on him for support

Lori Michelsen, 49, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated drunk driving in bond court on January 12. She has pending charges for bad checks and resisting arrest. In 1997, she was convicted of a misdemeanor DUI offense.

According to authorities, a 20-year-old woman is sentenced on Thursday, March 27, to four years in prison for killing a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor in a crash with a vehicle operating while intoxicated.

Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan sentenced Samantha Young of Mount Horeb on Thursday in the June 27 death of 56-year-old Paula Poorman on Interstate 39-90 near Edgerton.

Doug McLean, Assistant District Attorney, said that Ms. Young was driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.20% and cocaine in her system, at a speed close to 120 mph, when she crashed into the back of professor Poorman’s car.

According to court documents, Lisa Green appeared before a judge Thursday morning, January 24, facing two counts of DUI causing serious bodily injury and one count of DUI manslaughter.

The police report said that Lisa Green, 43, got drunk and drove her Mitsubishi off the road at I-95 and Bay meadows just days before Thanksgiving. Three men were working surveying in the area and Green plowed into them.

Mike McAndrews was killed. Two other men were injured critically and hospitalized for long period of time.

Ms. Green has three other DUI charges, driving with a suspended license. She has also been charged with fleeing police.

Authorities said that cottonwood jury convicted Kenneth Lamar McDaniel, 34, of Cottonwood, on three felony counts of manslaughter for his involvement in a two-vehicle crash that killed his 31-year-old wife, Lisa McDaniel, his 10-year-old son, Johnny McDaniel and his son’s friend, 9-year-old Caleb Wise. He was also convicted of assault for the injuries of his stepdaughter, Nicole Sheffield.

Butch Binford, the prosecutor, charged Kenneth Lamar McDaniel, 34, of Cottonwood, for his involvement in a two-vehicle crash that killed his 31-year-old wife, Lisa McDaniel, his 10-year-old son, Johnny McDaniel and his son’s friend, 9-year-old Caleb Wise.

The prosecutor, Butch Binford, argued that McDaniel was under the influence of alcohol during the crash, and that his judgement was impaired when he pulled the family SUV out in front of a tractor trailer. Testimony during the trial showed that McDaniel had a blood alcohol content of .055 an hour after the crash.

Testimony during the trial showed that Miss Nicole Sheffield suffered a concussion that bruised her brain stem, and left her unconscious for two weeks after the crash. McDaniel was convicted of assault for the injuries Sheffield suffered in the accident.

The jury convicted Kenneth Lamar McDaniel on three felony counts of manslaughter for his involvement in a two-vehicle crash that killed his wife, son and his son’s friend. After deliberating for two hours, the jury also found him guilty of felony second-degree assault.

According to the police report, the crash happened on U.S. 231 South near Madrid as McDaniel drove his family to their Cottonwood home around 8 p.m. on June 7, 2006. The only other survivor in the crash was McDaniel’s stepdaughter, Nicole Sheffield, who was 14 at the time of the wreck.

Circuit Court Judge Ed Jackson will sentence McDaniel on March 4.

Binford said McDaniel would likely face 20 to 99 years in prison or a life sentence for each manslaughter conviction, and 15 to 99 years or a life sentence for the assault conviction because of his previous criminal history.

McDaniel was convicted in 1993 of four felony counts of unlawful breaking and entering into a motor vehicle, Binford said.

Officials said that a judge has sent an eastern Illinois man to prison for 14 years for driving drunk in an accident that killed his two children.

Vermilion County Circuit Judge Claudia Anderson gave 32-year-old Keith Heer of Ogden the maximum allowable sentence in court Tuesday, January 15 after Keith Heer pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence.

Police said that on June 22 Keith Heer drank at least six beers on the birthday of his 1-year-old son, Hunter and was driving about 90 miles an hour on a country road with his children, 2-year-old Genevieve and 1-year-old Hunter. He lost control of his vehicle and drove into a bridge guard rail.

Both children were killed.

His blood-alcohol level was more than double the legal limit.

Authorities said that a 46-year-old Anderson man was arraigned Monday, January 14, on felony charges for allegedly causing the crash that led to his brother’s death.

Steven W. Vibbert, 46, was driving a 1994 Escort westbound on Indiana 236 when he rear-ended a 2006 F-150 pickup that had stopped at the intersection of Indiana 236 and County Road 300 East around 6:45 p.m. on December 6.

Jesse Vibbert, 53, was a front-seat passenger in the Escort He was taken to Saint John’s Medical Center from the scene. When hospital officials learned that he broke multiple bones in his neck, he was transferred by helicopter to Methodist in Indianapolis. He also suffered a broken leg.

Jesse Vibbert died at Methodist Hospital on December 23.

Steven Vibbert suffered non-life threatening injuries in the crash and was also taken to Saint John’s Medical Center. A breath test revealed his blood-alcohol content was 0.11 percent, higher than Indiana’s limit to legally drive, 0.08 percent.

Steven Vibbert is charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, causing death when operating a vehicle while intoxicated, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated as a misdemeanor

Steven Vibbert made an initial appearance in Madison Superior Court 1 on charges of causing death when operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

Deputy Prosecutor Rudolph Pyle III said that Steven Vibbert was convicted through Anderson City Court in February 2006 of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

A confessed methamphetamines addict will go to jail for killing a Zionsville doctor and two of his friends. The 25-year-old man plowed into seven motorcycle riders, only four people survived.

The accident happened on last October when Rodney Newkirk, high on methamphetamines, plowed into a group of seven motorcyclists and killed Zionsville doctor Robert Brooksby, Michael Bird and Maria Shipley.

One month after Newkirk killed the motorcyclists, police found him driving intoxicated while out on bail.

Rodney Newkirk was sentenced 50 plus years for the deaths of three motorcyclists. The judge ordered Newkirk to pay $41,000 in restitution. He also loses his drivers license for 15 years and faces long-term home detention.

A Benton Harbor man was killed Wednesday night, January 16, when the car he was a passenger in slammed into a tree on Ogden Street.

According to the Benton Harbor Police, a man with three passengers in the car hit the tree about 10 p.m. Wednesday night.

The passenger in the front seat was killed at the scene.

The driver has been taken to the Benton Harbor jail where charges including DUI are pending.

The names are not released.

Authorities said that a 46-year-old Anderson man was arraigned Monday, January 14, on felony charges for allegedly causing the crash that led to his brother’s death.

Steven W. Vibbert, 46, was driving a 1994 Escort westbound on Indiana 236 when he rear-ended a 2006 F-150 pickup that had stopped at the intersection of Indiana 236 and County Road 300 East around 6:45 p.m. on December 6.

Jesse Vibbert, 53, was a front-seat passenger in the Escort He was taken to Saint John’s Medical Center from the scene. When hospital officials learned that he broke multiple bones in his neck, he was transferred by helicopter to Methodist in Indianapolis. He also suffered a broken leg.

Jesse Vibbert died at Methodist Hospital on December 23.

Steven Vibbert suffered non-life threatening injuries in the crash and was also taken to Saint John’s Medical Center. A breath test revealed his blood-alcohol content was 0.11 percent, higher than Indiana’s limit to legally drive, 0.08 percent.

Steven Vibbert is charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, causing death when operating a vehicle while intoxicated, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated as a misdemeanor

Steven Vibbert made an initial appearance in Madison Superior Court 1 on charges of causing death when operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

Deputy Prosecutor Rudolph Pyle III said that Steven Vibbert was convicted through Anderson City Court in February 2006 of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

A Benton Harbor man was killed Wednesday night, January 16, when the car he was a passenger in slammed into a tree on Ogden Street.

According to the Benton Harbor Police, a man with three passengers in the car hit the tree about 10 p.m. Wednesday night.

The passenger in the front seat was killed at the scene.

The driver has been taken to the Benton Harbor jail where charges including DUI are pending.

The names are not released.