![]() ![]() Sheats’ blood-alcohol content reportedly registered at 0.292 percent, more than 31/2 times the legal limit, as he attempted to pilot his dad’s Dodge Durango through Longmont streets. The DUI charge - Sheats’ fifth - remains a misdemeanor punishable by up to 60 days in jail. His family’s anguish is compounded by the fact that prosecutors can’t charge Sheats with homicide in the death of the fetus, which is considered by law to be an extension of the mother and not a person until birth.īoulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett charged Sheats with several counts, including multiple felony charges of vehicular assault involving DUI and leaving the scene of an accident that caused serious bodily injury. “We don’t hate him, but somebody with that many DUIs? They should have taken more serious steps than have been taken.” I don’t know how to fight that,” Onley said. “We’re angry because with his past record, he shouldn’t have been on the road. He’s Surovik’s grandfather, mourning the loss of a fetus days from delivery and already given the name Brady Paul Surovik. Tim Onley is no legal expert or policymaker. The district attorney for Jefferson County, for instance, has banned plea deals for DUI offenders who drive on suspended licenses. His case has called into question policies, laws and sentencing practices that seem to turn repeat DUI offenders loose on Colorado streets. Sheats - who was found a mile away from the Longmont accident that injured Heather Surovik as he allegedly fled the scene - demonstrates the ticking-time-bomb nature of persistent DUI offenders, prosecutors say. ![]()
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