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Bradford Meeks sentenced in DUI crash that killed Cullman teen Curtis Wilson

Meeks was found guilty of several charges in a 2017 DUI crash.

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PREPARED FOR. BREAKING TONIGHT FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE CULLMAN TRIBUNE, BRAD MEEKS, THE MAN CONVICTED OF CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE, THIRD DEGREE ASSAULT, AND DUI WAS SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A DEADLY CRASH THAT KILLED A 15-YEAR-OLD CULLMAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND HURT HIS MOTHER. GUY: THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED MAY 2017 ON COUNTY ROAD 222 IN FRONT OF VAN’S SPORTING GOODS. MEEKS FACED A CHARGE OF RECKLESS MURDER, A CLASS-A FELONY, WHICH COULD’VE CARRIED UP TO A LIFE SENTENCE. UNDER THE LAW, JURORS CAN CONSIDER CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER AND CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE IN CASES IN WHICH RECKLESS MURDER IS CHARGED. WVTM 13’S LISA CRANE WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT,

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A Cullman County judge sentenced Bradford Meeks to 12 years in prison in the death of 15-year-old high school student Curtis Wilson, and the injury of his mother Ashley Wilson in a head-on crash.Judge Gregory Nicholas conducted a virtual hearing Tuesday in which he imposed sentences of 10 years for criminally negligent homicide involving DUI, 12 months for third-degree assault, and 12 months for DUI. Each sentence is the maximum possible sentence and time will be served consecutively.Meeks, 29, was found guilty in January of those charges for the 2017 DUI crash near 2045 County Road 222. RELATED STORY

CULLMAN COUNTY, Ala. —
A Cullman County judge sentenced Bradford Meeks to 12 years in prison in the death of 15-year-old high school student Curtis Wilson, and the injury of his mother Ashley Wilson in a head-on crash.

Judge Gregory Nicholas conducted a virtual hearing Tuesday in which he imposed sentences of 10 years for criminally negligent homicide involving DUI, 12 months for third-degree assault, and 12 months for DUI. Each sentence is the maximum possible sentence and time will be served consecutively.

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Meeks, 29, was found guilty in January of those charges for the 2017 DUI crash near 2045 County Road 222.

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