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Old November 10th 15, 11:49 AM posted to pa.general, rec.autos.driving, sac.politics, alt.politics.democrats,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
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Default Father of unlicensed teen in fatal Pennsylvania crash gets prison term

A man was sentenced to up to 16 years in prison on Thursday for
letting his 15-year-old daughter drive his SUV, which she
crashed in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, killing three young
friends.

Michael Ware, 54, of Scarsdale, New York, pleaded guilty last
month to three counts of involuntary manslaughter as well as
three counts of reckless endangerment, one for each of the three
teens in the car who survived the 2014 crash, including his
daughter, Julia.

Ware, who had been free on bail, was taken into custody after he
was sentenced to 6-1/2 to 16 years in prison by Judge Raymond
Hamill in Wayne County Court of Common Pleas in Honesdale.

Ware had admitted to letting his daughter, who was not old
enough to have a driver's license, operate his Chevy Suburban
near his vacation home near Hamlin, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 30,
and then lying about it to the Pennsylvania State Police.

It was not the first time he had let her drive, prosecutors said.

"What's so troubling is not just that a young person ignored the
law, but that her parent did as well," Wayne County District
Attorney Janine Edwards said in a statement.

"Now there are three young lives lost, and six families forever
changed by one reckless and negligent father."

The three boys who died were classmates Cullen Keffer and Shamus
Digney, both 15 and from Holland, Pennsylvania, and Ryan Lesher,
also 15, of Churchville, Pennsylvania. They attended Council
Rock High School South outside Philadelphia. The teens were in
the Poconos because their parents vacationed there.

Julia Ware lives with her mother in Pleasantville, New York. She
was sentenced in May to perform community service, write letters
of apology to the three families, and pay $40,000 in
restitution. She was placed on probation until age 21.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...-pennsylvania-
driver-idUSKCN0QP1ZC20150820

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