OCONTO, WI (WTAQ) – The suspect involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash late last year has reached a plea deal just hours before he was to go on trial.
35-year-old Joseph Anderson pled no contest to a charge of homicide by negligent use of a motor vehicle, according to Oconto County Clerk of Courts Mike Hodkiewicz.
Anderson had been charged with a count of hit-and-run causing death. He’ll now face a maximum possible sentence of 10 years in prison, rather than 25, when he’s back in court September 16.
Anderson struck and killed 51-year-old George Birr on County Highway S on December 21. Anderson was arrested a few days later, after a tip from a friend.
