GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A man who smoked marijuana hours before a deadly traffic crash has pleaded no contest to homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle, with the drug-aspect of the charge changed.
Terence Cisler, 54, will be sentenced Aug. 24, court records show. The maximum penalty would be 10 years in the prison system.
Cisler had been charged with homicide by vehicle while using a controlled substance, but the count was amended at the plea hearing last Friday, according to court records.
The crash happened May 15, 2018, in the town of Eaton. Rodney Bosdeck, 57, was headed west on Highway 29 on his motorcycle when Cisler allegedly made a left turn in front of Bosdeck. That’s when the two crashed, causing Bosdeck to hit the passenger side of the vehicle. Officials said Bosdeck was not wearing a helmet.
According to the criminal complaint, Cisler told an officer he was on medication for his thyroid “and he was concerned because he had smoked marijuana” about eight hours before the crash.
However, “Terence did not appear to be impaired at this time, answering questions quickly and recalling the events prior to, during and after the crash,” the complaint says.
The motorcycle “came out of nowhere,” Cisler said, in describing the crash.
A blood test determined Cisler had marijuana in his system.
According to the charge, the allegation is that Cisler caused Bosdeck’s death “by the operation of a vehicle while having a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in his blood.” Unlike alcohol-related charges, no particular threshold or amount of drug is needed, as any presence of the drug can result in the original charge Cisler faced.
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