Trevor Scheel leaves a Brown County courtroom Jan. 4, 2024. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Trevor Scheel was sentenced Monday to six and a half years in prison for the drunken driving hit-and-run crash that killed a 73-year-old woman as she was crossing Mason Street.
Scheel, 24, previously pleaded no contest to hit and run causing death and homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle for the April 18, 2023 crash which killed Roselita Helms.
Scheel was also placed on extended supervision for six and a half years by Judge Tammy Jo Hock. The judge will require Scheel to have an ignition interlock device on his vehicle for five years.
After the crash on W. Mason Street and 16th Avenue witness described seeing a BMW go past him at a high rate of speed.
“(The witness) saw the car hit a female who was crossing the street, causing her to fly approximately 10 feet in the air and then strike the ground,” the complaint states. “(The witness) saw that the car did not attempt to brake, slow down, or stop before striking the woman.”
Scheel was arrested at Mason and Clay streets a short time after the crash.
“I was an alcoholic last year, almost four months being sober, and I went to the casino today and had two vodka red bulls,” the complaint quotes Scheel as saying.
A preliminary breath test revealed a blood alcohol level of .222, nearly three times the legal limit of. 08.
During the field sobriety test, Scheel repeatedly said “you got me I did it,” and later said “I killed someone.”
Helms’ husband told police his wife may have been crossing Mason Street to get to a mailbox.
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