Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Carthage man sentenced to seven years for DWI crash that killed 19-year-old


Judge Jacob Skouby sentenced Joseph Hill, 21, Carthage, to seven years in prison Monday during a hearing in Newton County Circuit Court.

Hill pleaded guilty in October to driving while intoxicated resulting in the death of another in connection with the July 16, 2022 crash at 5400 Riverside Drive that claimed the life of a passenger, Keenan Reed, 19, Carthage.

Hill will be given credit for time served, according to online court records.




8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Drink and Drive and Pay the Price, the Problem is Keenan Reed's Family will never have another opportunity to have them in their lives again.

Anonymous said...

It’s about time good riddance he’s been robbing and stealing from folks ever since this accident anyways. 7 years isn’t enough!!

Anonymous said...

He didn’t shoot him just was a day they were drinking and crashed wasn’t on purpose

Anonymous said...

Killing is killing no way around it. He killed Keenan when he decided to get behind the wheel knowing he was not sober enough to drive.

Anonymous said...

Isn't that what all Alcoholic / DWI Drivers - Say- "I didn't mean to Kill the other Party - It wasn't on Purpose". That could have been one of your Family Members or Friends - Killed, but it wasn't on Purpose. Is that Acceptable???

Anonymous said...

First killed his sister now killed his best friend and robs people every chance he gets. 7 years is crazy needs to be atleast 15

Anonymous said...

People are so ignorant though. Trust me, I’ve been on both sides of this story, and I can promise you there is no greater guilt than knowing you took a life. He plead guilty rather than taking it to trial to try and fight it so at least he’s accepting the consequences of his actions. I know the family is going thru a lot more pain, but now this young man whose only 21 has to spend the next 7 years in life, spending every single day alone in his thoughts to think about what he did. And that’s punishment enough for anyone. I could be wrong, but I’m gonna assume that you’re white and that if this was also a white kid, you wouldn’t feel so harshly against him for making one mistake that anyone of us could easily make.

Anonymous said...

Max is 10. If you have a problem with that, tell your legislators