A Muskego man received an 18-year prison sentence for driving drunk and leaving his mother to die in a car crash.
Casey Yiannackopoulos was sentenced in Waukesha County Court as part of a plea deal. In exchange for pleading guilty, the judge determined the sentence.
Before the sentence was decided, video of the crash was played in court. Prosecutors say Yiannackopoulos stepped on the gas before crashing with his mother in the vehicle. In the video, people tell Yiannackopoulos that they called 911, and he can be heard saying he was running to get help.
“I’ll get some help,” Yiannackopoulos said.
Investigators say Yiannackopoulos and his mother were out drinking together and both were very intoxicated. While his mother died in the crashed car, police say he hid in a crawl space, where they later found him…