Kinnickinnic Ave. & Morgan Ave. — Approximate Reported Intersection of Fatal Collision
A Milwaukee County judge has sentenced a man who was profiled as part of Wisconsin’s Most Wanted to seven years in prison for the 2023 crash that killed a 67-year-old jogger in St. Francis. Richard Heimann pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and possession of methamphetamine before the sentencing, closing out a case that included more than a year on the run and a second arrest earlier this year.
According to FOX6 News Milwaukee, St. Francis police were called to the intersection of Kinnickinnic and Morgan in June 2023 after a minivan struck a jogger. The victim, Gerard Jaszewski, was taken to a hospital and died days later. A separate account from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel placed the June 13 collision just before 9 a.m. in the 3500 block of South Kinnickinnic Avenue.
Driver Stayed at the Scene, Blood Test Told a Different Story
Heimann did not flee the crash site. He stayed at the scene and told police he had looked down at his cellphone before hitting the jogger, per the criminal complaint cited in the station’s report. He also admitted to drug use, and a subsequent blood test found methamphetamines and other drugs in his system, the same account notes…