APPLETON (WLUK) – Zachary Burr was convicted Tuesday in connection with the drunk driving crash which killed his motorcycle passenger. Sentencing is set for June 16.
Burr, 22, pleaded no contest to homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and to hit and run involving death for the early morning crash on Aug. 11 at Taylor and Depot streets in Kaukauna. Two other counts were dismissed. Arianna Stevens was killed.
The state will recommend 20 years in prison. However, if the defense decides to make a joint recommendation with prosecutors it would be for 15 years in prison, plus extended supervision in both scenarios, according to Assistant District Attorney Joshua Dryak.
“It appeared as though the motorcycle had been dumped and slid along the roadway into the north curb of Taylor St before striking a power pole, and continuing to slide to its resting place in the center of the road at the intersection of Taylor/Depot,” the complaint states…