The Brief
- A federal court sentenced Derrick Thompson to 171 months, or about 14 years, for gun and drug crimes following a crash that killed five women in 2023.
- Thompson was already sentenced in Hennepin County Court to 59 years, and will likely spend 37 of them behind bars for crashing into five women and killing them in 2023.
- This latest sentencing is related to a handgun and drugs that were found in the vehicle Thompson was driving when he caused the crash.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A federal court has sentenced Derrick Thompson for gun and drug convictions years after he caused a crash that killed five women in Minneapolis.
Federal court sentences Derrick Thompson
By the numbers:
Thompson was sentenced to 171 months, or about 14 years, for gun and drug crimes in federal court.
He was sentenced to almost 59 years in Hennepin County Court last year and will likely spend 37 of those years behind bars.…