Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Eric Joseph Coleman Alleged Drunk Snowmobile Driver Hits Icehouse

Eric Joseph Coleman Alleged Drunk Snowmobile Driver Hits Icehouse --- ===

February 2, 2018 Eric Joseph Coleman Alleged Drunk Snowmobile Driver Hits Icehouse Snowmobile driver is accused of driving drunk and accidentally hitting a pickup truck, dragging an 8 year old boy Alan Geisenkoetter Jr then hitting the father Alan Geisenkoetter, 43, who was setting up an ice fishing house. He was going extremely fast in a very crowded area, in an area where families fish, The boy died the following wednesday. Coleman was facing criminal vehicular operation and drunken driving now vehicle homicide charges. His license has been revoked three times in the past for alcohol-related incidents,  He was already facing charges in an alcohol-related traffic wreck in Anoka in November. Suspect is white.  Colman was convicted of third-degree murder in the drunken snowmobile crash (2) Coleman was sentenced to serve 12 1/2 years in prison , and  must serve two-thirds of his sentence behind bars.“I just truly believe it’s time to move on and recover and heal from this. I just ask for forgiveness. I’m terribly sorry. That’s all I have,” Coleman said in court.  (1)

Alternative theory: There is no evidence that he got drunk to hide that he deliberately crashed into people in his snowmobile.

*Footnotes

  1. Snowmobiler sentenced to prison for crash that killed boy | kare11.com  ttps://www.kare11.com/.../snowmobiler-sentenced...killed-boy/89-57f1c6ad-52b2-4... 2/7/2019 
  2. Snowmobiler found guilty of 3rd-degree murder in drunken crash ...
    www.startribune.com/snowmobile-driver-found...of...killed-boy.../502507541/

    Dec 11, 2018 

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Snowmobiler sentenced to prison for drunken crash killing 8-year-old ...
www.startribune.com/snowmobiler-to-be-sentenced-in-death-of-8.../505497162/

2/6/2019  Eric J. Coleman gets 12½ years in prison in the death of Alan ... Snowmobiler sentenced to prison for drunken crash killing 8-year-old boy on Chisago Lake ... In addition to the murdersentence, Bollman also sentenced ...




The man who struck and killed a young boy with a snowmobile is now facing a homicide charge. http://krocam.com/homicide-charge-filed-in-deadly-minnesota-snowmobile-crash/ Coleman admitted drinking and authorities are waiting for the results of a blood test to see what his alcohol level was at the time of the crash. ...Chicago Lake last Friday night when he struck 8-year-old Alan Geisenkoetter, Jr. and the boy’s father as they were preparing to ice fish. The snowmobile hit the family’s pickup truck and then dragged the boy, who was standing near the rear of the vehicle. It then hit the boy’s father, who was nearby setting up a portable fish house. s also facing charges in an alcohol-related traffic wreck in Anoka in November. His blood/alcohol level was tested at .3 in that wreck. boy severe brain injuries and died Wednesday

Boy critically injured after snowmobile hits fish house on Chisago Lake ...
https://www.twincities.com/.../snowmobile-driver-arrested-after-ramming-father-and-s...
Boy critically injured after snowmobile hits fish house on Chisago Lake ... An 8-year-old boy from Wyoming, Minn., is in critical condition following a snowmobile crash Friday night on Chisago Lake. ... It grazed the truck's tailgate, hit Alan Jr. and plowed into the ice house and Alan Sr., the family said. Alan Jr.-and-s...

Allegedly drunken snowmobiler hits family on Minn. lake; boy critically ...
www.startribune.com/allegedly-drunk-snowmobiler-hits-family.../471518394/   A close relative has identified the father and young son who were hurt on a Chisago County lake when an allegedly drunken snowmobiler roared through an occupied icehouse and clipped the ... His father, Alan Geisenkoetter, 43, also was hit by the snowmobile while putting up the ice-fishinghouse.

Boy, 8, Critically Hurt After Being Hit By Snowmobiler On Chisago ...
minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/01/28/chisago-lake-snowmobile-crash/ Witnesses say the child was struck by a snowmobile that was travelling at a high rate of speed as he stood near a portable ice house his father was assembling. The ice house ... From what I've heard he was going extremely fast in a very crowded area, in an area where families fish,” Cromie said. Alan Jr's ...
Missing: intoxicated

Sheriff: Snowmobiler Hits Father, Son On Chisago Lake « WCCO ...
minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/01/27/snowmobiler-hits-2/
The snowmobile then hit the ice house that the father was working on. “Snowmobiles can go 80 miles per hour now. And that's fine. It's Minnesota, great outdoors. Everybody is doing it, having fun at this time of year. Look it, it's a beautiful day,” Long said. “You don't drive those things that close tofish houses .

Charges filed in snowmobile DUI - KTTC Rochester, Austin, Mason ...
www.kttc.com/story/37378609/2018/01/Monday/charges-filed-in-snowmobile-dui1 day ago - The Chisago County Sheriff's Office says 45-year-old Eric Coleman, of Chisago City, is charged with criminal vehicular operation and drunken driving. 45-year-old Eric Coleman, of Chisago City, is charged with criminal vehicular operation and drunken driving.

Authorities say the incident happened just before 8 p.m. Friday, when Coleman's snowmobile clipped the family's pickup truck with the boy in the back and then struck the boy's father, who was setting up a portable icehouse.
Officials say 8-year-old Alan Geisenkoetter Jr. suffered a severe head injury,

KTTC TV - He's accused of driving a snowmobile while... | Facebook
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1 day ago - 51 mins ·. He's accused of driving a snowmobile while intoxicated and running into an 8-year-old boy. Charges filed in snowmobile DUI death. The Chisago County Sheriff's Office says 45-year-old Eric Coleman, of Chisago City, is charged with criminal vehicular operation and drunken driving. kttc.com. 2 Likes2 Comments.
Snowmobiler Charged with DWI in Chisago Lake Incident; License Had Been Revoked 3 Times http://kstp.com/news/snowmobiler-charged-chisago-lake-crash-/4763186/
Snowmobiler Charged with DWI in Chisago Lake Incident; License ...
kstp.com/news/snowmobiler-charged-chisago-lake-crash-/4763186/
The man who hit a father and son on Chisago Lake Saturday with his snowmobile is now charged, and authorities say he had his license revoked three times for ... Court documents said police smelled alcohol on 45-year-old Eric Joseph Coleman after the incident, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal .. authorities say his license has been revoked three times in the past for alcohol-related incidents, including a November case where his blood alcohol concentration was allegedly 0.30.


Court documents said police smelled alcohol on 45-year-old Eric Joseph Coleman after the incident, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is analyzing a blood sample t
because Coleman's license was revoked, and he is currently under ignition interlock in connection with the November case, authorities said in the criminal complaint that he "poses a serious ongoing threat to public safety," which is why a warrant for his arrest was issued.

The charges include two counts of criminal vehicular operation causing great bodily harm under the influence of alcohol and one count of DWI.sustaining non-life-threatening injuries in the crash. He is under law enforcement supervision while hospitalized.

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