Sutton Sentenced to 20 Years

Dakota Sutton

OAKES, N.D. (AP) – A man initially accused of murder in a fatal hit-and-run in southeastern North Dakota has been sentenced on lesser charges of manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident.
 
23-year-old Dakota Sutton reached a plea deal with prosecutors under which he pleaded guilty and received a 20-year prison term.
 
     Authorities alleged that Sutton was drunk in April 2013 when he forced 28-year old Reavis Dandridge out of his truck on a road in Oakes, then struck him and left him for dead.