00:00It's guilty to two more violent felonies that will keep him locked up for more than a decade.
00:04Dan Levy was in court as this was all going down.
00:07Timothy Besaw here, he admitted it.
00:13Pleading guilty today?
00:15Yes, sir.
00:16As part of a plea deal, Besaw agreed to plead guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide.
00:21It did.
00:23A half to 25 years.
00:25Now, because he had.
00:32Predicate felon.
00:33Court a convicted.
00:38Had he not had a previous conviction, it would have.
00:41That will keep him locked up for more than a decade.
00:44Dan Levy was in court.
00:45A county court a convicted felon pleads guilty to two more violent felonies that will keep him locked up for
00:51more than a decade.
00:52Dan Levy was in court as this was all going down.
00:54Timothy Besaw here, he admitted guilt in a crime that left a Walmart store employee dead and another seriously injured.
01:02To which you're pleading guilty today?
01:04Yes, sir.
01:05As part of a plea deal, Besaw agreed to plead guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and vehicular assault charges in
01:12exchange for a prison sentence of 12 and a half to 25 years.
01:16Now, because he had been convicted of drunk driving 10 years prior, he is a predicate.
01:21This felony conviction, the ranges are simply higher.
01:25Had he not had a previous conviction, it would have been, the range would have been slightly reduced.
01:29But whatever the range was, whatever his history was, given what we reviewed and our conversations with the family, predicate
01:37or not, we would have sought the maximum sentence for him.
01:39Back on October 16th last year, Besaw was shoplifting at the Wilton Walmart, and when store employees confronted him in
01:46the parking lot, he deliberately ran them down with his car.
01:4969-year-old Michael Bushy Sr. died from his injuries two weeks later.
01:54A second victim, a teenager, sustained serious injuries as well.
01:57And while the victim impact statements expected at sentencing can have a therapeutic value for family, there is another useful
02:04purpose.
02:04Their statements at sentencing follow him to prison, and they're part of the parole review process, so they'll get to
02:10see what the family says.
02:11When he applies for parole, the victim's family, their words will be reviewed by the parole board.
02:17What are the chances this gentleman will be on the street in 12 and a half years?
02:20It's hard for me to speculate 12 and a half years down the road.
02:23Doc's policies are changing on a day-by-day basis.
02:26To not take future determinations by Doc's lightly, that's why we push for the maximum sentence here, because we believe
02:33he deserves to serve every day of that 25-year sentence.
02:36Besaw will be back here in court July 15th at 9.30 in the morning, at which time he will
02:41be sentenced.
02:42In Boston Spa, with coverage you can trust.
02:45Dan Levy, NewsJet.
