Grand Rapids teen sentenced for deadly, DWI crash

Grand Rapids teen sentenced for deadly DWI crash

A Grand Rapids teenager who pleaded guilty in the deadly, DWI crash that killed one of his passengers was sentenced to one year in jail and probation.

Anthony Fini, 19, pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation in the death of 18-year-old Christy Laney.

According to the criminal complaint, Fini lost control of his vehicle on County Road 61 in Itasca County on August 6, 2008.

He had been driving. Laney and three other people were his passengers. Laney was killed, two other women were injured. Fini and another man left the scene.

Law enforcement officers responding to the scene found beer cans and said the vehicle smelled of alcohol.

One of the other passengers told investigators Fini was driving 95 miles per hour before the crash and she and Laney were yelling at him to slow down.

Prosecutors recommended that Fini be sentenced to six and a half years in prison. The judge did issue a six and a half year sentence, but stayed the execution of that sentence for ten years and placed Fini on ten years supervised probation.

Fini will also serve one year in the Itasca County jail, complete chemical dependency evaluation and follow other restrictions on alcohol and drug use and driving.


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