Crime & Safety
Mansfield Man Gets Jail Time For Fatal Crash
Andre Bezeau, 48, admitted to being behind the wheel of a vehicle that fatally struck a motorcyclist on Route 1.
DEDHAM, MA — A Mansfield man admitted to his role in a 2016 crash that left a Rhode Island motorcyclist dead.
Andre Bezeau, 48, pleaded guilty in Norfolk Superior Court to motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and manslaughter,according to the Sun Chronicle. He was sentenced to a year in a house of corrections.
In July 2016, Bezeau struck 35-year-old Joseph Carpenter of Woonsocket while driving on Route 1 North in Wrentham. A state police investigation concluded that the crash was caused when Bezeau attempted to make a left turn across the northbound lane. Carpenter was struck in the process and was later pronounced dead at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro.
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The Norfolk County District Attorney's office requested three to five years in a state prison with probation.
Bezeau will serve the sentence with 50 days credit.
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