Addict who shot up before crash gets prison in 'deadly act of recklessness’
“It’s a wonder you didn’t just topple over dead while driving,’’ a Kent County judge told Robert Verdier before giving Verdier 7½ to 15 years in prison.
Author: John Hogan
Updated: 7:01 PM EDT May 19, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A motorist high on drugs when he slammed into another car on M-37 north of Grand Rapids, killing a retiree, was sentenced to prison for a crash the judge called “almost preordained.’’
“That is an act of recklessness that simply cannot be tolerated in a civilized society,’’ Judge Curt Benson told 30-year-old Robert Patrick Verdier.