MILWAUKEE COUNTY — 25-year-old Sean McNutt, charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened back in March near 10th and Abert in Milwaukee has been found guilty by a jury.
Sean McNutt
The jury found McNutt guilty of the following felony charges:
- Hit and run resulting in death
- Duty upon striking occupied or attended vehicle (great bodily harm) — three counts
- Operating a motor vehicle without owner’s consent
- Bail jumping (felony)
66-year-old Henry Bailey was killed when a stolen Jeep Cherokee failed to stop at a stop sign near 10th and Abert in Milwaukee on Saturday, March 26th — and crashed into Bailey’s vehicle.
Bailey was a passenger in a handicapped-accessible van traveling southbound on N. 10th Street, when it was struck by the 2005 Jeep Cherokee that failed to stop.
Bailey was ejected from the vehicle.
Fatal crash at N. 10th and Abert
According to the medical examiner’s report, Bailey was a resident of Staples Family Group Home in Brookfield. The driver of the van had taken Bailey and three other clients from their group home on an outing to Lake Michigan.
After the van was struck by the Jeep Cherokee, both vehicles spun out, and the van went on to strike a home on 10th Street.
Of the five occupants in the van at the time of the crash, three others were seriously hurt.
Fatal crash at N. 10th and Abert
According to the criminal complaint, McNutt had five prior convictions for operating after suspension at the time of this crash — the most recent of which occurred on March 2, 2016.
McNutt will be sentenced on January 5th.