American Legion Post Under Investigation for Their Part in Winnetka Woman's Death

Pictured: Sarah McCausland

The American Legion post in New York that served alcohol to the woman who killed Winnetka resident and New Trier grad Sarah McCausland as well as another Bard College student more than a year ago in a drunk-driving incident is being investigated by the local sheriff’s department.

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Carol Boeck, 64, was sentenced in February to seven to 21 years in prison for aggravated vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident after she drove her Jeep into a group of pedestrians. Her blood alcohol content level at the time of the crash was 0.23, nearly three times the legal limit. She told authorities she had been drinking at the American Legion hall in nearby Tivoli - some 90 miles north of New York City.

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According to the Chicago Tribune, the hall does not have a liquor license and local officials had diverted questions to the state liquor authority - which does not have the authority to investigate these situations.

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Finally last week Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Capt. John Watterson said the Legion is now under investigation. The delay, he said, came from the focus first being put on Boeck until she plead guilty to the charges.

Read more via the Chicago Tribune