Crime & Safety

Leesburg Man Sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter

Michael Allen Rollison, 43, will spend two years and eight months in prison after causing a traffic accident that killed his stepfather last year.

Leesburg resident Michael Allen Rollison, 44, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison on Tuesday. He pleaded guilty to driving under the influence , which killed his stepfather, Ronnie Lewis Miller, 63.

According to an article on the Loudoun Times Mirror, Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Burke McCahill also ordered Rollison to undergo 10 years of supervised probation and pay a $1,000 fine. This was Rollison’s third DUI in the last 10 years.

Authorities said his blood alcohol level was 0.12 at the time of the crash and he had also taken a Valium. The legal limit to be charged with DUI in Virginia is 0.08.

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“When all is said and done, you took another person’s life,” McCahill said, as quoted by Loudoun Times.

Miller was a passenger in the Rollison’s 1990 Ford Bronco, which was headed north on Harper’s Ferry Road near Butts Lane. Rollison rear-ended a 2006 Kia Sorento around 2 p.m.

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Miller was taken to Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Ranson, W. Va. where he was later pronounced dead. Rollision walked away without any injuries. 

The driver of the Kia, David Norris, 69, and his wife escaped the crash without injuries.

Read the entire article at Loudoun Times Mirror

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