SAFFORD – After more than two-and-a-half years since a head-on collision took the life of El Paso Police Department detective Richard B Allbee Jr., 51, the man who caused the collision has been sentenced to prison.
On Wednesday, in front of a courtroom laden with family and friends of the victim, Graham County Superior Court Judge Pro Tem Travis L. Ragland sentenced John Savage, 52, of Globe, to 11 years for manslaughter and 8 years for aggravated assault – to be served consecutively for a total of 19 years of incarceration. Savage received the manslaughter and aggravated assault charge, in part, because his blood showed he was under the influence of alcohol when his vehicle crashed into Allbee’s.
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