RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A drunk driver who killed a CHP sergeant in Lake Elsinore was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison.
Michael Joseph Callahan was convicted in August of second-degree murder for the death of 53-year-old Steve Lawrence Licon.
In April of 2019, Callahan was driving under the influence when he struck and killed Sgt. Licon on the I-15.
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DUI driver sentenced to 15 years for death of CHP officer
A drunk driver who killed a CHP sergeant in Lake Elsinore was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison. Michael Joseph Callahan was convicted in August of second-degree murder for the death of 53-year-old Steve Lawrence Licon.
According to the San Bernardino Sun, Callahan consumed nearly four 22-ounce beers the night of the accident.
Sgt. Licon was on the shoulder of the freeway writing a ticket when Callahan crossed over the right shoulder and crashed into Licon and the car he pulled over. Licon was taken to a hospital where he later died.
Licon was a 27-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol.
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