Man whose eight-year-old granddaughter died in a car wreck when he let her drive him home from church gets one year probation
- Dennis Meers, 57, was sentenced to 12 -months probation on Monday in Kansas
- The grandfather pleaded no contest to child endangerment in December
- His eight-year-old granddaughter, Cadence Orcutt, died in a car crash in 2015
- Meers had allowed the child to drive his car on their way home from church
- She lost control of 2007 Chevy Cobalt and crashed into an embankment
A Missouri man whose eight-year-old granddaughter died in a car crash when he let her drive him home from church will serve just one year probation.
Dennis Meers, 57, was handed probation and a suspended jail sentence in St Joseph, Kansas on Monday after pleading no contest to child endangerment.
His granddaughter, Cadence Orcutt, died in November 2015 when she lost control of the 2007 Chevy Cobalt she was driving and went down an embankment and overturned.
Dennis Meers, 57, was handed probabtion and a suspended jail sentence in St Joseph, Kansas on Monday after his granddaughter Cadence Orcutt died in a car crash in November 2015
The eight-year-old wasn't wearing a seat belt.
Her grandfather, who was injured in the crash, was charged with allowing the third-grader to drive the vehicle.
Meers won't serve anymore jail time following his sentencing on Monday.
He has been ordered to complete a 12-month probation. If he fails to comply with his probation, Meers will have to serve 11-months in prison, the St Joseph News-Press reports.
Conditions of his probation means he is not allowed alcohol, firearms and he must submit to drug and alcohol testing. He is also required full-time employment and pay $800 monthly court costs.
Eight-year-old Cadence died in November 2015 when she lost control of the 2007 Chevy Cobalt she was driving and went down an embankment and overturned
Cadence, pictured with her mother Brittany, was not wearing a seat belt when she crashed
He is also not allowed to have any contact with his granddaughter's family unless they give permission.
The child's grandmother Bonnie Chavez said she was angry he wasn't charged 'at the very least with involuntary manslaughter.'
'He took away all our hopes and dreams for her,' Chavez said.
Meers previously was sentenced to two years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for felony driving on a revoked license.
In 1996 and 2001, Meers was convicted in Missouri of being a persistent offender for driving while intoxicated.
Meers, who was injured in the crash, was charged with allowing the third-grader (pictured left) to drive the vehicle. She was not wearing a seat belt at the time
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