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Black man gets 12 years for running down joggers
   An Arkansas man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday for running down a group of joggers last fall in downtown Cape Girardeau. Vincent T. Anderson, 19, of Little Rock, Ark., last month pleaded guilty to first-degree assault for the Oct. 28 attack, in which he drove a stolen 1994 Ford Thunderbird into a group of joggers at the intersection of Aquamsi and William streets. Three of the joggers suffered minor injuries. Anderson faced up to 15 years on the assault charge. His passenger, Marcus Jones, 27, of Cotton Plant, Ark., was sentenced to 90 days in jail for two misdemeanors -- vehicle tampering and resisting arrest -- in connection with the case. In the videos, a man could be heard swearing profusely and laughing loudly as tires squealed in the background. "I said we'll scare the [expletive] out of [expletive]s," the man said, apparently referring to the attack on the joggers. A voice also could be heard saying, "We had fun" and making a reference to the video game "Grand Theft Auto," in which criminals use stolen vehicles to cause death and destruction. Victim Laura Sheridan said the impact went beyond physical injuries. "I have a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old, and they're scared every day that I go up to run that I'm not going to come back," she told Thomsen. "It has affected us. The injuries may be minor, but it made an impact on all of us." Another victim, Ron Rosati, told Thomsen it was obvious Anderson meant to hit the joggers. "When I ran past the driver, I looked at him and waved to him as I was running past him. There was no traffic out, and he swerved across four lanes to hit us," said Rosati, who is the outgoing provost at Southeast Missouri State University. Paul Schell, who also was hit, agreed. - (Black-on-white) |
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- Anderson gets 12 years for running down joggers
- Ref: Arkansas suspects likened hitting pedestrians to video game, police say - October 30, 2012
 The two Arkansas men charged with purposefully driving a nearly two-ton car into a group of runners Sunday allegedly described the experience afterward as "fun," according to court documents, and even likened it to playing a popular video game in which criminals cause death and destruction amid big-city traffic. One of the six runners was Brian Kelpe, who owns Missouri Running Co. in Cape Girardeau. Kelpe has struggled for answers since the incident. In the end, though, he doesn't expect to find any. Said Kelpe: "I'm not sure a rational mind can make any sense of an irrational act." Paul Schnell, another of the runners, watched as the Ford crossed lanes, in his estimation, to hit them on purpose. And he too has been wondering what would possess someone to do what the men are alleged to have done. He's come to nothing but dead ends, he said.
- Ref: Joggers in SE Mo. struck on purpose, police say - Oct 29, 2012
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