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Light Sentence for Drunk Driver who Intentionally Hit Cyclist.

An eighteen year old Chicagoan was recently sentenced to only 10 days in jail after intentionally striking a cyclist in Brookfield while driving drunk. 

At "6:30 a.m. on May 31, 2009, [Armando] Reza and a friend, Erik Fabian, 20, of Chicago, were in Brookfield driving a white Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

Fabian was allegedly driving first and purposely struck one bicyclist before they stopped the car and switched drivers so Reza could take a turn. A short distance from the first incident, Reza sideswiped a 34-year-old Brookfield man, knocking him off his bike as he rode near Maple Avenue and 31st Street.

They were arrested a short time later. Reza's blood alcohol level was .158, nearly twice the legal limit, and he did not have a valid driver's license, Pattarozzi said."

I have had a number of people contact me asking how it can be that someone can play a deadly game like this and only be sentenced to 10 days in jail.  I have always maintained that crimes involving cars aren't taken seriously.  We can only wonder if the outcome would have been different if these two were taking turns shooting at people rather than running them down.