MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Court TV) — Convicted killer Darrell Brooks was sentenced to 9 years in prison after pleading no contest to charges unrelated to the Waukesha Christmas parade crash.
Darrell Brooks appears in court Sept. 5, 2024. (Court TV)
In May, Brooks was facing trial in Milwaukee on multiple charges, including battery and disorderly conduct. The charges are related to a Nov. 2021 domestic abuse incident. A criminal complaint accused Brooks of punching his then-girlfriend in the face and striking her with his SUV.
Brooks was also accused of witness intimidation for “manipulating” the victim into not cooperating with prosecutors, according to Scripps News Milwaukee.
Three weeks after the incident, Brooks drove his SUV through the Waukesha Christmas parade on Nov. 21. He killed six people and injured dozens more. A year later, he was sentenced to six life sentences plus an additional 762 years after being convicted of 76 charges.
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Moments before jury selection was set to begin in his trial in May, Brooks pleaded no contest. At Thursday’s proceedings, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison and 9 years of extended supervision on two counts: recklessly endangering safety and felony intimidation of a victim by threatening force.
Although Brooks represented himself during his murder trial, he was represented by Russell J.A. Jones in his Milwaukee case. Jones previously represented Eye Drops Murder Trial defendant Jessy Kurczewski at her sentencing in April.
