Chatfield man pleads guilty to criminal vehicular homicide in fatal 2022 Olmsted County crash
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(ABC 6 News) — A Chatfield man pleaded guilty more than two years after causing a Sept. 2022 fatal crash.
According to court documents, 59-year-old Nicholas Allen Sprau has pleaded guilty to one count of criminal vehicular homicide with blood alcohol concentration of .08 or more within two hours of driving.
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The crash occurred just before 10 p.m. on September 10, 2022, on Hwy 52 near Orion Township.
Rochester resident, Ricky Hutton, 36, was killed.
Following the crash, a memorial for Hutton was placed on Hwy 52, but it later disappeared.
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Two other charges of criminal vehicular homicide were dismissed in Sprau’s case, according to a plea deal.
Sprau’s guilty plea is dependent on the court’s sentencing decision. If the sentence exceeds 41 months, the court document states he may withdraw the plea.