Man Gets 35 Years for Vehicular Homicide, Theft

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By Aaron Hepker

Story Created: Feb 7, 2012 at 1:58 PM CDT

Story Updated: Feb 7, 2012 at 7:19 PM CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A 19-year-old Waterloo man has been given 35 years in prison for a deadly hit-and-run accident in central Iowa.

Dajour Sawyers had entered Alford pleas to charges of vehicular homicide and first-degree theft in Polk County. Sawyers was sentenced on Tuesday.

He was charged in the April 7 crash that killed 36-year-old Chad Wells, of Altoona. Police say Sawyers was driving a stolen sport utility vehicle when he ran a red light and slammed into Wells' car.

Under an Alford plea, Sawyers didn't admit guilt but agreed that evidence likely existed for a conviction.

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