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Norfolk Teacher Pleads Guilty to DUI, Aggravated Involuntary Manslaughter, and Maiming


Posted on Jul 30, 2009

Just after 1 am on February 21st, Ronald K. Sharpe was drunk and high while driving his Toyota Camry down Northampton Blvd.  He had had a few beers at a nightclub and also smoked marijuana earlier that night.  Sharpe crossed three lanes into oncoming traffic and struck another car on its driver's-side.  The car he hit spun out of control and hit a tree; Sharpe's car rolled and also hit a tree.

The car Sharpe struck was driven by Alexandria Calamia, 19, of West Pointe; she was pronounced dead after the crash.  Brandon Wise, a passenger in the back seat of Calamia's car, suffered facial fractures and a brain hemorrhage; his injuries have caused numerous cognitive problems.

Sharpe initially lied to police; he had said that another car hit him, pushing him into oncoming traffic, but video evidence proved otherwise.  He pled guilty to DUI, aggravated involuntary manslaughter, and maiming; he faces a maximum of six years and five months in prison. 

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