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Convicted killer to return to prison

PANAMA CITY

A Panama City Beach man who served prison time in the 1980s for murder is headed back to prison for his role in a boat crash that sent three people to the hospital, according to the State Attorney’s Office.

Brian Bruhmuller, 46, was sentenced Monday to a little more than 19 months in prison after he was convicted of felony criminal mischief and six counts of misdemeanor battery at trial two weeks ago. Judge Elijah Smiley could have sentenced Bruhmuller to up to 11 years in prison, but he said a minimum sentence was appropriate based on what he heard during the trial.

Jurors convicted Bruhmuller of intentionally piloting a 37-foot vessel into the side of a 21-foot boat that rear-ended Bruhmuller’s boat moments before. Christopher Hasty, the pilot of the smaller boat, was returning from Shell Island after dark June 23, 2012, and he had been startled to find the larger boat in his path because the larger boat didn’t have lights on.

Hasty tried to avoid the crash, but it was too late. Bruhmuller then swung his boat around and t-boned the smaller craft, which had six people on board.

Bruhmuller also will be sentenced to pay restitution for damages; the amount will be determined in a hearing at a later date. Smiley declined to sentence Bruhmuller to probation after his release and require restitution payments as a condition of probation.

Bruhmuller served 3½ years of a 17-year sentence after he was convicted in 1986 of second-degree murder and attempted arson.


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