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Brian Bruhmuller, 46, was sentenced Monday to a little more than 19
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
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.