Scene of the fatal 2017 crash photo courtesy KSHB
Kansas City (AP) — A man who killed a friend by crashing a car into a house has been given 15 years in prison.
Jacob Mustoe was sentenced last week in Clay County Circuit Court in Liberty. He'd pleaded guilty in October to voluntary manslaughter for the June 25, 2017, death of Jake Wehmeyer. Both were 17 at the time, authorities have said.
Mustoe photo Clay Co.
The two got into a fight among teenagers that broke out during a party at Wehmeyer's home. Mustoe told police later that he was high on psilocybin mushrooms when he left, got into his car and started it and then drove it toward Wehmeyer's house and ran into a neighbor's yard.
That's when he saw Wehmeyer standing in the neighbor’s yard trying to get him to slow down and stop, Mustoe said. Mustoe's car hit Wehmeyer and crashed into a garage door.
Arriving officers found Wehmeyer lying partially under the car in the driveway.