Mililani man gets maximum sentence in negligent homicide of officer
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COURTESY HPD / JAN. 2012
Scott Frederick Ebert, 45, of Mililani, was sentenced in state court this morning to one year in jail.
The motorist who killed Honolulu police officer Garret Davis in 2012 when he slammed into the back of Davis’s patrol car on the H-1 freeway was sentenced in state court this morning to one year in jail.
Scott Ebert, 45, of Mililani, had been charged with manslaughter but a jury found him guilty in May of misdemeanor negligent homicide. One year is the maximum penalty for the misdemeanor.
Circuit Judge Colette Garibaldi ordered Ebert into custody to immediately begin serving his sentence.
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The headline is certainly misleading. I was expecting that this killer got a 20-30 year jail sentence. Surprise! he was sentenced to “one year in jail”. Maybe he will get out even sooner on parole.
He was “negligent” and he “killed” a person who was also a police officer performing his duty. Isn’t a LIFE worth more?
Hurt or kill a K9 police dog & it’s probably a felony instead of a misdemeanor.
It was an accident and yes very negligent at that but there is incredible remorse from one party and the other has no forgiveness what so ever but would prefer life in prison. Forgiveness is a quality in character that our society knows less of that is of course it depends on your status. It will be interesting to see what the sentence will be for the retired Honolulu Police Major for the death of a jogger in Mililani last year. Should we wish the same sentence and sentiment for him. I hope not.
Pretty much a slap on the wrist but that’s not the judge’s fault. Guess killing someone is only worth one year in jail. I remember reading about this when it happened. No excuse for what happened. Ebert was going way over the speed limit IIRC. I wish death upon this loser. He took a life, now he should pay with his life. People like this are just as dangerous as that road rager who stabbed two people.
agree…very light sentence
In addition to the prosecutor’s fault, it is also the judge’s fault for this light sentence. He was charged with manslaughter but isn’t it the judge who allowed the jury to convict this guy with “misdemeanor negligent homicide”?
The end result of this negligence is a senseless loss of life. They should legislate tougher sentence for any negligence that results in the loss of life. A life is worth more than one year (if that but with good behavior he’ll be out on parole before then) in the pen.
1 year huh?
i guess drunk no count no?
Previous reports state that this murderer had multiple violations and 3 of them were for speeding. Also, why in hell does it take so freaking long to go to trial?
The State had already lowered the bar for John Szemkow, so this is no surprise. Szemkow killed 4 women and injured eight others when he was speeding in Kunia, weaving in and out of traffic, and crossed the double-solid center line to overtake cars. Then he fled the scene and left his victims to die in the road like dogs. He never apologized or took responsibility, claiming to the end he was the wrong guy (despite witnesses who followed his car onto the military base where he tried to hide). He, too, was only convicted of misdemeanor negligent homicide, and served only 1 year. When you set that type of “standard,” what do you expect? We know what a victim’s life is worth in Hawaii (very little).
This loser is a disgrace to Mililani. If I were on the jury, he’d be put away for life. He must have had one fantastic lawyer to get him off. He’ll serve four or five months and be back on the streets of Mililani.
It will be interesting to see what the sentence will be for the retired Honolulu Police Major for the death of a jogger in Mililani last year. Should we wish the same sentence and sentiment for him…..???
I hope HPD has the names of the jury.
You have to respect the jury process. Nobody else what went on in the jury room except the jurors themselves. There may have been perfectly good reasons for the conviction of the lower level.
RIL Garret! Gone but not forgotten.
Seems like the driver was reckless with speeding instead of negligent & also obvious he was not looking straight ahead in his lane to avoid this crash. Sad for the officer & his family. The officer died so young & so soon. And the system dragged on too long.
I feel for the officer’s family. He was an honorable person protecting the citizens of Oahu and had his life ended much too soon. And, to add insult to death, the killer gets only a year in jail. How is his death under these circumstances a misdemeanor? My deepest condolences to Officer Davis’ family and friends.
So true. I’m guessing the investigation and/or evidence did not have enough facts in it to sway the jury towards the felony offense.
Read carefully. It’s misdemeanor negligent homicide”. Big difference from first degree murder. Kill a cop by first degree intention, and it’s LIFE. Curiously this penalty is similar to the one where another drunk drive hit a cop writing a ticket for another motorist on the Pali Hwy. He was drunk and got away with a similar light sentence. Hawaii laws are too lenient and are based on the assumption that the perp is redeemable. Judge did do her job correctly. Cannot submit to emotion or mob hysteria. She did give the MAXIMUM the law allowed. Frustrating, no?
a whole new spin on maximum sentence!!!!!! now I understand why the EWA Beach man hasn’t gone to court on his offensive—–Hawaii court system!
Our legal justice system is just plain wrong.
This is what happens when you have a prosecutor as incompetent as Keith Kaneshiro. He’s too busy chasing massage prostitutes and game room operators to worry about real crimes.
Also isn’t Kaneshiro preparing to take Deedy to trial for a THIRD time?
Hope in the futue HPD learns from this and if they have to stop their vehicle on the freeway, if possible, to immediately leave their vehicle and stand in a safer location such as in this case on the H1’freeway, the space between the solid concrete divider and the zipper lane divider. Although it costs money but not that much, police vehicles should have fuel bladders used in race cars instead of the standard metal tanks, that when in a collison, not likely to puncture and release gasoline that can engulf a police car in flames