(AP) – A state trooper charged with involuntary manslaughter
after an Iowa man drowned after falling from a patrol boat into a Missouri lake
has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor boating violation.The Kansas City Star reports Trooper Anthony Piercy pleaded guilty Tuesday to
negligent operation of a vessel in the May 2014 death of 20-year-old Brandon
Ellingson, of Clive, Iowa. Piercy was scheduled for trial July 10 in Morgan
County.
after an Iowa man drowned after falling from a patrol boat into a Missouri lake
has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor boating violation.The Kansas City Star reports Trooper Anthony Piercy pleaded guilty Tuesday to
negligent operation of a vessel in the May 2014 death of 20-year-old Brandon
Ellingson, of Clive, Iowa. Piercy was scheduled for trial July 10 in Morgan
County.
Piercy had stopped Ellingson at the Lake of the Ozarks on suspicion of boating
while intoxicated.
While riding in a boat driven by Piercy, Ellingson fell into the lake while
wearing handcuffs and an improperly secured life vest. Piercy jumped into the
lake but couldn’t save him.
The state of Missouri last year paid $9 million to Ellingson’s family.
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