Man receives 10 years for deadly Charlotte County BUI

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Dalton Reas / Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday afternoon in connection with a deadly June 2016 boat crash.

Dalton Matthew Reas reached a plea deal with prosecutors and pleaded no contest to charges of boating under the influence, a spokeswoman for the 20th Judicial Circuit said. In return, prosecutors agreed not to pursue a homicide charge.

The crash killed Dylan Gonzalez, 23, and injured others.

Reas fled the scene without calling 911, but was found by a Charlotte County sheriff’s deputy shortly after the crash, when his blood was tested for alcohol, the sheriff’s office said.

His blood-alcohol level came back at 0.12, above the legal limit of 0.08, according to authorities. He later turned himself in.

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