OGDEN -- Sentencing is set for next month for a man who, while in a drug- and alcohol-addled state, ran over a resident walking in his own driveway.
Daniel George Bradshaw, 46, has pleaded guilty in 2nd District Court to charges in the April 11 death of Brent Bodily. Judge Noel Hyde set sentencing for Dec. 27 after taking Bradshaw's guilty pleas Wednesday.
Bodily, 54, was apparently taking out his garbage in his own driveway in the 700 block of Patterson Street when he was struck and dragged by Bradshaw's blue 1991 GMC Jimmy backing down the driveway.
Bradshaw's criminal record dates back to 1988, including an initial trip to prison in 1993 for drugs and assaulting a police officer.
While interviewed at Ogden Police Department headquarters shortly after Bodily's death that day, Bradshaw told police "that he did not mean to hit the guy as he was backing down the driveway."
The officers commented, "At no point was Bradshaw told that we suspected him of backing down the driveway," according to charging documents.
Bradshaw also admitted he'd been drinking alcohol and taking methamphetamine that day, the charging documents read.
At the scene, Bradshaw was very erratic when officers approached him, according to a probable cause affidavit: "His demeanor changed several times, very rapidly going from very excited, to confused, to dazed, to agitated, to nearly passed out.
"This pattern repeated itself several times."
Bradshaw, of Kamas, in Summit County, pleaded guilty to a charge of operating a vehicle negligently to cause the death of another, a second-degree felony punishable by one to 15 years in prison.
The charge is listed under the state traffic code, not the criminal homicide statute, but carries the same penalty as manslaughter, also a second-degree felony.
Bradshaw was also charged with lewdness, as responding officers found him at the scene in his vehicle with no pants on, touching himself sexually.
He was also charged with misdemeanor counts of driving on a suspended license; driving while an alcohol-restricted driver, which bans driving with any measurable or detectable amount of alcohol; and having an open alcohol container in a vehicle. Those charges were dismissed in a plea bargain.
Bradshaw's case here had been delayed while he was processed in Utah County for a drunken driving arrest in Lehi pending since 2009. In May he was sentenced to up to five years in prison on that offense, according to court records. He has drug and criminal mischief charges still pending out of West Valley City in 3rd District Court.
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