Driver Gets Year in Jail for Mass. Trooper's Death

A driver found guilty of vehicular homicide in a crash that killed a state trooper from Brockton, Mass., was sentenced Monday to serve one year in jail, and he cannot drive for 15 years, reports the Enterprise .

State police Sgt. Douglas Weddleton, 52, was killed on June 16, 2010, when he was struck by a vehicle while working a construction detail on Interstate 95 in Mansfield.

Anthony Perry Jr., 51, of Hyde Park, was found guilty of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, a misdemeanor, by a Fall River jury earlier this month, said Gregg M. Miliote, a spokesman for Bristol County District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter.