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Halls drunk-driving killer gets 16 years
Filed: Jun 05, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
Summary: Jose Rivera Recarte pleads guilty to vehicular homicide by intoxication and is sentenced to 16 years without parole.
WHO: Jose Rivera Recarte, 40
WHAT: Plea deal accepted; sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing two people in a drunk-driving crash
WHEN: Jun 05, 2026 at 11:56 AM ET
WHERE: Halls, Tennessee (Maynardville Highway)
WHY: He pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide by intoxication after a crash involving impaired driving.
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