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Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)
Fri May 11, 2012, 05:08 PM May 2012

Fla. polo mogul (who adopted girlfriend) jailed for 16 years for fatal DUI crash [View all]

From USA Today:
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Goodman, the 48-year-old, multi-millionaire founder of the International Polo Club Palm Beach, was also fined $10,000. He was convicted in March of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of the February 2010 crash in Wellington, Fla., that killed Scott Wilson, an engineering student.

More at the link.

PB

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