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Lahti sentenced in drunk driving homicide
MERRILL – At a Monday, July 8 sentencing hearing in Lincoln County court, John James Lahti, age 43, of Merrill, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, plus 10 years of extended supervision, in the Sept. 17, 2022 death of a Gleason boy and the injuries to his family members, sustained when Lahti was driving drunk and crossed the center line on Hwy. 17 north of Merrill, causing a head-on crash.
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