Park Tavern memorial (Al Schoch, WCCO Radio)
MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO) – The man charged in last year’s deadly drunken driving crash at Park Tavern in St. Louis Park pleaded guilty, six days before a trial was scheduled to begin.
Steven Bailey, 56, pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to numerous charges including to two counts of third-degree murder and three counts of criminal vehicular operation.
Park Tavern employee Kristina Folkerts was killed along with Methodist Hospital employee Gabe Harvey last September. 12 others were injured when Bailey drove into the patio at the popular bar, restaurant and bowling alley. Bailey’s blood alcohol level was four times the legal limit after the crash. He’d been convicted of driving while intoxicated five other times.
Bailey will be sentenced in late July and faces up to 30 years in prison as part of the plea deal.
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