THE SIOUX CITY MAN CHARGED IN A FATAL 2023 TWO VEHICLE CRASH HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON.
33-YEAR-OLD WESLEY STATEN WAS SENTENCED MONDAY AFTERNOON IN WOODBURY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.
STATEN WAS SENTENCED TO SERVE 25 YEARS EACH CONSECUTIVELY FOR TWO COUNTS OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN THE OCTOBER 13, 2023 ACCIDENT THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 51-YEAR-OLD TERRY ALAN FRISBIE OF SIOUX CITY AND 50-YEAR-OLD JUDITH LEE JORDAN OF LE MARS AT THE 6TH AND WESLEY PARKWAY INTERSECTION.
STATEN HAD ALSO PLEADED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT EACH OF LEAVING THE SCENE OF A FATAL ACCIDENT AND: OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED.
THOSE COUNTS WILL BE SERVED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE TWO VEHICULAR HOMICIDE COUNTS.
STATEN MUST SERVE A MINIMUM OF 35 YEARS BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.
