Jun 15, 2012
Archived: Gilles Sentenced To 36 Years In Prison
A man accused of fleeing police and causing a crash that killed two people has been sentenced to 36 years in prison. Timothy Gilles (GIHL’-eez) is accused of speeding away from St. Cloud police and crashing into a vehicle April 15, 2011.
The crash killed 30-year-old Timothy Casanova of Starbuck. His passenger, 22-year-old Megan Thomsen of Glenwood, was pregnant and gave birth after the crash to a baby that died days after his emergency delivery. Thomsen was also injured.
WCCO-TV reports Judge John Scherer sentenced Gilles on Thursday to 432 months in prison. He had pleaded guilty to two counts of fleeing police in a car resulting in death and one count of fleeing police in a car resulting in great bodily harm.