Maine man sentenced for hitting Missouri trooper with car

Published May 3, 2022 10:43 AM

LEBANON, Mo. (AP) — A man from Maine has been sentenced to prison after he admitted to intentionally hitting a Missouri state trooper. Galen Sailer, of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, was sentenced Monday to a total of 20 years. Prosecutors said he admitted he hit the trooper in a parking lot after a traffic stop in Lebanon, Missouri, in February 2021. The trooper suffered a fractured bone. The trooper said at the time Sailer said his brother had been killed by a police officer in Arizona. Before his sentencing, Sailer pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree assault, leaving the scene of an accident and property damage.

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