LONGMONT, Colo.—A man sentenced in the death of his son in 2006 was sentenced Monday to three years in community corrections in a separate traffic case.
Gil Smith, of Longmont, still could face 12 years behind bars for pleading guilty in the traffic case, which violates his probation in the earlier case.
Smith’s 2-year-old son, Jay, was presumed drowned after he fell from an inflatable raft as it was towed behind the family’s boat in July 2006 on Carter Lake near Loveland. Smith was sentenced in January to 60 days in jail and five years of probation after pleading guilty to child abuse resulting in death.
On April 13, Longmont police arrested Smith after a traffic accident. Witnesses said Smith’s truck ran into the back of a van that had stopped for a red light.
In a plea deal, Smith pled guilty to driving under the influence and menacing with a deadly weapon. Boulder County prosecutors dropped charges of second-degree assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, obstructing a police officer and careless driving.
Smith was scheduled to return to Larimer County Court on Oct. 23 for sentencing for the probation violation.
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Information from: Daily Times-Call,
