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Beer Truck Thief Sentenced to 6 Years

A truck stolen from Working Distributors crashed into a Posey County field after a high-speed chase
Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office
A truck stolen from Working Distributors crashed into a Posey County field after a high-speed chase

Authorities say Randall Scott Baker, 41, pleaded guilty to the theft of a beer truck and a pursuit that ended in a crash involving a sheriff's vehicle March 27th

A man accused of stealing a beer truck and crashing it into a sheriff’s vehicle has reached a plea deal. WNIN’s John Gibson reports:

41-year-old Randall Scott Baker pleaded guilty to resisting law enforcement, theft, criminal recklessness, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors dropped an attempted murder charge.

A judge sentenced Baker to six years in prison.

He was also ordered to pay more than 15-thousand dollars in restitution to Working Distributors.

Authorities say he stole the Bud Light truck from a liquor store parking lot and led officers on a pursuit that ended in Posey County.

The truck hit a deputy’s vehicle and came to rest in a farm field.

The deputy had placed stop-sticks in the road.