20 Years Meted After Dewart Lake Crushing Incident
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Jen Gibson-jgibson@timesuniononline.com
A Mentone man who used his vehicle to crush another man to death was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the crime.
Marc Alan Greene, 41, Mentone, was sentenced by Judge Rex Reed in Kosciusko Circuit Court Thursday. As part of a plea agreement, Greene pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, a Class B felony, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.On Aug. 15, 2009, Greene used his Chevy pickup to pin and crush Brad Dean Wetzel, 40, Syracuse, against the front of a car near Dewart Lake. Wetzel was pronounced dead at Kosciusko Community Hospital later that evening.
Witnesses to the incident said they saw a car and a truck stop in the roadway, pointing toward each other, and then Greene and Wetzel began to argue while standing between the two vehicles.
Greene got back in his truck and hit Wetzel as he was between the front of both vehicles. Greene then fled the scene and went to his residence at 4360 S. CR 1000W, Mentone, where he was taken into custody without incident.
Greene originally was charged with driving while intoxicated causing death and reckless homicide. The charges were later upgraded to murder.
According to information given to Kosciusko County detectives after the incident, Wetzel and Greene had been "best friends," but their relationship had deteriorated.
