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Paul Pelton, 41,
was sentenced by Lorain Municipal Court Judge Thomas Elwell Jr.,
six months to the day after the crash happened, the Morning
Journal of Lorain reported.
Pelton pleaded guilty in December to misdemeanor disorderly
conduct and vehicle trespass charges in Lorain Municipal Court
in connection with the July incident about 30 miles west of
Cleveland.
Police said Pelton opened a back door and leaned into the
wrecked vehicle to record a video on his cell phone minutes
after the crash capturing images of the teenagers, one of whom
later died. He called them "idiots."
Lorain police said neighbors tried to help the teenagers while
Pelton filmed, and at no time did he try to assist.
The charge against Pelton, a Lorain resident, stemmed from
entering what police said was a crime scene without permission,
not for taking the video or trying to sell it to news
organizations after posting it to Facebook, authorities said.
Police said at the time that the teenage driver lost control of
the car as it crossed railroad tracks and then crashed into the
side of a house.
(Reporting by Kim Palmer)
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