Judge refuses Welch bid for reduced prison time

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

On Monday, Cole County Judge Dan Green denied a motion to reduce the term of the sentence of a man who pled guilty to charges in connection with a fatal accident in November 2007.

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Larry Welch currently is serving a total of 20 years in prison — 15 years each on the two involuntary manslaughter counts, being served at the same time, and five years each on two counts of second-degree assault, also to be served together, but after Welch completes the manslaughter sentences.