{"id":501483,"date":"2026-10-19T22:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501483\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T22:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:38:59","slug":"sacramento-man-convicted-of-murder-and-repeated-dui-offenses-after-fatal-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501483\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento man convicted of murder and repeated DUI offenses after fatal crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(FOX40.COM) \u2014 A Sacramento man was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder after killing another driver in a DUI collision in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to new court documents, on Aug. 21, 2025, Richard Newman, 33, <a data-ylk=\"slk:ran a red light while driving 55 mph through an intersection;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\/news\/local-news\/sacramento\/sacramento-dui-suspect-faces-new-charges-after-car-crash-victim-dies\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ran a red light while driving 55 mph through an intersection<\/a> before he collided with another vehicle driving through a green light. The collision pushed the victim&#8217;s vehicle onto a curb where it then hit a traffic light pole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The victim, Nathan Thomas, 50, was taken to a hospital with a traumatic brain injury and multiple facial fractures. Thomas died on Sept. 11, 2025, as a result of his injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation revealed Newman&#8217;s blood alcohol content of .21% during the crash. He had a prior DUI conviction and completed the Victim Impact Course offered by Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Victim Support (MADD), where he was given the Watson advisement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Newman faces a maximum of 15 years to life in prison. His sentencing is set for Nov. 20, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(FOX40.COM) \u2014 A Sacramento man was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder after killing another driver in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-501483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}