\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe father of a teen driver accused in a 2023 crash that killed three children and their grandmother has been found guilty of manslaughter. Prosecutors argued Richard Ferguson, 68, was responsible for allowing his teenage son to drive that night.His son, the then 15-year-old driver, ran a two-way stop at San Miguel Road and Laurel Avenue on Sept. 3, 2023. The teen, who did not have a permit, crashed into the family\u2019s vehicle, killing all four people. His father was arrested and charged with four counts of vehicular manslaughter.The arrest affidavit said Ferguson allowed the teen and his friends to use the car without supervision.The victims\u2019 mother, Sabrina Hernandez, cried as the verdict was read \u2014 \u201cguilty\u201d repeated four times in the courtroom. Ferguson stood silent before being handcuffed and taken into custody. \u201cThis has been so hard for our family,\u201d Hernandez said after the verdict. \u201cWe\u2019ve waited two years for justice \u2014 and today, we finally got it.\u201dFerguson faces a possible sentence of 37 years to life in prison. His attorney, Caleb Robinson, said they plan to review their options.\u201cWe\u2019re obviously disappointed,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cMr. Ferguson maintains he never gave his son permission to drive.\u201dThe victims\u2019 family left the court holding one another, saying they hope this verdict brings them some peace after years of pain.\u201cWe believe this is the right decision,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cWe will never get our family members back.\u201dFerguson\u2019s teenage son previously took a plea deal in the case and remains in juvenile confinement. Ferguson is being held at the Osceola County Jail and is expected to be sentenced within the next 60 days.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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The father of a teen driver accused in a 2023 crash that killed three children and their grandmother has been found guilty of manslaughter. <\/p>\n
Prosecutors argued Richard Ferguson, 68, was responsible for allowing his teenage son to drive that night.<\/p>\n
His son, the then 15-year-old driver, ran a two-way stop at San Miguel Road and Laurel Avenue on Sept. 3, 2023. The teen, who did not have a permit, crashed into the family\u2019s vehicle, killing all four people. <\/p>\n
His father was arrested and charged with four counts of vehicular manslaughter.<\/p>\n
The arrest affidavit said Ferguson allowed the teen and his friends to use the car without supervision.<\/p>\n
The victims\u2019 mother, Sabrina Hernandez, cried as the verdict was read \u2014 \u201cguilty\u201d repeated four times in the courtroom. Ferguson stood silent before being handcuffed and taken into custody. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been so hard for our family,\u201d Hernandez said after the verdict. \u201cWe\u2019ve waited two years for justice \u2014 and today, we finally got it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ferguson faces a possible sentence of 37 years to life in prison. His attorney, Caleb Robinson, said they plan to review their options.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re obviously disappointed,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cMr. Ferguson maintains he never gave his son permission to drive.\u201d<\/p>\n
The victims\u2019 family left the court holding one another, saying they hope this verdict brings them some peace after years of pain.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe this is the right decision,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cWe will never get our family members back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ferguson\u2019s teenage son previously took a plea deal in the case and remains in juvenile confinement. Ferguson is being held at the Osceola County Jail and is expected to be sentenced within the next 60 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The father of a teen driver accused in a 2023 crash that killed three children and their grandmother…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2293,1089,2337,19762,28,30,29,19765,2627,19767,19763,19764,2248,1960,16871,19766,732,1045],"class_list":{"0":"post-26248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-arrest-affidavit","9":"tag-family","10":"tag-fatal-crash","11":"tag-father","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-florida-headlines","14":"tag-florida-news","15":"tag-laurel-avenue","16":"tag-manslaughter","17":"tag-previous-coverageprosecutor","18":"tag-richard-ferguson","19":"tag-san-miguel-road","20":"tag-sept","21":"tag-son","22":"tag-teen-driver","23":"tag-two-way-stop","24":"tag-vehicle","25":"tag-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}