{"id":44712,"date":"2025-11-26T00:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T00:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/44712\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T00:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T00:03:06","slug":"bethlehem-township-man-gets-4-10-years-for-deadly-dui-crash-easton-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/44712\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem Township man gets 4\u201310 years for deadly DUI crash | Easton Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Randy D. Donato has pleaded guilty in connection with a fatal DUI crash that occurred nearly a year ago in Bethlehem Township.<\/p>\n

Donato has been sentenced to 4 to 10 years for the charge of Homicide by Vehicle While DUI and DUI: Highest Rate of Alcohol, according to Northampton County District Attorney Stephen G. Baratta.<\/p>\n

Officials say on Jan. 5, police were operating a marked patrol vehicle in the area of William Penn Highway and Chipman Road when they observed a single-vehicle accident involving a car that had collided with a tree line on the north side of William Penn Highway.<\/a><\/p>\n

Two people were discovered in the vehicle. The driver was Randy D. Donato, and the vehicle’s passenger was Nicole Danielle Guzman<\/a>. Guzman was unresponsive to emergency responders and was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, according to Bethlehem Township police.<\/p>\n

Donato was transported to the nearest hospital, where he was treated for his injuries sustained from the crash.<\/p>\n

Officers from the Bethlehem Township Police Department met Donato at the hospital and began investigating the incident. During the investigation, officers discovered a flask on Donato’s person, as well as two beer bottle caps and a 22 fl. oz. Guinness bottle inside his vehicle, police said.<\/p>\n

An analysis of Donato\u2019s blood showed a BAC level of .208%. As a result, Donato was charged with Homicide by Vehicle While DUI, DUI: Highest Rate of Alcohol, and related DUI offenses.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 29, Donato pleaded guilty to Homicide by Vehicle While DUI and DUI: Highest Rate of Alcohol, according to the release.<\/p>\n

Officials say on Nov. 25, Judge Morganelli sentenced Donato to 4 to 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Randy D. Donato has pleaded guilty in connection with a fatal DUI crash that occurred…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,1994,26566,18837,327,457,26564,434,26563,789,26565],"class_list":{"0":"post-44712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news","11":"tag-bethlehem-township","12":"tag-blood-alcohol-content","13":"tag-dui","14":"tag-guilty-plea","15":"tag-homicide","16":"tag-nicole-danielle-guzman","17":"tag-northampton-county","18":"tag-randy-d-donato","19":"tag-sentencing","20":"tag-vehicle-accident"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}