A 23-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in a high-speed drunk-driving accident, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said in a release.
Andrew Ramirez-Perez was arreste and charged after an accident in September 2024 in which he struck a motorcycle and killed it's driver, 42-year-old Craig Cooper, while driving nearly twice the speed limit along Interstate 10, according to the release.
Shortly before the accident, Ramriez-Perez was observed by two Department of Public Safety troopers driving at a high rate of speed in the HOV lane heading eastbound on Interstate 10, according to the release.
