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Man from Wichita receives 76 month sentence for 2018 killing following previous drinking convictions
Monty Carpenter had three previous convictions for drunk driving
(AP) – A 36-year-old Wichita man with previous drunken-driving convictions was sentenced to more than six years in prison for a crash that killed a woman in 2018. Monty Carpenter Jr. was sentenced Monday to 76 months in prison in the death of 56-year-old Marsha Oglesby. He pleaded guilty in April to involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence. Police say Carpenter ran a red light and hit Oglesby’s car on Sept. 3, 2018. KAKE-TV reports court records show Carpenter had three previous convictions for drunk driving.