Police, Family Members Upset Over Shane Weiss’ Release Halfway Through Sentence
WBAL TV News - Baltimore
BALTIMORE -- A man who killed two Baltimore City police officers while driving drunk returns to the streets.
Police officers and family members are angry after Shane Weiss was released from prison Wednesday. In October 2000, Weiss -- whose blood-alcohol level was 0.13 -- admitted to driving drunk, running a stop sign and ramming the police car, killing the two officers inside.
Weiss was sentenced to six years in jail and served a little more than half of that sentence. He served three years and two months and will be under mandatory supervision for the next three years.
Police officers and family members gathered Wednesday at the Fallen Police Officers’ Memorial to urge state officials to change laws regarding drunken driving sentencing.
State officials said Weiss was correctly sentenced under sentencing guidelines and they have to release Weiss.