LAKE COUNTY, Fla.,None — A Lake County civic leader was sentenced to 10 years and four months in prison Friday morning for driving drunk and killing a motorcycle rider.
Former assistant public defender Bruce Duncan pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter.
On October 17, 2009, Duncan ran over 61-year-old Steve Muller in Sorrento.
Troopers said they found a half-empty bottle of vodka in Duncan's truck.
"So let this be a lesson to everybody out there. I don't care who you think you are, doctor, lawyer, politician, you drink, you drive, you're going to jail," said the victim's brother Thomas Muller.
During Duncan's sentencing hearing 10 days ago, several well-known Lake County business and political leaders spoke out on his behalf, asking for a lighter sentence.